diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
index d04206467..20cb90980 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
@@ -1076,7 +1076,8 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
         long[] rowids = DBUtils.getRowIDsFor( BTService.this, nli.gameID() );
         if ( null == rowids || 0 == rowids.length ) {
             CommsAddrRec addr = nli.makeAddrRec( BTService.this );
-            long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( BTService.this, nli, m_btMsgSink );
+            long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( BTService.this, nli, 
+                                                     m_btMsgSink, null );
             if ( DBUtils.ROWID_NOTFOUND == rowid ) {
                 result = BTCmd.INVITE_FAILED;
             } else {
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
index f17a8a766..171a6486a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
@@ -463,18 +463,20 @@ public class GameUtils {
 
     public static long makeNewMultiGame( Context context, NetLaunchInfo nli )
     {
-        return makeNewMultiGame( context, nli, null );
+        return makeNewMultiGame( context, nli, (MultiMsgSink)null, 
+                                 (UtilCtxt)null );
     }
 
     public static long makeNewMultiGame( Context context, NetLaunchInfo nli,
-                                         MultiMsgSink sink )
+                                         MultiMsgSink sink, UtilCtxt util )
     {
         DbgUtils.logf( "makeNewMultiGame(nli=%s)", nli.toString() );
         CommsAddrRec addr = nli.makeAddrRec( context );
 
-        return makeNewMultiGame( context, sink, DBUtils.GROUPID_UNSPEC, addr, 
-                                 new int[] {nli.lang}, new String[] { nli.dict },
-                                 nli.nPlayersT, nli.nPlayersH, nli.forceChannel,
+        return makeNewMultiGame( context, sink, util, DBUtils.GROUPID_UNSPEC, 
+                                 addr, new int[] {nli.lang}, 
+                                 new String[] { nli.dict }, nli.nPlayersT, 
+                                 nli.nPlayersH, nli.forceChannel,
                                  nli.inviteID(), nli.gameID(), nli.gameName,
                                  false );
     }
@@ -505,12 +507,14 @@ public class GameUtils {
         CommsAddrRec addr = new CommsAddrRec( addrSet );
         addr.populate( context );
         int forceChannel = 0;
-        return makeNewMultiGame( context, null, groupID, addr, lang, dict, 2, 1,
+        return makeNewMultiGame( context, (MultiMsgSink)null, (UtilCtxt)null,
+                                 groupID, addr, lang, dict, 2, 1,
                                  forceChannel, inviteID, 0, gameName, true );
     }
 
     private static long makeNewMultiGame( Context context, MultiMsgSink sink, 
-                                          long groupID, CommsAddrRec addr, 
+                                          UtilCtxt util, long groupID, 
+                                          CommsAddrRec addr,
                                           int[] lang, String[] dict, 
                                           int nPlayersT, int nPlayersH, 
                                           int forceChannel, String inviteID,
@@ -543,7 +547,7 @@ public class GameUtils {
 
         if ( DBUtils.ROWID_NOTFOUND != rowid ) {
             GameLock lock = new GameLock( rowid, true ).lock();
-            applyChanges( context, sink, gi, addr, inviteID, lock, false );
+            applyChanges( context, sink, gi, util, addr, inviteID, lock, false );
             lock.unlock();
         }
 
@@ -595,9 +599,10 @@ public class GameUtils {
             addr = new CommsAddrRec( null, null );
         }
         String inviteID = GameUtils.formatGameID( gameID );
-        return makeNewMultiGame( context, sink, groupID, addr, langa, dicta, 
-                                 nPlayersT, nPlayersH, forceChannel, 
-                                 inviteID, gameID, gameName, isHost );
+        return makeNewMultiGame( context, sink, (UtilCtxt)null, groupID, addr, 
+                                 langa, dicta, nPlayersT, nPlayersH, 
+                                 forceChannel, inviteID, gameID, gameName,
+                                 isHost );
     }
 
     public static void launchEmailInviteActivity( Activity activity, NetLaunchInfo nli )
@@ -955,13 +960,14 @@ public class GameUtils {
                                      CommsAddrRec car, String inviteID, 
                                      GameLock lock, boolean forceNew )
     {
-        applyChanges( context, null, gi, car, inviteID, lock, forceNew );
+        applyChanges( context, (MultiMsgSink)null, gi, (UtilCtxt)null, car, 
+                      inviteID, lock, forceNew );
     }
 
     public static void applyChanges( Context context, MultiMsgSink sink,
-                                     CurGameInfo gi, CommsAddrRec car, 
-                                     String inviteID, GameLock lock, 
-                                     boolean forceNew )
+                                     CurGameInfo gi, UtilCtxt util, 
+                                     CommsAddrRec car, String inviteID, 
+                                     GameLock lock, boolean forceNew )
     {
         // This should be a separate function, commitChanges() or
         // somesuch.  But: do we have a way to save changes to a gi
@@ -988,7 +994,9 @@ public class GameUtils {
         }
 
         if ( forceNew || !madeGame ) {
-            XwJNI.game_makeNewGame( gamePtr, gi, JNIUtilsImpl.get(context), 
+            XwJNI.game_makeNewGame( gamePtr, gi, util, 
+                                    JNIUtilsImpl.get(context), 
+                                    (DrawCtx)null,
                                     cp, sink, dictNames, pairs.m_bytes, 
                                     pairs.m_paths, langName );
         }
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayService.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayService.java
index 40d78301d..ccbfb481d 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayService.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- compile-command: "find-and-ant.sh debug install"; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright 2010 - 2012 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All
+ * Copyright 2010 - 2015 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All
  * rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@ public class RelayService extends XWService
             // connect to the inviting game, because it needs to be open to
             // make the initial connection -- needs access to util. That
             // should be fixable -- eventually.
-            RelayMsgSink sink = null; // new RelayMsgSink();
-            long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( this, nli, sink );
+            RelayMsgSink sink = new RelayMsgSink();
+            UtilCtxt util = new UtilCtxtImpl( this );
+            long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( this, nli, sink, util );
             if ( DBUtils.ROWID_NOTFOUND != rowid ) {
                 if ( null != nli.gameName && 0 < nli.gameName.length() ) {
                     DBUtils.setName( this, rowid, nli.gameName );
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/SMSService.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/SMSService.java
index 923d36078..fd8435fc1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/SMSService.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/SMSService.java
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ public class SMSService extends XWService {
     private void makeForInvite( String phone, NetLaunchInfo nli )
     {
         SMSMsgSink sink = new SMSMsgSink( this );
-        long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( this, nli, sink );
+        long rowid = GameUtils.makeNewMultiGame( this, nli, sink, null );
         postNotification( phone, nli.gameID() );
         ackInvite( phone, nli.gameID() );
     }