Terms of use

Version 1.6 · Updated 2026-11-08

These terms apply to the SEA Strategy Games app and website. "We" means SEA Strategy Games, the app and the people who run it; there is no company behind it. By using the app or the website you agree to these terms; if you do not agree, do not use them.

Points only: SEA Strategy Games is for entertainment. Its games are games of skill played on a board: counting-and-capturing games with stones and seeds, strategy games on a grid and chess games, with no dice or cards; in Cờ úp the face-down pieces are placed at random, but nothing is ever staked on them. Points and ratings have no money value and cannot be bought, sold, traded or cashed out. Xiangqi and other board games are sometimes played for money in the street or in cafés: do not use the app for that, to bet on a game or to settle money with other players; we may close rooms and accounts used that way.

Stars: finishing online games with an account can earn Stars, the one in-game currency, within daily limits (offline and nearby games, and some online games, earn none). Each week you also have three goals (such as finishing a number of games); meeting one earns, once, the fixed number of Stars it shows, on top of the daily limits. Only games that earn Stars count toward goals. Stars are earned only by playing. They have no money value and cannot be bought, sold, traded, transferred, gifted, won from or lost to another player, or cashed out. They are spent only on looks, such as card backs, table cloths, pieces, boards, avatar frames and reactions, each at a fixed price shown before you spend them; there are no random rewards. Your level counts every Star you have ever earned, so spending never lowers it. Stars and the looks you get with them stay with your account and end when it is deleted. We may change how Stars are earned and what looks cost, and remove Stars, looks or levels gained by abuse (such as playing with several accounts or letting a program play) or given by mistake.

Free to play: every game in the app is free. There are no purchases, subscriptions or ads.

Accounts: an account is optional. Keep your password to yourself; you are responsible for what is done with your account. You can delete it at any time in Account > Delete account. The same account works in all our apps (listed at /apps); deleting it in any of them deletes it in all of them.

Telegram: you can also use our apps in Telegram, from our bot. Telegram's own terms apply to your use of Telegram, and these terms to our apps and the bot. The bot only opens our apps and sends the messages you turned on; you can stop it at any time. Continue with Telegram signs you in with your Telegram account, so keep that account secure as you would a password. We sell nothing in Telegram, and points cannot be bought there either.

Fair play: do not cheat, play both sides of a game, let a program (such as a chess engine) play or choose your moves, take moves from someone watching, exploit bugs, or disrupt games or our servers. We may reset ratings, remove results from the leaderboard and suspend accounts for unfair play.

Names and shared content: usernames, display names and anything you share must not be offensive, pretend to be someone else or break the law. Public rooms and shared moments can be seen by anyone (see the privacy policy). We may change names, remove content and suspend or delete accounts that break these terms.

The service: the app is provided as is. Online play can be interrupted, and we may change or stop features. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for lost games, ratings or match history, or for indirect losses. Nothing in these terms limits the rights you have under the consumer law of your country.

Children: the app is not directed at children under 13.

Changes: we may update these terms and will post the new version on this page. If you keep using the app after a change, the new terms apply.

Privacy and contact: see the privacy policy and the support page, or write to [email protected].

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