diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
index d36b9f383..4f8500919 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ void
 makeDicts( MPFORMAL JNIEnv *env, JNIUtilCtxt* jniutil, PlayerDicts* dicts,
            jobjectArray jdicts, jobjectArray jnames, jstring jlang )
 {
-    LOG_FUNC();
     int ii;
     jsize len = (*env)->GetArrayLength( env, jdicts );
     XP_ASSERT( len == (*env)->GetArrayLength( env, jnames ) );
@@ -442,7 +441,6 @@ makeDicts( MPFORMAL JNIEnv *env, JNIUtilCtxt* jniutil, PlayerDicts* dicts,
         } 
         dicts->dicts[ii] = dict;
     }
-    LOG_RETURN_VOID();
 }
 
 DictionaryCtxt* 
diff --git a/xwords4/common/dictnry.c b/xwords4/common/dictnry.c
index 353a1fc18..1f7538b27 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/dictnry.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/dictnry.c
@@ -390,6 +390,28 @@ dict_loadFromStream( DictionaryCtxt* dict, XWStreamCtxt* stream )
 } /* dict_loadFromStream */
 #endif
 
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+/* Return the strlen of the longest face, e.g. 1 for English and Italian;
+   2 for Spanish; 3 for Catalan */
+XP_U16
+dict_getMaxWidth( const DictionaryCtxt* dict )
+{
+    XP_U16 result = 0;
+    Tile tile;
+    XP_U16 nFaces = dict_numTileFaces( dict );
+
+    for ( tile = 0; tile < nFaces; ++tile ) {
+        const XP_UCHAR* face = dict_getTileString( dict, tile );
+        XP_U16 len = XP_STRLEN( face );
+        if ( len > result ) {
+            result = len;
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+#endif
+
+
 const XP_UCHAR*
 dict_getName( const DictionaryCtxt* dict )
 {
diff --git a/xwords4/common/dictnry.h b/xwords4/common/dictnry.h
index af1ab8ba4..7064d8c7e 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/dictnry.h
+++ b/xwords4/common/dictnry.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ XP_U32 dict_getWordCount( const DictionaryCtxt* dict );
 void dict_writeToStream( const DictionaryCtxt* ctxt, XWStreamCtxt* stream );
 void dict_loadFromStream( DictionaryCtxt* dict, XWStreamCtxt* stream );
 
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+/* Return the strlen of the longest face, e.g. 1 for English and Italian;
+   2 for Spanish; 3 for Catalan */
+XP_U16 dict_getMaxWidth( const DictionaryCtxt* dict );
+#endif
+
 
 /* These methods get "overridden" by subclasses.  That is, they must be
  implemented by each platform. */
diff --git a/xwords4/common/model.c b/xwords4/common/model.c
index 0b23f4bb5..a6a946922 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/model.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/model.c
@@ -172,6 +172,47 @@ model_writeToStream( ModelCtxt* model, XWStreamCtxt* stream )
 #endif
 } /* model_writeToStream */
 
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+void
+model_writeToTextStream( const ModelCtxt* model, XWStreamCtxt* stream )
+{
+    const DictionaryCtxt* dict = model_getDictionary( model );
+    int width = dict_getMaxWidth( dict );
+    XP_UCHAR empty[4] = {0};
+    XP_U16 ii;
+    XP_U16 col, row;
+
+    for ( ii = 0; ii < width; ++ii ) {
+        empty[ii] = '.';
+    }
+
+    for ( row = 0; row < model->nRows; ++row ) {
+        XP_UCHAR buf[256];
+        XP_U16 len = 0;
+        for ( col = 0; col < model->nCols; ++col ) {
+            XP_Bool isBlank;
+            Tile tile;
+            if ( model_getTile( model, col, row,  XP_FALSE, -1, &tile,
+                                &isBlank, NULL, NULL ) ) {
+                const XP_UCHAR* face = dict_getTileString( dict, tile );
+                XP_UCHAR lower[1+XP_STRLEN(face)];
+                XP_STRNCPY( lower, face, sizeof(lower) );
+                if ( isBlank ) {
+                    XP_LOWERSTR( lower );
+                }
+                len += snprintf( &buf[len], sizeof(buf) - len, "%*s", 
+                                 width, lower );
+            } else {
+                len += snprintf( &buf[len], sizeof(buf) - len, "%s", empty );
+            }
+        }
+        buf[len++] = '\n';
+        buf[len] = '\0';
+        stream_catString( stream, buf );
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 void
 model_init( ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 nCols, XP_U16 nRows )
 {
diff --git a/xwords4/common/model.h b/xwords4/common/model.h
index 1c39629ed..e0ec0d495 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/model.h
+++ b/xwords4/common/model.h
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ ModelCtxt* model_makeFromStream( MPFORMAL XWStreamCtxt* stream,
 
 void model_writeToStream( ModelCtxt* model, XWStreamCtxt* stream );
 
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+void model_writeToTextStream( const ModelCtxt* model, XWStreamCtxt* stream );
+#endif
+
 void model_init( ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 nCols, XP_U16 nRows );
 void model_destroy( ModelCtxt* model );
 void model_setNPlayers( ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 numPlayers );
diff --git a/xwords4/common/nwgamest.c b/xwords4/common/nwgamest.c
index 5e1d9bad6..0c8413fe1 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/nwgamest.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/nwgamest.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ newg_load( NewGameCtx* ngc, const CurGameInfo* gi )
     XP_S16 ii, jj;
     DeviceRole role;
     XP_Bool localOnly;
-    XP_Bool shown[MAX_NUM_PLAYERS] = { XP_FALSE, XP_FALSE, XP_FALSE, XP_FALSE};
+    XP_Bool shown[MAX_NUM_PLAYERS] = { XP_FALSE };
 
     ngc->juggleEnabled = TRI_ENAB_NONE;
     ngc->settingsEnabled = TRI_ENAB_NONE;
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/Makefile b/xwords4/linux/Makefile
index b33886edd..228050428 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/Makefile
+++ b/xwords4/linux/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ DEFINES += -DFEATURE_TRAY_EDIT
 DEFINES += -DXWFEATURE_CROSSHAIRS
 DEFINES += -DXWFEATURE_CHAT
 DEFINES += -DDISABLE_TILE_SEL
+DEFINES += -DTEXT_MODEL
 
 ifdef CURSES_CELL_HT
 DEFINES += -DCURSES_CELL_HT=$(CURSES_CELL_HT)
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/gtkmain.c b/xwords4/linux/gtkmain.c
index 3285b5e2e..803fbf858 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/gtkmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/gtkmain.c
@@ -740,6 +740,23 @@ game_history( GtkWidget* XP_UNUSED(widget), GtkAppGlobals* globals )
     catGameHistory( &globals->cGlobals );
 } /* game_history */
 
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+static void
+dump_board( GtkWidget* XP_UNUSED(widget), GtkAppGlobals* globals )
+{
+    if ( !!globals->cGlobals.game.model ) {
+        XWStreamCtxt* stream = 
+            mem_stream_make( MEMPOOL 
+                             globals->cGlobals.params->vtMgr,
+                             globals, 
+                             CHANNEL_NONE, 
+                             catOnClose );
+        model_writeToTextStream( globals->cGlobals.game.model, stream );
+        stream_destroy( stream );
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 static void
 final_scores( GtkWidget* XP_UNUSED(widget), GtkAppGlobals* globals )
 {
@@ -953,6 +970,10 @@ makeMenus( GtkAppGlobals* globals, int XP_UNUSED(argc),
                          GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(tile_values), globals );
     (void)createAddItem( fileMenu, "Game history", 
                          GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(game_history), globals );
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+    (void)createAddItem( fileMenu, "Dump board", 
+                         GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(dump_board), globals );
+#endif
 
     (void)createAddItem( fileMenu, "Final scores", 
                          GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(final_scores), globals );
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
index b0df336f7..9fbe9c944 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ typedef struct _CmdInfoRec {
 
 static CmdInfoRec CmdInfoRecs[] = {
     { CMD_SKIP_GAMEOVER, false, "skip-final", "skip final scores display" }
-    ,{ CMD_SHOW_OTHERSCORES, false, "no-show-other", 
-       "do not show robot and remote scores" }
+    ,{ CMD_SHOW_OTHERSCORES, false, "show-other", "show robot/remote scores" }
     ,{ CMD_HOSTIP, true, "hostip", "remote host ip address (for direct connect)" }
     ,{ CMD_DICT, true, "game-dict", "dictionary name for game" }
     ,{ CMD_PLAYERDICT, true, "player-dict", "dictionary name for player (in sequence)" }
@@ -957,7 +956,7 @@ main( int argc, char** argv )
     mainParams.skipCommitConfirm = XP_TRUE;
     mainParams.showColors = XP_TRUE;
     mainParams.allowPeek = XP_TRUE;
-    mainParams.showRobotScores = XP_TRUE;
+    mainParams.showRobotScores = XP_FALSE;
     
     /*     serverName = mainParams.info.clientInfo.serverName = "localhost"; */
 
@@ -981,7 +980,7 @@ main( int argc, char** argv )
             mainParams.skipGameOver = XP_TRUE;
             break;
         case CMD_SHOW_OTHERSCORES:
-            mainParams.showRobotScores = XP_FALSE;
+            mainParams.showRobotScores = XP_TRUE;
             break;
 #ifdef XWFEATURE_RELAY
         case CMD_ROOMNAME:
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/linuxutl.c b/xwords4/linux/linuxutl.c
index ed98ad461..cf72e12a8 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/linuxutl.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/linuxutl.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <ctype.h>              /* BAD: use glib to support utf8 */
 
 #include "linuxutl.h"
 #include "main.h"
@@ -409,3 +410,15 @@ linux_getErrString( UtilErrID id, XP_Bool* silent )
 
     return (XP_UCHAR*)message;
 } /* linux_getErrString */
+
+#ifdef TEXT_MODEL
+/* This is broken for UTF-8, even Spanish */
+void
+linux_lowerstr( XP_UCHAR* str )
+{
+    while ( *str ) {
+        *str = tolower( *str );
+        ++str;
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/xptypes.h b/xwords4/linux/xptypes.h
index 645d05a5e..075120e11 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/xptypes.h
+++ b/xwords4/linux/xptypes.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ void linux_freep( void** ptrp );
 #define XP_STRNCMP(s1,s2,len) strncmp((s1),(s2),(len))
 #define XP_STRNCPY(s1,s2,len) strncpy((s1),(s2),(len))
 #define XP_STRCMP(s1,s2)       strcmp((s1),(s2))
+void linux_lowerstr( XP_UCHAR* str );
+#define XP_LOWERSTR(str)       linux_lowerstr(str)
 #define XP_RANDOM() random()
 #define XP_SNPRINTF snprintf