diff --git a/app/schemas/models/level.coffee b/app/schemas/models/level.coffee
index 9e1577b22..ecff5395a 100644
--- a/app/schemas/models/level.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/models/level.coffee
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ PointSchema = c.object {title: 'Point', description: 'An {x, y} coordinate point
   x: {title: 'x', description: 'The x coordinate.', type: 'number'}
   y: {title: 'y', description: 'The y coordinate.', type: 'number'}
 
-SpriteCommandSchema = c.object {title: 'Thang Command', description: 'Make a target Thang move or say something, or select/deselect it.', required: ['id'], default: {id: 'Captain Anya'}},
+SpriteCommandSchema = c.object {title: 'Thang Command', description: 'Make a target Thang move or say something, or select/deselect it.', required: ['id'], default: {id: 'Hero Placeholder'}},
   id: thang
   select: {title: 'Select', description: 'Select or deselect this Thang.', type: 'boolean'}
   say: c.object {title: 'Say', description: 'Make this Thang say a message.', required: ['text'], default: { mood: 'explain' }},
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/LevelPlaybackView.coffee b/app/views/play/level/LevelPlaybackView.coffee
index 4e1b5b55f..b01b7081c 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/LevelPlaybackView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/LevelPlaybackView.coffee
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelPlaybackView extends CocoView
     @goto = t 'play_level.time_goto'
     @current = t 'play_level.time_current'
     @total = t 'play_level.time_total'
+    @$el.find('#play-button').css('visibility', 'hidden') if @options.levelID in ['dungeons-of-kithgard', 'gems-in-the-deep', 'shadow-guard', 'true-names']  # Don't show for first few levels, confuses new players.
 
   updatePopupContent: ->
     @timePopup?.updateContent "<h2>#{@timeToString @newTime}</h2>#{@formatTime(@current, @currentTime)}<br/>#{@formatTime(@total, @totalTime)}"
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/PlayLevelView.coffee b/app/views/play/level/PlayLevelView.coffee
index d5c47d9bb..14e10428f 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/PlayLevelView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/PlayLevelView.coffee
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends RootView
 
   insertSubviews: ->
     @insertSubView @tome = new TomeView levelID: @levelID, session: @session, otherSession: @otherSession, thangs: @world.thangs, supermodel: @supermodel, level: @level
-    @insertSubView new LevelPlaybackView session: @session
+    @insertSubView new LevelPlaybackView session: @session, levelID: @levelID
     @insertSubView new GoalsView {}
     @insertSubView new LevelFlagsView world: @world if @levelID is 'sky-span'  # TODO: figure out when flags are available
     @insertSubView new GoldView {}
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/modal/HeroVictoryModal.coffee b/app/views/play/level/modal/HeroVictoryModal.coffee
index 08f8164f6..5f4fe7d83 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/modal/HeroVictoryModal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/modal/HeroVictoryModal.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
   id: 'hero-victory-modal'
   template: template
   closeButton: false
+  closesOnClickOutside: false
 
   constructor: (options) ->
     super(options)
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
     @achievements = @supermodel.loadCollection(achievements, 'achievements').model
     @listenToOnce @achievements, 'sync', @onAchievementsLoaded
     @readyToContinue = false
-  
+
   onAchievementsLoaded: ->
     thangTypeOriginals = []
     achievementIDs = []
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
       thangTypeOriginals.push rewards.items or []
       achievement.completed = LocalMongo.matchesQuery(@session.attributes, achievement.get('query'))
       achievementIDs.push(achievement.id) if achievement.completed
-        
+
     thangTypeOriginals = _.uniq _.flatten thangTypeOriginals
     for thangTypeOriginal in thangTypeOriginals
       thangType = new ThangType()
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
           me.fetch() unless me.loading
     else
       @readyToContinue = true
-    
+
   getRenderData: ->
     c = super()
     c.levelName = utils.i18n @level.attributes, 'name'
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
 
     c.thangTypes = @thangTypes
     return c
-    
+
   afterRender: ->
     super()
     return unless @supermodel.finished()
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
       )
       panel.delay(500)
       panel.queue(-> complete())
-    @animationComplete = !@animatedPanels.length
-      
+    @animationComplete = not @animatedPanels.length
+
   beginAnimateNumbers: ->
     @numericalItemPanels = _.map(@animatedPanels.find('.numerical'), (panel) -> {
       number: $(panel).data('number')
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
       rootEl: $(panel)
       unit: $(panel).data('number-unit')
     })
-    
+
     # TODO: mess with this more later. Doesn't seem to work, often times will pulse background red rather than animate
 #    itemPanel.rootEl.find('.reward-image-container img').addClass('pulse') for itemPanel in @numericalItemPanels
     @numberAnimationStart = new Date()
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
     @gemEl = $('#gem-total')
     @XPEl = $('#xp-total')
     @numberAnimationInterval = setInterval(@tickNumberAnimation, 15 / 1000)
-    
+
   tickNumberAnimation: =>
     pct = Math.min(1, (new Date() - @numberAnimationStart) / 1500)
     panel.textEl.text('+'+parseInt(panel.number*pct)) for panel in @numericalItemPanels
@@ -142,4 +143,4 @@ module.exports = class HeroVictoryModal extends ModalView
   updateSavingProgressStatus: ->
     return unless @animationComplete
     @$el.find('#saving-progress-label').toggleClass('hide', @readyToContinue)
-    @$el.find('#continue-button').toggleClass('hide', !@readyToContinue)
\ No newline at end of file
+    @$el.find('#continue-button').toggleClass('hide', not @readyToContinue)
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
index 650fb801f..7aa1df84d 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = class CastButtonView extends CocoView
     #delay = me.get('autocastDelay')  # No more autocast
     delay = 90019001
     @setAutocastDelay delay
-    @$el.find('.submit-button').hide() if @options.levelID is 'dungeons-of-kithgard'
+    @$el.find('.submit-button').hide() if @options.levelID in ['dungeons-of-kithgard', 'gems-in-the-deep', 'shadow-guard', 'true-names']
 
   attachTo: (spellView) ->
     @$el.detach().prependTo(spellView.toolbarView.$el).show()
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = class CastButtonView extends CocoView
   onNewGoalStates: (e) ->
     @winnable = e.overallStatus is 'success'
     @$el.toggleClass 'winnable', @winnable
-    if @winnable
+    if @winnable or (@hasCastOnce and @options.levelID isnt 'dungeons-of-kithgard')  # Show once 1) we think they will win or 2) they have hit “run” once. (Only #1 on the fist level.)
       @$el.find('.submit-button').show()  # In case we hid it, like on the first level.
 
   onGoalsCalculated: (e) ->
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module.exports = class CastButtonView extends CocoView
       else if castable
         s = $.i18n.t('play_level.tome_cast_button_run')
         s = $.i18n.t('play_level.tome_cast_button_casting') if s is 'Run' and me.get('preferredLanguage').split('-')[0] isnt 'en'  # Temporary, if tome_cast_button_running isn't translated.
-        unless @options.levelID in ['dungeons-of-kithgard', 'gems-in-the-deep', 'shadow-guard', 'true-names']  # Hide for first few.
+        unless @options.levelID in ['dungeons-of-kithgard', 'gems-in-the-deep', 'shadow-guard', 'true-names', 'the-raised-sword', 'the-first-kithmaze']  # Hide for first few.
           s += ' ' + @castShortcut
       else
         s = $.i18n.t('play_level.tome_cast_button_ran')