diff --git a/deepwolf/cli.py b/deepwolf/cli.py
index 54a5655..0646b7b 100644
--- a/deepwolf/cli.py
+++ b/deepwolf/cli.py
@@ -301,6 +301,36 @@ def progress(done: int, total: int) -> None:
     return 0
 
 
+def cmd_replay(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    import time
+
+    from deepwolf.game.transcript import load
+
+    console = _console()
+    transcript = load(args.path)
+
+    console.rule(f"deepwolf replay — {len(transcript.players)} players, {transcript.days} days")
+
+    delay = args.delay
+    for event in transcript.events:
+        _print_event(console, event)
+        if delay > 0:
+            time.sleep(delay)
+
+    console.rule("result")
+    rows = []
+    for p in transcript.players:
+        status = "survived" if p["alive"] else f"died day {p['death_day']}"
+        rows.append(f"  P{p['id']} {p['name']:<8} {p['role']:<9} — {status}")
+    body = "\n".join(rows)
+    title = f"{transcript.winner_label} win"
+    if _RICH:
+        console.print(Panel(body, title=title, border_style="green"))
+    else:
+        console.print(f"{title}\n{body}")
+    return 0
+
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- rendering
 _STYLE = {
     EventType.GAME_START: "bold cyan",
@@ -492,6 +522,14 @@ def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         help="also write the ranking as a Markdown table",
     )
     board.set_defaults(func=cmd_leaderboard)
+
+    replay = sub.add_parser("replay", help="replay a saved transcript")
+    replay.add_argument("path", help="path to a transcript JSON file")
+    replay.add_argument(
+        "--delay", type=float, default=0.0,
+        help="seconds to pause between events (default: 0, instant)",
+    )
+    replay.set_defaults(func=cmd_replay)
     return parser
 
 
diff --git a/deepwolf/game/transcript.py b/deepwolf/game/transcript.py
index 9c937fb..f7aa0ae 100644
--- a/deepwolf/game/transcript.py
+++ b/deepwolf/game/transcript.py
@@ -14,12 +14,48 @@
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from deepwolf.game.events import Event
+from deepwolf.game.events import Event, EventType
+from deepwolf.game.roles import Faction
 from deepwolf.game.state import GameResult
 
 SCHEMA = "deepwolf.transcript/v1"
 
 
+class Transcript:
+    """A loaded transcript ready for replay."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data: dict) -> None:
+        self.schema: str = data.get("schema", "")
+        self.winner: str = data["winner"]
+        self.days: int = data["days"]
+        self.players: list[dict] = data["players"]
+        self.events: list[Event] = [_event_from_json(e) for e in data["events"]]
+
+    @property
+    def winner_label(self) -> str:
+        return "the Village" if self.winner == Faction.VILLAGE.value else "the Werewolves"
+
+
+def _event_from_json(raw: dict) -> Event:
+    """Reconstruct an :class:`Event` from a transcript dict entry."""
+    return Event(
+        type=EventType(raw["type"]),
+        day=raw["day"],
+        phase=raw["phase"],
+        text=raw["text"],
+        actor=raw.get("actor"),
+        target=raw.get("target"),
+        public=raw.get("public", True),
+        visible_to=frozenset(raw.get("visible_to", ())),
+        data=raw.get("data", {}),
+    )
+
+
+def load(path: str | Path) -> Transcript:
+    """Read a transcript JSON file and return a :class:`Transcript`."""
+    return Transcript(json.loads(Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
+
+
 def event_to_json(event: Event) -> dict:
     """Serialise one :class:`Event` to a JSON-safe dict."""
     return {
diff --git a/tests/test_transcript.py b/tests/test_transcript.py
index 2eb4383..bc8593f 100644
--- a/tests/test_transcript.py
+++ b/tests/test_transcript.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 from deepwolf.agents.random_agent import RandomAgent
 from deepwolf.game.engine import GameEngine
+from deepwolf.game.events import EventType
 from deepwolf.game.state import GameConfig
-from deepwolf.game.transcript import SCHEMA, dumps, save, to_json
+from deepwolf.game.transcript import SCHEMA, Transcript, dumps, load, save, to_json
 
 
 def _finished_game():
@@ -43,3 +44,41 @@ def test_save_writes_a_readable_file(tmp_path):
     data = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     assert data["schema"] == SCHEMA
     assert data["days"] >= 1
+
+
+def test_load_reconstructs_events(tmp_path):
+    result = _finished_game()
+    path = save(result, tmp_path / "game.json")
+    transcript = load(path)
+    assert isinstance(transcript, Transcript)
+    assert transcript.winner == result.winner.value
+    assert transcript.days == result.days
+    assert len(transcript.players) == len(result.players)
+    assert len(transcript.events) == len(result.events)
+    for loaded, original in zip(transcript.events, result.events, strict=True):
+        assert loaded.type is original.type
+        assert loaded.day == original.day
+        assert loaded.text == original.text
+        assert loaded.public == original.public
+
+
+def test_round_trip_simulate_save_load(tmp_path):
+    """Simulate -> save -> load -> verify events match exactly."""
+    result = _finished_game()
+    path = save(result, tmp_path / "rt.json")
+    transcript = load(path)
+    # every event text must survive the round trip
+    original_texts = [e.text for e in result.events]
+    loaded_texts = [e.text for e in transcript.events]
+    assert original_texts == loaded_texts
+    # event types must be proper EventType enums, not strings
+    assert all(isinstance(e.type, EventType) for e in transcript.events)
+
+
+def test_replay_cli_runs_without_error(tmp_path):
+    """End-to-end: simulate, save, replay via CLI entry point."""
+    from deepwolf.cli import main
+
+    path = save(_finished_game(), tmp_path / "replay.json")
+    exit_code = main(["replay", str(path)])
+    assert exit_code == 0