diff --git a/app/components/gameCard.js b/app/components/gameCard.js
index cee2736..1e0ffd6 100644
--- a/app/components/gameCard.js
+++ b/app/components/gameCard.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function createGameCard(manifest, progress) {
     // Show time played today if available.
     const today = getTodayDateString();
     if (progress.dailyTime && typeof progress.dailyTime[today] === 'number'
-        && progress.dailyTime[today] > 0) {
+      && progress.dailyTime[today] > 0) {
       details.push(`Today: ${formatDuration(progress.dailyTime[today])}`);
     }
     if (details.length > 0) {
@@ -71,17 +71,15 @@ export function createGameCard(manifest, progress) {
   button.textContent = `Play ${manifest.name}`;
   button.setAttribute('aria-label', `Play ${manifest.name}`);
 
-  /**
-   * Dispatches a custom event when the game card button is clicked.
-   * @fires CustomEvent#game:select
-   */
-  button.addEventListener('click', () => {
+
+  // Dispatches a game:select custom event when any part of the card is clicked.
+  article.addEventListener('click', () => {
     const event = new CustomEvent('game:select', {
       bubbles: true,
       composed: true,
       detail: { gameId: manifest.id },
     });
-    button.dispatchEvent(event);
+    article.dispatchEvent(event);
   });
 
   article.appendChild(img);
diff --git a/app/components/tests/gameCard.test.js b/app/components/tests/gameCard.test.js
index 695557f..ad0d080 100644
--- a/app/components/tests/gameCard.test.js
+++ b/app/components/tests/gameCard.test.js
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ describe('createGameCard', () => {
     expect(firedEvent.detail.gameId).toBe(validManifest.id);
   });
 
+  it('clicking the card body (outside the button) fires game:select', () => {
+    const card = createGameCard(validManifest);
+    document.body.appendChild(card);
+
+    let firedEvent = null;
+    card.addEventListener('game:select', (e) => {
+      firedEvent = e;
+    });
+
+    // Simulate a click directly on the article element (not via the button).
+    card.click();
+
+    expect(firedEvent).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(firedEvent.detail.gameId).toBe(validManifest.id);
+  });
+
   it('<img> has a non-empty alt attribute', () => {
     const card = createGameCard(validManifest);
     const img = card.querySelector('img');
diff --git a/app/styles/game-card.css b/app/styles/game-card.css
index dbea124..23a54be 100644
--- a/app/styles/game-card.css
+++ b/app/styles/game-card.css
@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@
   overflow: hidden;
   box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
   transition: box-shadow var(--transition-fast);
+  cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 .game-card:hover {
   box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
 }
 
+/* Show a card-level focus ring when the Play button inside receives keyboard focus. */
+.game-card:focus-within {
+  outline: 3px solid var(--focus-ring);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
 .game-card img {
   width: 100%;
   aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;