@soylentgraham: You should check out the recent releases of https://boardgame.io/. The tutorials are now rewritten with a focus on the plain JS client (no React).
oh cool, I gave up with boardgame.io in the end (I liked the API design though) because I spent 99% of my time trying to rip it out of react (both server and client) so I could use it in a non-web situation. (I have a game engine with high-level JS, and the game server/client is only one small part of it)
Maybe I can go back, although I'm writing game logic much faster now I'm in NIH territory, it would be nice to contribute to someone else's project
