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Terms of Service

The super short version: Be cool, respect others, and remember this is early access software that's still growing. We're all here to make amazing board games!

Last updated: November 2025

🀝 Our Agreement

These terms cover both our website and the Board Game Lab software. We're passionate board gamers building tools to delight our community. We've written what follows in plain English: mind-numbing legalese is too often not read, hence useless, and just plain dreary.

πŸ‘€ Who Can Use Board Game Lab

You need to be at least 13 years old to use our services. If you're between 13-17, make sure a parent or guardian is okay with you using Board Game Lab.

Why the age limit? Board Game Lab includes chat features and may encourage the use of third-party video conferencing solutions when playtesting board games - we want to keep everyone safe and follow privacy laws.

🌐 Website Terms

What You Can Do:

  • Browse our website and learn about Board Game Lab
  • Sign up for development updates
  • Purchase a Board Game Lab subscription
  • Contact us with questions or feedback

What You Can't Do:

  • ❌ Try to hack or break our website
  • ❌ Use our site to spread spam or malware
  • ❌ Pretend to be someone else
  • ❌ Do anything illegal or harmful

🎲 Board Game Lab Software Terms

⚠️ Early Access Reality Check

Board Game Lab is in early access. Here's what that means:

  • Bugs happen. We fix them as fast as humanly possible, but they're part of early access
  • Features arrive weekly, with priorities driven by user feedback
  • Things might break occasionally during updates
  • Some features aren't finished yet but they soon will!
  • Save backups of important projects - early access can be unpredictable

The upside? You get a direct voice in what we build next, and help shape the future of board game design

πŸ’³ Subscription & Pricing

What You Get:

  • Yearly access to Board Game Lab on ALL platforms (currently Mac and Windows)
  • All future updates included, for the duration of your subscription
  • Use on any machine - download and install wherever you want

πŸ”„ How Subscriptions Work:

  • $30/year - simple, honest pricing
  • Auto-renewal - but we'll warn you well in advance
  • Easy cancellation - one click, no hassles, no retention tactics
  • Clean and simple expiration - once your subscription runs out, your access stops
  • Account preserved - your projects stay safe in case you want to resubscribe later

πŸ’° About Future Pricing:

We're committed to keeping Board Game Lab affordable, but here's the honest truth: we're planning some amazing AI-powered features that are likely to cost us a pretty penny to run.

Our promise: we'll always be upfront about any changes. If new features require additional costs, you'll know exactly what you're getting and will always be able to decide what's right for you. We'd rather be transparent than surprise you later, and wish to treat you the same way we'd want to be treated!

πŸ”Œ Technical Requirements

  • Internet connection required - Board Game Lab needs online access at all times, when in use
  • One login at a time - you can install on multiple machines, but only use one at a time
  • Mac or PC - your subscription works on both platforms

πŸ’¬ Community Guidelines

Board Game Lab includes chat features for playtesting. Keep it friendly:

  • βœ… Be respectful - we're all here to make great games
  • βœ… Give constructive feedback - help authors improve their designs
  • βœ… Have fun! - this is about board games, after all
  • ❌ No harassment, spam, or inappropriate content
  • ❌ No sharing others' game designs without permission

πŸ’¬ Questions About These Terms?

These terms are meant to be clear, but if anything's confusing, just ask!

support@lordofthegames.com

We'll do our best to answer in plain English, not legal speak.

Eric Hautemont
Co-Founder, Lord of the Games

🎯 The Bottom Line

We're passionate board gamers building tools to delight our community. Be nice, respect others, remember this is early access, and let's design some amazing games together. If you're not happy, we'd rather let you cancel easily than keep you feeling stuck - we want to earn your subscription through great software, not fine print or deceptive sales practices.

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