diff --git a/public/game.html b/public/game.html
index 8bb38b3..38c75cf 100644
--- a/public/game.html
+++ b/public/game.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
-  <title>YARN 2026 – Spin a Story!</title>
+  <title>Y.A.R.N. HTML5 – Spin a Story!</title>
   <style>
     :root {
       --bg-main: #4b0082;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 <div id="layout">
 
   <div id="header">
-    Y.A.R.N. 2026 - Spin a story! -&nbsp;<span id="room-display"></span>
+    Y.A.R.N. HTML5 - Spin a Story! -&nbsp;<span id="room-display"></span>
   </div>
 
   <div id="main-text">
diff --git a/public/menu.html b/public/menu.html
index 8165058..2b14ba7 100644
--- a/public/menu.html
+++ b/public/menu.html
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <div id="about-overlay" class="hidden">
       <div id="about-box">
         <h3>What is Y.A.R.N HTML5?</h3>
-        <p>Y.A.R.N was a collaborative story-writing "parlor game" originally included in GameSpy Arcade in the early 2000s, but removed shortly thereafter due to security issues that were never resolved.</p>
+        <p>Y.A.R.N (Yet Another Random Narrative) was a collaborative story-writing "parlor game" originally included in GameSpy Arcade in the early 2000s, but removed shortly thereafter due to security issues that were never resolved.</p>
         <p><strong>Y.A.R.N. HTML5</strong> is a modern remake of (what I can remember from) the original, designed to run in-browser, and with extra features such as (optional) LLM-based bots.</p>
         <p><strong>The rules are simple:</strong></p>
         <ul>
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 3c28fc8..8d80722 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -213,30 +213,51 @@ class YarnGame {
 
   tallyVotes() {
     if (this.round_data.length === 0) return null;
-    
-    // Find winner (most votes)
-    let winner = this.round_data[0];
+
+    // 1. Award 1 point per vote to every sentence
     for (const entry of this.round_data) {
-      if (entry.votes.length > winner.votes.length) {
-        winner = entry;
+      const p = this.getPlayer(entry.player_id);
+      if (p) p.score += entry.votes.length;
+    }
+
+    // 2. Find the top vote count
+    const maxVotes = Math.max(...this.round_data.map(e => e.votes.length));
+    const leaders = this.round_data.filter(e => e.votes.length === maxVotes);
+
+    // 3. Decide bonus points
+    if (leaders.length === 1) {
+      // Single winner: +3
+      const winner = leaders[0];
+      const p = this.getPlayer(winner.player_id);
+      if (p) p.score += 3;
+    } else {
+      // Tie: longest gets +2, rest +1
+      const longest = leaders.reduce(
+        (a, b) => (b.entry_text.length > a.entry_text.length ? b : a),
+        leaders[0]
+      );
+      for (const l of leaders) {
+        const p = this.getPlayer(l.player_id);
+        if (p) p.score += l === longest ? 2 : 1;
       }
     }
-    
-    // Award points
-    const winnerPlayer = this.getPlayer(winner.player_id);
-    if (winnerPlayer) {
-      winnerPlayer.score += 5 + winner.votes.length;
-    }
-    
-    // Add to story
-    if (winner.entry_text) {
+
+    // 4. Append winning (or tied-longest) entry to the story
+    const storyEntry =
+      leaders.length === 1
+        ? leaders[0]
+        : leaders.reduce(
+            (a, b) => (b.entry_text.length > a.entry_text.length ? b : a),
+            leaders[0]
+          );
+    if (storyEntry?.entry_text) {
       this.yarnStory.push({
-        player: winnerPlayer ? winnerPlayer.name : "Unknown",
-        str: winner.entry_text
+        player: this.getPlayer(storyEntry.player_id)?.name ?? "Unknown",
+        str: storyEntry.entry_text
       });
     }
-    
-    return winner;
+
+    return leaders.length === 1 ? leaders[0] : null; // return single winner or null on tie
   }
 
   checkGameOver() {
@@ -421,8 +442,8 @@ io.on('connection', (socket) => {
     
     const game = games[currentRoom];
     if (!game || game.gameHost !== playerId) return;
-    if (game.players.length < 2 && settings.botCount == 0) {
-      socket.emit('error', { message: 'Need at least 2 players to start' });
+    if ((game.players.length + settings.botCount) < 3) {
+      socket.emit('error', { message: 'Need at least 3 players to start' });
       return;
     }
     
