Terms of Service
The rules for using Board Game Mondays and taking part in its community features.
Acceptance of Terms
By creating an account on Board Game Mondays ("the Service"), you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
Description of Service
Board Game Mondays is a community platform for tracking board game nights, recording game results, maintaining leaderboards, and engaging with fellow board game enthusiasts. Features include:
- Game night scheduling and attendance tracking
- Game result recording and statistics
- Virtual currency (BGM Coins) for entertainment purposes
- Betting on game outcomes using virtual currency
- Board game reviews and ratings
- Member profiles and leaderboards
Account Registration
To use the Service, you must:
- Be at least 13 years of age
- Provide accurate and complete registration information
- Maintain the security of your account credentials
- Notify us immediately of unauthorised use of your account
- Accept responsibility for activity under your account
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or contain false information.
Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service unlawfully or in violation of applicable laws
- Harass, abuse, threaten, or intimidate other users
- Post defamatory, obscene, or offensive content
- Impersonate another person or misrepresent an affiliation
- Attempt to access the Service or another account without authorisation
- Interfere with the Service or its servers
- Use automated systems, bots, or scrapers without permission
- Submit false or misleading game results or statistics
- Exploit bugs or vulnerabilities for unfair advantage
Virtual Currency (BGM Coins)
Important: BGM Coins are virtual currency for entertainment purposes only.
- BGM Coins have no real-world monetary value
- They cannot be exchanged for real money, goods, or services outside the platform
- They cannot be transferred between users except through platform features
- We may modify balances to maintain fair play
- Betting with BGM Coins is for entertainment and does not constitute gambling
- BGM Coins may be forfeited when an account is terminated for violating these terms
User Content
By submitting reviews, comments, profile information, or other content, you:
- Retain ownership of your original content
- Grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to display, reproduce, and distribute it on the platform
- Warrant that it does not infringe third-party rights
- Accept that we may remove content that violates these terms
Intellectual Property
The Service, including its design, features, and content other than user submissions, is owned by Board Game Mondays. You may not copy, modify, or distribute our intellectual property without permission.
Board game names, images, and related trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.
Disclaimers
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
We are not responsible for:
- Loss of data due to technical issues
- Actions of other users
- Third-party content or links
- Indirect, incidental, or consequential damages
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Board Game Mondays is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.
Account Termination
By you: You may delete your account through account settings. Your personal data will be deleted or anonymised as described in the Privacy Policy, your BGM Coins will be forfeited, and game statistics may be anonymised and retained for community records.
By us: We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms, engage in fraudulent or abusive behaviour, or create risk or legal exposure for us.
Changes to These Terms
We may modify these Terms of Service. Material changes will be shown through the version number and last-updated date. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
Governing Law
These Terms of Service are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Contact
Use the monitored legal contact address at the end of this page if you have questions about these terms.