Terms of use
Version of
Provisional text, being reviewed by a lawyer
This text may still change before the game opens to the public. The validated version will carry a new date.
1. The game and these terms
TerraKard is a free multiplayer card game, played in the browser. The cards are inspired by Wikipedia articles and Wikidata data. Each player prepares a defence plan; the other players of the same level can attack it at any time, and the winner earns a pack of cards.
These terms of use set the rules between you and the publisher of the game. By creating an account, you accept them. How a battle goes is described separately, in the rules of the game.
The game is still being developed: its rules, its cards and its features may change, and it may be interrupted, for instance during a maintenance announced on the service status page.
2. Your account
The minimum age to create an account will be set once a lawyer has validated this text.
If you are a minor, play with the consent of a parent or of the person who holds parental authority.
One account per person: you create only one account, and you do not share, lend or sell it.
Your pseudonym is visible to the other players. It must not mislead about who you are, imitate a member of the team of the game, or contain insults, hateful words or personal information.
You create your account with an email address and a password, or with an external sign-in service offered on the registration page. Keep your password secret; two-factor authentication is available in the settings. If you think someone else is using your account, tell us through the contact form.
You can try the game without an account: the trial game is kept for a few days in your browser and can be attached to the account you create afterwards.
3. Code of conduct and sanctions
Play fair. In particular, you must not:
- cheat;
- use a bot, a script, a macro, a browser extension or any other means of automation to play, answer questions, open packs, buy, sell or trade in your place, or to gain any other advantage over other players;
- knowingly exploit a bug of the game instead of reporting it;
- arrange results with another player, or use several accounts, to earn rewards;
- harass, threaten or insult other players;
- use a pseudonym or an avatar image that is shocking, unlawful or not yours;
- try to reach what is not meant for you, or disrupt the service.
You can report a player and block them from within the game. Every report is examined by a person of the moderation team; automatic detections never sanction on their own.
Depending on how serious it is, the team may give a warning, remove an avatar image, replace a pseudonym with a neutral name, suspend the account for a limited time or close it for good. Closing an account for good is approved by a second person of the team.
Every decision is sent to you with its reason and its reference. To contest it, write to us through the contact form with that reference.
4. The content of the cards
The cards are created automatically from Wikipedia articles and Wikidata data, then reviewed before they are published. Their game values (attack, defence, rarity) are computed by the game: they are game values, not a judgement on the subject.
Wikidata data is under the CC0 licence. Extracts of Wikipedia articles are under the CC BY-SA licence and shown with their source and their licence. The images come from Wikimedia Commons and are shown with their authors and their licence, or were made by the team of the game.
TerraKard is not published, approved or endorsed by Wikipedia, Wikidata or the organisations that run them.
A mistake, shocking content or a rights issue on a card? Report it through the contact form, subject "Content of a card": we fix the game and, when the mistake comes from Wikipedia or Wikidata, a person of the team reports it to their contributors.
5. Cards, packs and virtual items
The cards, packs, fragments, attack tickets, trophies and other items of the game are virtual items. They have no real value: they cannot be exchanged for money and are not sold outside the game, subject to the rights the law grants you.
They are granted to you to play, within your account. Their values and their rules may be adjusted to keep the game balanced.
Today, nothing is sold in the game: packs are earned by playing, and the possible content of each pack is shown with its odds. If purchases are offered later, they will have their own terms, and your date of birth will be asked before any purchase.
6. Personal data
The game processes the data needed for your account and your games: email address, pseudonym, avatar, language and preferences, collection, plans and battles.
The privacy policy, being prepared, will describe this data, why it is used, how long it is kept and what your rights are.
You can already ask for a copy of your data, its correction or its deletion through the contact form, subject "Personal data".
7. Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time, from Settings, Profile, "Delete my account". The account is blocked at once, then its data is erased. The deletion is final: the cards and items of the account are lost.
Battles already played stay visible to your opponents, under the name "Deleted player".
An account whose email address was never confirmed is deleted after a few days. The team may also close an account that does not follow these terms (see "Code of conduct and sanctions").
8. Changes to these terms
The date of the version in force is shown at the top of this page; it changes with every change of the text.
The game keeps, with your account, the version you accepted and its date. For an important change, we will ask you to accept the new version before you go on playing.
9. Contact
The publisher of the game will be named in the legal notice, being prepared.
For any question about these terms, write to us through the contact form.