These terms are an agreement between you and Zar Club (https://zarclub.app, “we”, “us”). By using Zar Club— as a guest or with an account — you accept them. If you do not agree, please do not use the service. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data.
1. The service
Zar Club lets you play the traditional board game tavla / tavli / tabla (Portes, Gul Bara, Plakoto and related variants, without a doubling cube) against a computer opponent or against other people online, with optional ratings for ranked matches.
Some opponents in quick matches may be computer-controlled.
The service is free. There is no real-money play, no betting, no prizes, no purchases and no advertising. Nothing in Zar Club has monetary value, and it must not be used for gambling or wagering of any kind, on or off the site.
We are developing Zar Club actively. Features may change, be added or be removed, and the service may be unavailable at times, including for maintenance.
2. Who can use it
You must be at least 13 years old. If the law where you live sets a higher age for using online services on your own, you need a parent’s or guardian’s permission until you reach it.
3. Guests and accounts
You can play as a guest or sign in with an email link or with Google. Keep access to your email account and devices secure: anyone who can open your sign-in emails or use your signed-in browser can play as you. Tell us at contact@zarclub.app if you think someone else is using your account.
Your nickname is public. It must not impersonate another person, be offensive, hateful, sexual or harassing, contain personal information about someone else, or advertise anything. We may change or remove a nickname that breaks these rules.
4. Fair play and conduct
When you use Zar Club, you agree not to:
- use a computer program, bot, engine, analysis tool or another person’s help to choose your moves in online games, especially rated ones;
- manipulate ratings — for example by playing against yourself on several accounts, arranging results, or losing on purpose;
- exploit bugs or errors to gain an advantage; if you find one, please report it (the in-game bug report or contact@zarclub.app) instead;
- interfere with the service — attack, overload or probe it, get around its limits or security, or access other players’ accounts or data;
- use automated means to create accounts, play, or collect data from the site;
- harass, threaten or abuse other players, or break the law while using the service.
5. Suspension and removal
If you break these terms, or we reasonably believe you have, we may — depending on how serious it is — warn you, change or remove your nickname, void or adjust affected results and ratings, or suspend or close your account or guest identity, with or without notice. If you think we got it wrong, write to contact@zarclub.app and we will look at it again.
You can stop using Zar Club at any time and ask us to delete your account, as described in the Privacy Policy.
6. Ratings and results
Ratings are calculated automatically (Glicko-2) from the results of ranked matches. They are an estimate for fun and fair pairing, not an official ranking. We do not guarantee that any rating, result or match history is accurate, complete or kept forever: we may correct, recalculate or reset ratings and results — for example after a bug, a rules change or cheating. Matches can end by resignation, time running out, or a player leaving or losing their connection for longer than the allowed time, as the game explains.
Daily games are played one move at a time and are not rated. Each player has the time per move chosen when the game was created (12, 24 or 48 hours); if your time runs out, you lose the match, as if you had resigned each remaining game.
7. Content and ownership
Zar Club’s software, design and text belong to us. The traditional games themselves belong to everyone. We give you a personal, non-exclusive right to use the site for playing; you may not copy, resell or reverse-engineer it except where the law allows. If you send us feedback or bug reports, we may use them to improve the service without owing you anything.
8. No warranty
Zar Club is provided free of charge, “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or fit for a particular purpose, and that games, ratings or data will never be lost. This does not limit any rights you have as a consumer that cannot be excluded by law.
9. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss, or for loss of data, games, ratings or enjoyment, arising from your use of or inability to use Zar Club. Because the service is free, our total liability to you for all claims is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the twelve months before the claim (nothing) and EUR 50, except where the law does not permit such a limit. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot be limited by law.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the service develops. We will post the new version here and change the “Last updated” date above; for significant changes we will make reasonable efforts to let you know in advance, for example on the site or by email. Continuing to use Zar Club after a change means you accept the updated terms.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by applicable law. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live and may bring proceedings where you live.
If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about Zar Club. The English text is the official version; any translation is for convenience only.
12. Contact
Zar Club (https://zarclub.app) — contact@zarclub.app.