diff --git a/play-node-go/src/components/Button/Game/Game.js b/play-node-go/src/components/Button/Game/Game.js
index e0258ca..02c28f8 100644
--- a/play-node-go/src/components/Button/Game/Game.js
+++ b/play-node-go/src/components/Button/Game/Game.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import './Game.scss';
 
 const GameButton = (props) => {
-  const { game, dispatch } = props;
+  const { game, dispatch, user } = props;
 
   const requestJoinGame = () => {
     console.log(`request to Join Game ${game.id}!`)
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ const GameButton = (props) => {
   }
 
   const renderInProgressGame = () => {
-    const gameLinkText = game.winType ? 'Study Game' : 'Watch Game'
+    const gameLinkText = game.winType ? 'Study Game' 
+      : user ? 'Rejoin Game' : 'Watch Game' 
     return (
       <>
         <Link to={`/games/${game.id}`}>{gameLinkText}</Link>
diff --git a/play-node-go/src/pages/Room/Room.js b/play-node-go/src/pages/Room/Room.js
index 421bbbf..5ef0547 100644
--- a/play-node-go/src/pages/Room/Room.js
+++ b/play-node-go/src/pages/Room/Room.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const Room = (props) => {
           key={`game-${gameData.id}`}
           game={gameData}
           dispatch={dispatch}
+          user={gameData.playerBlack === state.user.username || gameData.playerWhite === state.user.username}
         />
       ))
     }
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/apiGame.js b/server/controllers/api/apiGame.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d828830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/apiGame.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const roomQueries = require('../../data/queries/room');
+const messageQueries = require('../../data/queries/message');
+const gameQueries = require('../../data/queries/game');
+const moveQueries = require('../../data/queries/move');
+const { enableGameSocket } = require('../../socket');
+
+const show = async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const gameId = req.params.id;
+    if (!gameId) throw('missing game parameter')
+    const game = await gameQueries.findGameById(gameId);
+    enableGameSocket(game.room, game.id);
+    
+    const record = await moveQueries.findGameRecord(gameId);
+    res.status(200).json({game, record})
+  }
+  catch (err) {
+    res.status(500).json(err);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  show
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/data/queries/game.js b/server/data/queries/game.js
index ca76d00..c8bebe1 100644
--- a/server/data/queries/game.js
+++ b/server/data/queries/game.js
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
 const knex = require('../db');
 
+const gameDetailSelect = [
+  'game.id', 'application', 'application_version',
+  'board_size', 'komi', 'handicap', 'open', 'win_type',
+  'player_black', 'player_black_rank', 'player_white', 'player_white_rank',
+  'black_captures', 'white_captures', 'score', 'win_type',
+  'description', 'event', 'round', 'name', 'room'
+]
+
+const timeSettingSelect = [
+  'main_time', 'time_period', 'period_length', 'overtime', 'overtime_period', 'overtime_length'
+]
+
 const gameOverviewSelect = [
   'id', 'board_size', 'komi', 'handicap', 'open', 'win_type',
   'player_black', 'player_black_rank', 'player_white', 'player_white_rank'
 ]
 
-const findGameById = async (gameId) => {
-  const game = await knex('game')
-  .where({'id': gameId})
-  .select('*');
+const findGameById = async function (gameId) {
+  const selection = gameDetailSelect.concat(timeSettingSelect);
 
+  const game = await knex
+  .from('game')
+  .select(selection)
+  .where({'game.id': gameId})
+  .leftJoin('time_setting', function() { this.on('time_setting.id', '=', 'game.time_setting')})
+  
   return game[0];
 }
 
diff --git a/server/data/seeds/04_game.js b/server/data/seeds/04_game.js
index 404a348..698633c 100644
--- a/server/data/seeds/04_game.js
+++ b/server/data/seeds/04_game.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ exports.seed = function(knex) {
         { 
           id: 1, date: new Date(), 
           application: 'node-go', application_version: '0.1.0', 
-          player_black: 'anon', player_white: 'anon',
-          player_black_rank: 'K3', player_white_rank: 'K2',
+          player_black: 'user-one', player_white: 'user-two',
+          player_black_rank: 'UR', player_white_rank: 'UR',
+          user_black: 2, user_white: 3,
           room: 1, time_setting: 1, open: false
         },
         { 
diff --git a/server/routes/api.js b/server/routes/api.js
index ac8c265..1f2d226 100644
--- a/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/server/routes/api.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 const apiIndexController = require('../controllers/api/apiIndex');
 const apiRoomRouter = require('./api/room');
+const apiGameRouter = require('./api/game');
 
 router.use('/rooms', apiRoomRouter);
+router.use('/games', apiGameRouter);
 
 router.get('/', apiIndexController.apiIndex);
 
diff --git a/server/routes/api/game.js b/server/routes/api/game.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdf2096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/api/game.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const router = express.Router();
+const apiGameController = require('../../controllers/api/apiGame');
+
+router.get('/:id', apiGameController.show);
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/server/socket.js b/server/socket.js
index 579423a..be916f0 100644
--- a/server/socket.js
+++ b/server/socket.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ io.on('connection', ()=> {
   io.emit('connected', {message: 'socket connected'});
 })
 
-enableRoomSocket = (roomId) => {
+const enableRoomSocket = (roomId) => {
   const roomSocket = io.of(roomId);
   roomSocket.on('connection', (socket) => {
     
@@ -27,9 +27,22 @@ enableRoomSocket = (roomId) => {
   return roomSocket;
 }
 
+const enableGameSocket = (roomId, gameId) => {
+  const gameSocket = io.of(roomId);
+  gameSocket.on('connection', (socket) => {
+    socket.join(gameId);
+    socket.to(gameId).emit(`joined room ${gameId}`)
+    console.log(socket)
+  });
+
+
+  return gameSocket;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   io,
-  enableRoomSocket
+  enableRoomSocket,
+  enableGameSocket
 }
 
 async function logJoinGameRequest (data) {
diff --git a/server/test/api.game.spec.js b/server/test/api.game.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb3160d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test/api.game.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const apiRoomSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
+  const gameEndpoint = '/api/v1/games';
+
+  const gameOne = {
+    id: 1,
+    room: 1,
+    application: 'node-go',
+    application_version: '0.1.0',
+    board_size: 19,
+    komi: 6.5,
+    handicap: 0,
+    open: false,
+    win_type: null,
+    player_black: 'user-one',
+    player_black_rank: 'UR',
+    player_white: 'user-two',
+    player_white_rank: 'UR',
+    black_captures: null,
+    white_captures: null,
+    score: null,
+    description: null,
+    event: null,
+    round: null,
+    name: null,
+    main_time: 'untimed',
+    time_period: 1,
+    period_length: 0,
+    overtime: 'untimed',
+    overtime_period: 0,
+    overtime_length: 0
+  }
+
+  const recordOne = [
+    // {}
+  ]
+
+  it('request to api games/1 should return 1 room game information with moves', done => {
+    chai.request(server)
+    .get(`${gameEndpoint}/1`)
+    .end((err,res)=> {
+      if(err) done(err);
+      res.body.should.eql({ game: gameOne, record: recordOne });
+      done();
+    });
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = apiRoomSpec;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js b/server/test/api.room.spec.js
similarity index 94%
rename from server/test/room/api.room.spec.js
rename to server/test/api.room.spec.js
index d85f364..5205198 100644
--- a/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js
+++ b/server/test/api.room.spec.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ const apiRoomSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
         komi: 6.5,
         handicap: 0,
         board_size: 19,
-        player_black: 'anon',
-        player_white: 'anon',
-        player_black_rank: 'K3',
-        player_white_rank: 'K2',
+        player_black: 'user-one', 
+        player_white: 'user-two',
+        player_black_rank: 'UR', 
+        player_white_rank: 'UR',
         open: false,
         win_type: null
       }, 
diff --git a/server/test/spec.js b/server/test/spec.js
index 43fdfc8..c8940c6 100644
--- a/server/test/spec.js
+++ b/server/test/spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const should = chai.should();
 const authSignupSpec = require('./auth.signup.spec');
 const authLoginSpec = require('./auth.login.spec');
 const apiIndexSpec = require('./api.index.spec');
-const apiRoomSpec = require('./room/api.room.spec');
+const apiRoomSpec = require('./api.room.spec');
+const apiGameSpec = require('./api.game.spec');
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 // ! to run tests from other testing modules
@@ -42,5 +43,6 @@ describe('API Routes', function() {
   
   apiIndexSpec(chai, knex, server)
   apiRoomSpec(chai, knex, server)
+  apiGameSpec(chai, knex, server)
   
 });