diff --git a/src/core/worker/WorkerClient.ts b/src/core/worker/WorkerClient.ts
index e911ce990..7ce0573ce 100644
--- a/src/core/worker/WorkerClient.ts
+++ b/src/core/worker/WorkerClient.ts
@@ -13,45 +13,10 @@ import { ErrorUpdate, GameUpdateViewData } from "../game/GameUpdates";
 import { ClientID, GameStartInfo, Turn } from "../Schemas";
 import { generateID } from "../Util";
 import { WorkerMessage } from "./WorkerMessages";
-// ?worker&url returns the worker bundle's URL as a string. We load it via a
-// same-origin Blob trampoline because browsers refuse cross-origin
-// `new Worker(url)` even with valid CORS+CORP. A Blob URL is same-origin to
-// the page so the constructor accepts it, and dynamic `import()` inside the
-// Blob IS CORS-checked and can fetch the real worker module from the CDN.
-// R2 must serve the worker bundle with `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`.
-import workerUrl from "./Worker.worker.ts?worker&url";
-
-function createGameWorker(): Worker {
-  const cdnBase = getCdnBase().replace(/\/+$/, "");
-  // Same-origin path (dev, or any deploy without CDN_BASE set): construct the
-  // worker directly. The Blob trampoline below is only needed for cross-origin
-  // loads — browsers refuse `new Worker(url)` cross-origin even with valid
-  // CORS+CORP, and Vite's dev server doesn't serve `?worker&url` URLs as
-  // regular ES modules so the trampoline's dynamic `import()` would hang.
-  if (!cdnBase) {
-    return new Worker(workerUrl, { type: "module" });
-  }
-  const fullUrl = `${cdnBase}${workerUrl}`;
-  // Buffer-and-replay: the worker's port enables when the trampoline script
-  // starts, so any messages posted before the imported module attaches its
-  // `message` handler would dispatch to no listener and be dropped. Capture
-  // them here, then re-dispatch after the import resolves.
-  const trampoline = `
-const buffered = [];
-const buffer = (e) => buffered.push(e);
-self.addEventListener("message", buffer);
-import(${JSON.stringify(fullUrl)}).then(() => {
-  self.removeEventListener("message", buffer);
-  for (const e of buffered) self.dispatchEvent(new MessageEvent("message", { data: e.data }));
-}).catch((e) => self.postMessage({ type: "trampoline_error", message: String((e && e.message) || e) }));
-`;
-  const blobUrl = URL.createObjectURL(
-    new Blob([trampoline], { type: "application/javascript" }),
-  );
-  const worker = new Worker(blobUrl, { type: "module" });
-  URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
-  return worker;
-}
+// Inlined into the main bundle as a same-origin Blob, sidestepping the
+// cross-origin `new Worker(url)` restriction that would otherwise apply when
+// the worker bundle is served from the CDN.
+import GameWorker from "./Worker.worker.ts?worker&inline";
 
 export class WorkerClient {
   private worker: Worker;
@@ -65,7 +30,7 @@ export class WorkerClient {
     private gameStartInfo: GameStartInfo,
     private clientID: ClientID | undefined,
   ) {
-    this.worker = createGameWorker();
+    this.worker = new GameWorker();
     this.messageHandlers = new Map();
 
     // Set up global message handler
@@ -112,21 +77,8 @@ export class WorkerClient {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const messageId = generateID();
 
-      const onTrampolineError = (event: MessageEvent) => {
-        if (event.data?.type !== "trampoline_error") return;
-        this.worker.removeEventListener("message", onTrampolineError);
-        this.messageHandlers.delete(messageId);
-        reject(
-          new Error(
-            `Worker trampoline import failed: ${event.data.message ?? "unknown error"}`,
-          ),
-        );
-      };
-      this.worker.addEventListener("message", onTrampolineError);
-
       this.messageHandlers.set(messageId, (message) => {
         if (message.type === "initialized") {
-          this.worker.removeEventListener("message", onTrampolineError);
           this.isInitialized = true;
           resolve();
         }
@@ -140,11 +92,8 @@ export class WorkerClient {
         cdnBase: getCdnBase(),
       });
 
-      // Backstop for the worker hanging after a successful import (the
-      // trampoline_error path handles the cross-origin / CORS load failure).
       setTimeout(() => {
         if (!this.isInitialized) {
-          this.worker.removeEventListener("message", onTrampolineError);
           this.messageHandlers.delete(messageId);
           reject(new Error("Worker initialization timeout"));
         }
diff --git a/src/core/worker/WorkerMessages.ts b/src/core/worker/WorkerMessages.ts
index 75fb6357c..5f4d3990f 100644
--- a/src/core/worker/WorkerMessages.ts
+++ b/src/core/worker/WorkerMessages.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ export type WorkerMessageType =
   | "attack_clustered_positions"
   | "attack_clustered_positions_result"
   | "transport_ship_spawn"
-  | "transport_ship_spawn_result"
-  | "trampoline_error";
+  | "transport_ship_spawn_result";
 
 // Base interface for all messages
 interface BaseWorkerMessage {
@@ -139,15 +138,6 @@ export interface TransportShipSpawnResultMessage extends BaseWorkerMessage {
   result: TileRef | false;
 }
 
-// Posted by the Blob trampoline (see WorkerClient.createGameWorker) when the
-// dynamic import of the real worker module fails. The real worker module
-// never loaded, so no other message will ever arrive — initialize() must
-// reject on this rather than wait out its timeout.
-export interface TrampolineErrorMessage extends BaseWorkerMessage {
-  type: "trampoline_error";
-  message: string;
-}
-
 // Union types for type safety
 export type MainThreadMessage =
   | InitMessage
@@ -170,5 +160,4 @@ export type WorkerMessage =
   | PlayerProfileResultMessage
   | PlayerBorderTilesResultMessage
   | AttackClusteredPositionsResultMessage
-  | TransportShipSpawnResultMessage
-  | TrampolineErrorMessage;
+  | TransportShipSpawnResultMessage;