Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your use of the Board & Pieces mobile app, the boardandpieces.com website, and any related services (collectively, the “Service”), all provided by Mathome Yazılım Ltd. Şti. (“Mathome,” “we,” “us”). By creating an account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Effective date: 1 June 2026.

1. Parties

The Service is provided by:

Mathome Yazılım Eğitim Danışmanlık Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi
Gebze OSB Mah. Kemal Nehrozoğlu Cad. No: 507/9 İç Kapı No: Z01
Gebze / Kocaeli, Türkiye
İlyasbey Vergi Dairesi — VKN 6131907545
Contact: support@boardandpieces.com

“You” means the individual using the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation (for example, a café signing up as a venue sponsor), you represent that you have the authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least sixteen (16) years old to create an account or otherwise use the Service. By accepting these Terms you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement and that you are legally capable of entering into a binding contract under the laws of your jurisdiction. We do not knowingly contract with anyone who does not meet this requirement; see §8 of our Privacy Policy.

3. Your account

You create your account by signing in with Apple or Google. You are responsible for keeping your sign-in method secure and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at support@boardandpieces.com if you suspect unauthorised access.

You may close your account at any time from Settings → Account → Delete account. We may suspend or terminate your account if you breach these Terms or the law, after notice where reasonably practical (see §12).

4. Licence to use the Service

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Mathome grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to install and use the Board & Pieces app on devices you own or control and to use the Service for your personal, non-commercial enjoyment.

All intellectual property in the Service — including software, game art, the Board & Pieces brand, logos, and tutorial content — is owned by Mathome or its licensors. No rights are granted to you other than the licence in this §4.

5. Acceptable use

You agree that you will not:

• Use the Service to break the law or infringe anyone's rights.
• Harass, threaten, dox, impersonate, or hatefully attack other users — in chat, in profile fields, or anywhere else.
• Cheat. This includes using engines, bots, multi-accounting, collusion, or any tool that gives you an unfair advantage in ranked play.
• Upload malware, attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, probe for vulnerabilities, or interfere with the Service's normal operation.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the Service except to the extent expressly permitted by law.
• Scrape, copy, or republish content from the Service for commercial purposes.
• Use the Service to send spam, advertise unrelated products, or pretend to be Mathome or any of its staff.

Violations may lead to message removal, temporary suspension, permanent ban, loss of credit balances, and (in serious cases) referral to law enforcement.

6. Your content

“Your Content” means anything you upload or transmit through the Service — your profile name and photo, in-game chat messages, group / venue names you create, and any feedback you send us.

You retain ownership of Your Content. By submitting it, you grant Mathome a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, transmit, and display Your Content solely to the extent necessary to operate the Service for you and the people you interact with (e.g., the opponent in a chat). This licence ends when you delete Your Content or close your account, except where retention is required by law or for the moderation purposes described in our Privacy Policy.

You are solely responsible for Your Content and represent that it does not violate these Terms or the rights of any third party. We may remove Your Content at our discretion if it violates §5.

7. Venues and groups

Venues are real-world locations (cafés, clubs, libraries) listed in the Service. A venue's sponsor — typically the business itself — funds the credit balance that lets people play games at that venue. The sponsor is responsible for the accuracy of the venue's listing (name, address, hours, contact details) and for complying with all applicable laws at that location. Mathome does not operate the venues themselves; we provide the platform that connects players to them.

Groups are private circles you create or join — families, school clubs, friend groups. Group administrators are responsible for choosing their members and moderating their members' behaviour. Mathome may step in on receipt of a report (see §5).

8. Purchases and subscriptions

The Service offers optional in-app purchases (Premium subscriptions, venue / group credits, sponsor listings). All purchases are processed by Apple App Store (on iOS) or Google Play (on Android), under their respective terms. Mathome never sees and never stores your payment card or banking details.

• Prices and currencies are shown in the app and may vary by store and region. Apple / Google determine the local equivalent of each price tier.
• Auto-renewing subscriptions (e.g. Premium) renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal, following Apple's and Google's standard subscription rules.
• Cancellation is done in your store account: iOS Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions, or Google Play → Profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions. Cancelling stops the next renewal; access continues until the end of the current paid period.
• Refunds are governed by Apple's and Google's policies. Refund requests must be made to the store that processed the purchase (reportaproblem.apple.com for App Store, Google Play Help for Google Play). Mathome cannot process refunds directly. Your statutory rights under EU Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU, the Turkish Distance Sales Regulation, and similar local laws are not affected.
• Venue and group credits are virtual items with no monetary value outside the Service, are non-transferable, and are non-refundable once consumed.

9. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mathome disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted availability. We do not warrant that the Service will be free of errors or that defects will be corrected. Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights as a consumer where such limitation is not permitted under applicable law (including in the European Union, United Kingdom, and Türkiye).

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mathome's aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid to Mathome in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred euros (€100). We are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, goodwill, data, or substitute services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Nothing in this §10 limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for fraud, gross negligence, wilful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any non-waivable consumer rights.

11. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold Mathome and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of (a) Your Content; (b) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms or applicable law; or (c) your violation of any rights of another person or entity. This §11 does not apply to consumers to the extent that local consumer- protection law prohibits it.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or if continued provision of the Service to you would expose us to legal or financial risk. Where reasonably practical, we will give you notice before doing so.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including §6 (licences granted), §9 (disclaimers), §10 (liability), §11 (indemnification), and §14 (governing law) — will survive.

13. Changes to the Service or these Terms

We may modify the Service at any time, adding, removing, or changing features. We may revise these Terms; when we make a material change we will notify you in-app and update the “Effective date” at the top of this page. If you continue to use the Service after the revised Terms take effect, you accept the changes. If you do not agree, you should stop using the Service and may delete your account.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The courts and enforcement offices of Kocaeli, Türkiye have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, except where mandatory consumer- protection law of your country of residence grants you the right to bring proceedings in your local courts (in which case those rights are preserved).

For EU consumers: the European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not currently required or willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

For Turkish consumers: you may apply to the consumer arbitration committees (Tüketici Hakem Heyetleri) and consumer courts (Tüketici Mahkemeleri) within the monetary limits set annually by the Ministry of Trade.

15. Additional terms for Apple App Store

If you obtained the Board & Pieces app from the Apple App Store, the following terms also apply, and prevail over any conflicting clause above:

• These Terms are a contract between you and Mathome, not between you and Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
• The licence in §4 is further limited to use on an Apple device that you own or control and as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions and the App Store's Usage Rules.
• Maintenance and support of the app are the sole responsibility of Mathome; Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support.
• Mathome is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. In the event of any failure of the app to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the app; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever.
• Any claim that the app fails to conform to applicable legal or regulatory requirements is the sole responsibility of Mathome.
• Mathome is solely responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the app, including (i) product liability claims, (ii) claims that the app fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
• In the event of any third-party claim that the app or your possession and use of the app infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, Mathome (not Apple) will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of any such claim.
• You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, will have the right to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

16. Additional terms for Google Play

If you obtained the Board & Pieces app from Google Play, your use is additionally governed by Google's Google Play Terms of Service. Where those terms conflict with these Terms in respect of distribution, billing, or refunds, Google's terms prevail.

17. Miscellaneous

• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Mathome regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreement.
• Severability. If any clause is held unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms remain in effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce a clause is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• Language. These Terms are drafted in English. We may provide translations as a convenience; in case of conflict, the English version prevails, except where mandatory law of your country requires otherwise.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@boardandpieces.com or by post to the address in §1.