These are the terms for playing Boroughs, which is run by [Company name] ([Registered address]). By playing, you agree to them and to the community rules. The privacy page explains what we do with your information.
1. Who can play
- You must be 18 or older. Boroughs is a game for adults, with crime, drugs and gang life in it (all made up, none of it real).
- Tell the truth about your age. We close accounts that didn't.
2. Your account
- One account per person, and it's yours alone: don't share, sell or swap it. Keep your password safe.
- A guest's progress is only kept on the device they started on until they save it by signing up. We may remove guest progress that hasn't been played for [90 days].
- You can delete your account whenever you like (Phone → Settings).
3. In-game money and items
- The game's money, items, homes and businesses are part of the game. They have no value outside it: they can't be sold, swapped or cashed out for real money or anything else, in the game or outside it.
- Never pay or accept real money (or anything of value) for in-game money, items, accounts or favours. We close accounts that do.
- We may change prices and balances in the game, and correct money or items gained through a bug, cheating or someone else's mistake.
4. Supporting Boroughs
When it's available, you'll be able to buy a supporter pass or cosmetic items with real money. You never buy in-game money. Before you pay, we'll show you the price, what you get and, for a monthly pass, how to cancel (any time, from the game). Because you get digital content straight away, you'll be asked to agree that your 14-day right to cancel ends when it starts; this doesn't affect your other legal rights if something you bought is faulty or isn't as described. [Payment and refund details to be completed before payments open.]
5. How to behave
Follow the community rules. Don't cheat, use bots or scripts, look for and use bugs instead of reporting them, or try to get into accounts or parts of Boroughs that aren't yours.
6. What you write
What you write (chat, messages, business names, reviews) stays yours, but you let us store it, show it to the players it's meant for and use it to run and moderate the game. We may remove anything that breaks these terms or the rules.
7. Moderation
If you break these terms or the rules, we may remove what you wrote, mute you, close your business, or ban you for a while or for good, depending on how serious it is. If we think a child is at risk, we may tell the police or other authorities. If you think we got it wrong, email us.
8. The game changes
Boroughs is new and still being made. We'll keep changing and fixing it, and sometimes things will break. During the beta, we may need to reset progress; we'll tell you before we do. If we ever close Boroughs, we'll give you at least [30 days'] notice and refund any time left on a supporter pass.
9. Our stuff
The game, its code, art, characters and names belong to us or the people who license them to us. Map data is © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License; see the creditsfor everything else we use. Real places and landmarks appear as part of the setting: no business or organisation shown endorses Boroughs.
10. Our responsibility to you
- Nothing here limits our responsibility for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or anything else the law doesn't let us limit, or your rights as a consumer.
- Otherwise, we provide Boroughs as it is and can't promise it will always be available or free of bugs. We're not responsible for losses we couldn't reasonably have foreseen, or for business losses.
- Apart from the above, our total responsibility to you is limited to what you've paid us in the 12 months before the problem.
11. The law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and its courts can deal with any dispute. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you can also use your local courts. [Terms for players in the US to be added before launch there.]
12. Changes and contact
We may update these terms; if it's a change that matters, we'll tell you in the game first, and you can delete your account if you don't agree. Questions: [contact email].