Terms of Service
Terms of Service Last updated: 24 September 2026 · Effective immediately By using Spedes you agree to these terms. They are short and boring on purpose: play the game, don t break the site, don t republish our content as your own. 1. What Spedes is Spedes is a free, browser-based Spades game with a rules and strategy library. It is provided for entertainment and education, as-is, with no guarantee that the site will always be available or error-free. 2. No money, and accounts are optional There is no subscription and no in-app purchase. Nothing you do here moves real money: any score, streak or statistic has no value outside the site, whether or not you sign in. Playing does not require an account and never will. If you do choose to sign in , you are responsible for: Your nickname. It is visible to other players, so do not put your real name or anything private in it. Nicknames that impersonate the site, advertise something, or are abusive may be changed or removed without notice. Your email address. It is used only to send you a sign-in code. We do not send marketing and we do not pass it to anyone else. One account each. Creating accounts to manipulate any leaderboard or shared feature is not acceptable use. You may delete your account at any time from the Sign in page; deleting removes your record with it. 3. Acceptable use You agree not to: Attempt to disrupt the site, probe it for vulnerabilities, or scrape it at a rate that degrades service. Use automated tools to farm, manipulate or falsify any future leaderboard or multiplayer result. Frame or embed the site in a way that presents it as your own product. Use the site for anything unlawful, or in violation of the rules of any competition you are playing in. 4. Our content The guides, rules text, scoring tables and site design are ours. You may quote short excerpts with a link back to Spedes. You may not republish whole guides, mirror the site, or sell our content. The underlying game of Spades is a traditional card game and no one owns it; our written explanations and presentation are what is protected. 5. Advertising and third parties The site may display advertising served by Google AdSense and use Google Analytics. Those third parties operate under their own terms, and how they use data is described in our Privacy Policy . 6. Rules may differ from your table Spades is played with many house rules. Spedes documents the specific rule set and tier it implements; if your home game plays Nil, bags or target scores differently, that s a legitimate variation, not an error on our side. Corrections to our published rules are always welcome. 7. Disclaimer and liability Spedes is provided as is without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law we are not liable for any loss arising from use of the site, including lost data stored in your browser or decisions you make at a real card table. 8. Changes to the site or these terms We may add, change or remove modes, features or pages at any time. If these terms change materially we will update the date above; continuing to use the site means you accept the updated terms. 9. Contact Questions about these terms: contact@spedes.org
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