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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Insert the PARADRAMORAMA tile into the monsterrobot.games arcade grid.
+
+Front of the arcade grid (newest first) with a 'new' badge, matching the
+markup of every sibling tile exactly. Also bumps the footer game count.
+"""
+import re, sys
+
+SRC = sys.argv[1]
+DST = sys.argv[2]
+html = open(SRC, encoding='utf-8').read()
+
+TILE = ('<a class="tile" href="/paradramorama/"><div class="art">'
+        '<img class="a" loading="lazy" src="covers/paradramorama.jpg" alt="">'
+        '<img class="b" loading="lazy" src="covers/paradramorama_riso.jpg" alt="">'
+        '<span class="badge">new</span></div>'
+        '<div class="cap"><span class="t">Paradramorama</span>'
+        '<span class="go">▶ play</span></div></a>')
+
+if 'paradramorama' in html.lower():
+    sys.exit('already present — refusing to add a duplicate tile')
+
+# the arcade grid opens with <div class="grid arc"> ; insert as its first child
+anchor = '<div class="grid arc">'
+if anchor not in html:
+    sys.exit('could not find the arcade grid')
+html = html.replace(anchor, anchor + TILE, 1)
+
+# footer count
+m = re.search(r'(\d+) games and counting', html)
+if m:
+    n = int(m.group(1)) + 1
+    html = html.replace(m.group(0), f'{n} games and counting', 1)
+    print(f'footer count {m.group(1)} -> {n}')
+
+open(DST, 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(html)
+print(f'tile inserted, {len(html)} bytes')