Board Game Arena

I don't know anything concrete about the implications of re-id-ing (though from a generic database standpoint, it seems very likely to introduce some sort of error -- for example how will the log/replay know which cards were which before/"across" a re-id-ing boundary?). However it seems to...

Agreed. In fact, I think it would be useful if each row always displayed the number of beef heads, not just while taking one.

Those small improvements (that remove busywork but leave all of the strategic logic) are the reason I love BGA's implementation of 7 Wonders, for example.