Terms of Service

1. Who we are

Gunjin Shōgi is operated by Kazuhiro Labs, based in Kuwait. You can contact us at support@gunjin.net.

By using the site, as a guest or with an account, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. Who can play

You must be at least 13 years old to use Gunjin Shōgi. If you are under the age at which you can agree to these terms in your country, a parent or guardian must agree to them for you.

You may not use the site if we have closed an account of yours before for breaking these terms, unless we agree otherwise.

3. Guests and accounts

You can play casual games as a guest without giving us any personal details. Rated games, the leaderboard, friends and Game Review need a free account.

Give accurate information when you sign up and keep your password secret. You are responsible for what happens under your account. Tell us at once if you think someone else is using it.

Each person may hold one account for rated play. Your username must not impersonate anyone, mislead, or contain offensive, hateful or sexual language. We may rename or reclaim usernames that break this rule.

4. Fair play

Gunjin Shōgi depends on hidden information and fair play. You must not use outside help during a game, including other people, notes from your opponent, engines or software.

You must not manipulate ratings, for example by losing on purpose, playing against your own second account or arranging results with another player.

You must not use bots, scripts or automated tools to play, create accounts or collect data from the site, and you must not try to break, overload or get around the security of the site. If you find a security problem, please report it to support@gunjin.net.

5. Behaviour

Be respectful in chat, usernames and profiles. Harassment, hate speech, threats, spam, advertising and sharing other people's personal details are not allowed.

We may warn you, remove content, reset or adjust ratings, restrict chat, or suspend or close accounts that break these terms. Where it is reasonable we will tell you why.

6. VIP membership

VIP is an optional paid subscription. The price, billing period and any tax are shown before you pay.

VIP is sold through our online reseller Gumroad, which is the merchant of record for these orders. Gumroad takes the payment, charges any sales tax or VAT due and sends your receipt. When you buy VIP, Gumroad's terms also apply to the purchase.

VIP renews automatically at the end of each billing period until you cancel. You can cancel at any time from Manage billing on the Membership page. You keep VIP until the end of the period you have paid for.

Refunds are covered by our Refund Policy. Nothing in these terms affects your legal rights as a consumer.

We may change VIP prices with at least 30 days notice before your next renewal, and you can cancel before the new price applies. We may adjust VIP features over time, but we will not remove the main features you paid for during a period you have already paid for.

7. Advertising

The free version of the site may show advertising. Ads are never shown during a game and are not shown to VIP members.

8. Our content

The site, its code, piece artwork, sounds, lessons, text and design are owned by Kazuhiro Labs and protected by copyright. You may use them only to play and learn on the site for your own personal use. You may not copy, modify, sell or republish them without our written permission.

The rules of Gunjin Shōgi itself are traditional and free for anyone to use.

9. Your content

You keep any rights you have in what you post, such as your bio and chat messages. You give us a worldwide, free licence to store, display and process it as needed to run the site. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for game records that also form part of other players' history.

You are responsible for what you post. We may remove anything that breaks these terms.

10. Availability and changes

We work hard to keep the site running, but we cannot promise it will always be available or free of errors. Games can be interrupted by maintenance, updates or technical problems, and we may change, add or remove features.

11. Liability

The site is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, Kazuhiro Labs is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost data, or lost ratings or game results caused by interruptions or errors.

Our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or 50 US dollars if that is more. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

12. Ending the agreement

You can stop using the site and delete your account at any time from Account settings. We may suspend or close your account if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms, or if the law requires it.

13. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kuwait. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you can bring a claim in your local courts.

Before going to court, please contact us at support@gunjin.net so we can try to resolve the problem.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change matters to you, we will tell you on the site before it takes effect, and members will be asked to accept the new version. The date at the top shows the latest version.