diff --git a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/tsconfig.json b/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 718ec243..00000000
--- a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2020",
-    "useDefineForClassFields": true,
-    "lib": [
-      "ES2020",
-      "DOM",
-      "DOM.Iterable"
-    ],
-    "module": "ESNext",
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
-    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "isolatedModules": true,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "strict": true,
-    "types": ["vitest/globals", "node"],
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {
-      "@/*": [
-        "src/*"
-      ],
-      "@data/*": [
-        "../data/*"
-      ],
-      "@worlds/*": [
-        "../../../src/resources/worlds/*"
-      ],
-      "@resources/*": [
-        "../../../src/resources/*"
-      ],
-      "@magic-civ/engine-ts": [
-        "../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/index.ts"
-      ],
-      "@magic-civ/engine-ts/eventSystem": [
-        "../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/eventSystem.ts"
-      ],
-      "@magic-civ/engine-ts/types": [
-        "../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/types.ts"
-      ],
-      "@magic-civ/guide-engine": [
-        "../../../src/packages/guide/src/index.ts"
-      ],
-      "@magic-civ/guide-engine/*": [
-        "../../../src/packages/guide/src/*"
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-    "../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src",
-    "../../../src/packages/guide/src"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vite.config.ts b/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 882c0dfb..00000000
--- a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
-import wasm from 'vite-plugin-wasm'
-import path from 'path'
-import { simCachePlugin } from './src/vite-plugins/simCachePlugin'
-const GAME_ID = process.env.VITE_GAME_ID ?? 'age-of-dwarves'
-
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [wasm(), react(), simCachePlugin()],
-  resolve: {
-    alias: {
-      '@': path.resolve(__dirname, './src'),
-      '@data': path.resolve(__dirname, '../data'),
-      '@worlds': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/resources/worlds'),
-      '@resources': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/resources'),
-      '@magic-civ/engine-ts': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/index.ts'),
-      '@magic-civ/guide-engine': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/guide/src/index.ts'),
-      '@magic-civ/physics-rs': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/simulator/pkg/magic_civ_physics.js'),
-    },
-    dedupe: ['react', 'react-dom', 'react-router-dom', 'styled-components'],
-  },
-  publicDir: path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets'),
-  server: {
-    port: 5800,
-    host: true,
-    allowedHosts: ['apricot.local'],
-  },
-  worker: {
-    format: 'es',
-    plugins: () => [wasm()],
-  },
-  build: {
-    outDir: 'dist',
-    sourcemap: true,
-    rollupOptions: {
-      output: {
-        manualChunks: {
-          'vendor-react':  ['react', 'react-dom', 'react-router-dom'],
-          'vendor-styled': ['styled-components'],
-          'vendor-three':  ['three'],
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
diff --git a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vitest.config.ts b/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vitest.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f336a5e..00000000
--- a/games/age-of-dwarves/guide/vitest.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
-import path from 'path'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  test: {
-    environment: 'node',
-    globals: true,
-    // WASM-dependent simulation tests require a browser runtime.
-    // They are run separately via `pnpm test:wasm` when the WASM build is available.
-    exclude: [
-      '**/node_modules/**',
-      '**/e2e/**',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/abiotic-biome-check.test.ts',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/ecology-golden-vectors.test.ts',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/planet-lifecycle.test.ts',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/polar-hex-grid.test.ts',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/water-cycle.test.ts',
-      '**/simulation/__tests__/lifecycle-milestones.test.ts',
-    ],
-  },
-  resolve: {
-    alias: {
-      '@': path.resolve(__dirname, './src'),
-      '@data': path.resolve(__dirname, '../data'),
-      '@worlds': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/resources/worlds'),
-      '@resources': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/resources'),
-      '@magic-civ/guide-engine': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/guide/src'),
-      // Sub-module aliases must come BEFORE the broad @magic-civ/engine-ts alias so
-      // that pure-TS tests can import eventSystem / types without pulling in runner.ts
-      // (which transitively imports WASM and fails in the node test environment).
-      '@magic-civ/engine-ts/eventSystem': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/eventSystem'),
-      '@magic-civ/engine-ts/types': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/types'),
-      '@magic-civ/engine-ts': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/packages/engine-ts/src/index.ts'),
-      '@magic-civ/physics-rs': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../src/simulator/pkg/magic_civ_physics.js'),
-    },
-  },
-})
diff --git a/src/packages/guide/vitest.config.ts b/src/packages/guide/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7eeedf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/guide/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import path from 'node:path'
+
+const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(here, '../../..')
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      '@resources': path.join(repoRoot, 'public/resources'),
+    },
+  },
+  test: {
+    environment: 'node',
+  },
+})