diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e86e243..f5ec6ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/nodots/backgammon-ai/issues"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "jest",
-    "test:watch": "jest --watch",
-    "test:coverage": "jest --coverage",
+    "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest",
+    "test:watch": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --watch",
+    "test:coverage": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --coverage",
     "update-coverage": "node scripts/update-coverage.js",
     "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint src/**/*.ts --fix",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ai-independence.test.ts b/src/__tests__/ai-independence.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749785c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/ai-independence.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/**
+ * AI independence — analyzers must not consume dice entropy.
+ *
+ * The invariant:
+ *   Move selection reads the legal-move set and the board; it does not
+ *   roll dice. An analyzer that calls Dice.rollDie during selection
+ *   either (a) peeks at an upcoming opponent roll, or (b) advances the
+ *   RNG in a way that biases subsequent game rolls. Both are regressions
+ *   against the fairness story in Paper 12.
+ *
+ * This test spies on Dice.rollDie from @nodots/backgammon-core and
+ * asserts every shipped analyzer leaves it untouched during selectMove.
+ * The test is deliberately defensive: no current analyzer calls rollDie.
+ * The purpose is to catch the regression at the moment a new analyzer
+ * introduces one.
+ */
+import path from 'path'
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import type { MoveHint } from '@nodots/gnubg-hints'
+
+let mockHints: MoveHint[] = []
+jest.unstable_mockModule('@nodots/gnubg-hints', () => ({
+  GnuBgHints: {
+    initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    configure: jest.fn(),
+    getMoveHints: jest.fn(async () => mockHints),
+    getDoubleHint: jest.fn(),
+    getTakeHint: jest.fn(),
+    shutdown: jest.fn(),
+  },
+}))
+
+const { loadAnalyzersFromPluginsDir } = await import('../pluginLoader.js')
+const { Dice } = await import('@nodots/backgammon-core/dist/Dice/index.js')
+
+const moves = [
+  {
+    id: '1',
+    player: {} as any,
+    dieValue: 6,
+    stateKind: 'ready',
+    moveKind: 'point-to-point',
+    origin: { position: { clockwise: 10, counterclockwise: 15 } },
+  },
+  {
+    id: '2',
+    player: {} as any,
+    dieValue: 3,
+    stateKind: 'ready',
+    moveKind: 'point-to-point',
+    origin: { position: { clockwise: 20, counterclockwise: 5 } },
+  },
+  {
+    id: '3',
+    player: {} as any,
+    dieValue: 1,
+    stateKind: 'ready',
+    moveKind: 'point-to-point',
+    origin: { position: { clockwise: 5, counterclockwise: 20 } },
+  },
+]
+
+const hintRequest = {
+  board: { points: [], bar: {}, off: {} } as any,
+  dice: [6, 3] as [number, number],
+  cubeValue: 1,
+  cubeOwner: null,
+  matchScore: [0, 0] as [number, number],
+  matchLength: 0,
+  crawford: false,
+  jacoby: false,
+  beavers: false,
+}
+
+describe('AI independence — analyzers do not consume dice entropy', () => {
+  const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+  const pluginsDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../plugins')
+  let analyzers: Record<string, any> = {}
+  let rollDieSpy: ReturnType<typeof jest.spyOn>
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    analyzers = await loadAnalyzersFromPluginsDir(pluginsDir)
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    rollDieSpy = jest.spyOn(Dice, 'rollDie')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rollDieSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+
+  const shippedAnalyzers = [
+    'randomMoveAnalyzer',
+    'furthestFromOffMoveAnalyzer',
+    'nodotsAIMoveAnalyzer',
+    'examplePluginAnalyzer',
+    'gnubgMoveAnalyzer',
+  ]
+
+  it.each(shippedAnalyzers)(
+    '%s.selectMove does not call Dice.rollDie',
+    async (analyzerName) => {
+      const analyzer = analyzers[analyzerName]
+      expect(analyzer).toBeDefined()
+
+      await analyzer.selectMove(moves as any, {
+        hintRequest,
+        positionId: '4HPwATDgc/ABMA',
+      })
+
+      expect(rollDieSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('baseline sanity — the spy fires when Dice.rollDie is called directly', () => {
+    Dice.rollDie()
+    expect(rollDieSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})