text: import uuid
  
  def generate_unique_game_id(game_state):
      game_id = str(uuid.uuid1())
      while game_id in game_state:
          game_id = str(uuid.uuid1())
      return game_id
          
  def decode_player_board(player_board_string):
      player_board = list(map(str, player_board_string))
      if len(player_board) != 30:
          print("player_state is not in the correct format")
          return None
      return player_board
  
  def can_join_game():
      return True
  
  def legal_guess(guess):
      return True