diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/Menu.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/Menu.kt
index 283a6dd..32ab76c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/Menu.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/Menu.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ enum class MenuAccess {
     /** Visible to any signed-in account (§5, "My Account"). */
     SIGNED_IN,
 
-    /** Visible only to a player — the linked game-data groups (§6.3). */
+    /**
+     * The linked game-data groups (§6.3). Visible to any player **or** staff:
+     * staff are a superset of players (all player abilities plus their staff
+     * tools), and the backend's player self-service surface is role-agnostic, so
+     * a signed-in admin/editor/moderator sees + uses their own characters too.
+     */
     PLAYER,
 
     /** Visible to any staff role (admin/editor/moderator) — the M10 staff surface (§1). */
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ fun visibleEntries(entries: List<MenuEntry>, session: Session): List<MenuEntry>
         when (entry.access) {
             MenuAccess.PUBLIC -> true
             MenuAccess.SIGNED_IN -> session is Session.SignedIn
-            MenuAccess.PLAYER -> session is Session.SignedIn && session.user.isPlayer
+            MenuAccess.PLAYER -> session is Session.SignedIn && (session.user.isPlayer || session.user.isStaff)
             MenuAccess.STAFF -> session is Session.SignedIn && session.user.isStaff
             MenuAccess.MODERATOR -> session is Session.SignedIn && session.user.isModerator
         }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/MenuAccessTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/MenuAccessTest.kt
index 40ec162..dd94f2d 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/MenuAccessTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ui/navigation/MenuAccessTest.kt
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ class MenuAccessTest {
         assertTrue(visible.contains(Routes.HOME))
     }
 
-    @Test fun staffSeeAccountButNoPlayerOnlyGroups() {
-        val visible = routes(signedIn(Role.EDITOR))
-        assertTrue(visible.contains(Routes.ACCOUNT))
-        // No PLAYER-access entry (the M4 game-data groups) leaks to staff.
-        val playerOnly = APP_MENU.filter { it.access == MenuAccess.PLAYER }.map { it.route }
-        assertTrue(playerOnly.none { visible.contains(it) })
+    @Test fun staffSeeThePlayerGameDataGroups() {
+        // Staff are a superset of players: every staff role sees the PLAYER-access
+        // game-data groups too (their own linked characters, via the role-agnostic
+        // /player self-service surface), on top of their staff entries.
+        val playerGroups = APP_MENU.filter { it.access == MenuAccess.PLAYER }.map { it.route }
+        for (role in listOf(Role.ADMIN, Role.EDITOR, Role.MODERATOR)) {
+            val visible = routes(signedIn(role))
+            assertTrue("$role should see Account", visible.contains(Routes.ACCOUNT))
+            assertTrue("$role should see the player game-data groups", playerGroups.all { visible.contains(it) })
+        }
     }
 
     @Test fun publicEntryCountIsStableAcrossSessions() {
@@ -58,10 +62,13 @@ class MenuAccessTest {
     }
 
     @Test fun playerAccessGatedFunction() {
-        // A synthetic PLAYER-gated entry is visible to a player, hidden from staff/anon.
+        // A PLAYER-gated entry is visible to a player AND to every staff role
+        // (staff superset), hidden only from an unrecognized role and anon.
         val entries = listOf(MenuEntry("game", 0, MenuAccess.PLAYER))
-        assertTrue(visibleEntries(entries, signedIn(Role.PLAYER)).isNotEmpty())
-        assertTrue(visibleEntries(entries, signedIn(Role.ADMIN)).isEmpty())
+        for (role in listOf(Role.PLAYER, Role.ADMIN, Role.EDITOR, Role.MODERATOR)) {
+            assertTrue("$role should see a PLAYER entry", visibleEntries(entries, signedIn(role)).isNotEmpty())
+        }
+        assertTrue(visibleEntries(entries, signedIn(Role.UNKNOWN)).isEmpty())
         assertTrue(visibleEntries(entries, Session.SignedOut).isEmpty())
     }