Terms of Service

Last updated: July 21, 2026

Welcome to Rules Lawyer ("the Service"), operated from the United States and reachable at bgruleslawyer.com. By creating an account or using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

What the Service is

Rules Lawyer answers board-game rules questions using AI, citing pages from archived rulebook documents. It is a reference aid for game night — not an official ruling.

AI-generated answers

Answers are generated by an AI system and can be wrong, incomplete, or outdated. Every answer links to the rulebook pages it relied on — for anything that matters (tournaments, disputes, house-money bets with your friends), verify against the cited page. The rulebook is always right; we are at best a fast index into it.

Your account

• You must be 13 or older to use the Service.
• Keep your password secure; you are responsible for activity on your account. You can delete your account at any time from the Account page, which permanently removes your conversations and personal data.
• Free accounts include a weekly question limit and, after an introductory week, cover one game at a time. Supporter tiers are billed and managed through Patreon under Patreon's own terms. The limits themselves may change as the service's running costs do.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• submit links to anything other than official, publicly available rulebook documents through the game-request portal;
• attempt to bypass usage limits, probe, or disrupt the Service;
• use the Service to infringe anyone's rights or violate any law;
• resell or scrape the Service at volume.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

Content and copyright

Rulebooks and their artwork remain the property of their publishers — see our Copyright & DMCA policy. You retain ownership of the questions you ask; you grant us the right to process and store them to operate and improve the Service (see the Privacy Policy).

Disclaimers and liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM (OR $10 IF YOU PAID NOTHING). WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES — INCLUDING LOST GAMES.

Changes

We may update these Terms; material changes will be noted on this page with a new "last updated" date. Continued use after changes means acceptance.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Contact

Questions about these Terms: [email protected].