.topics { width: min(100%, 1600px); margin: 0 auto; padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 4rem) var(--page-gutter) 0; }
.topics__head { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; }
.topics__head h2 { color: #f5ecd7; font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.5vw, 2rem); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.topics__controls { display: flex; gap: .5rem; flex-shrink: 0; }
.topics__controls[hidden] { display: none; }
.topics__play-icon, .topics__pause[aria-pressed="true"] .topics__pause-icon { display: none; }
.topics__pause[aria-pressed="true"] .topics__play-icon { display: block; }
.topics__controls button { display: grid; place-items: center; width: 44px; height: 44px; border: 1px solid #655638; border-radius: 50%; background: #1c1c21; color: var(--gold-light); cursor: pointer; }
.topics__controls button:hover:not(:disabled) { background: #303037; }
.topics__controls button:disabled { opacity: .35; cursor: default; }
.topics__previous .dnd-chevron { transform: rotate(90deg); }
.topics__next .dnd-chevron { transform: rotate(-90deg); }
.topics__track { display: grid; grid-auto-flow: column; grid-auto-columns: calc((100% - 2rem) / 3); gap: 1rem; overflow-x: auto; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: #80704f transparent; padding: .3rem .2rem .8rem; scroll-padding-inline: .2rem; }
.topic-slide { min-width: 0; scroll-snap-align: center; }
.topic-link { display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 100%; min-height: 7rem; padding: 1.4rem 1.5rem; border: 1px solid #494139; border-radius: .85rem; background: linear-gradient(120deg, #232327, #18181c); text-decoration: none; transition: border-color .18s, background-color .18s; }
.topic-link:hover { border-color: var(--gold); background: #29292e; }
.topic-link h3 { color: var(--text); font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.7vw, 1.45rem); line-height: 1.25; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.topic-link p { margin: .7rem 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: .9rem; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.topic-link:focus-visible, .topics__controls button:focus-visible, .topics__track:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--gold-light); outline-offset: 2px; }
@media (max-width: 1000px) { .topics__track { grid-auto-columns: calc((100% - 1rem) / 2); } }
@media (max-width: 620px) { .topics__track { grid-auto-columns: 100%; } .topics__head { align-items: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap; } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .topic-link { transition: none; } }
.topic-slide.is-active .topic-link { border-color: #b7a582; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b7a582; background: #303035; }