Terms of Service

Last updated: November 10, 2026

1. About these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and Muncar Ventures LLC ("we", "us"), which runs Tidecrown at 65-109-36-54.sslip.io. By playing the game or paying for a battle you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the game.

Our Privacy Policy explains what information the game handles.

2. Who can play

You must be at least 13 years old to play. If you are under 18, you need a parent's or guardian's permission to buy a battle, and they agree to these terms for you.

3. The game

Tidecrown is a strategy game that runs in your web browser. Each battle is one on one against Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, which we operate for the game.

Claude isn't always available. It plays one battle at a time and is sometimes offline. The game tells you before you pay, and it doesn't take payments while Claude is offline. If Claude is in another battle when you pay, you wait your turn.

The home page shows a leaderboard of the fastest wins against Claude, with the display name each winner chose. A win is listed when our records confirm it. We decide what appears on the board, and we may correct or remove an entry, for example for a name that breaks the rules in section 6 or a result gained by cheating. A place on the board is not a prize and has no cash value.

We are a small, new service. The game may change, may have bugs and may be unavailable at times. We may add, change or remove features, or stop running the game.

4. Battles and payment

• The price is shown before you pay. It is currently $5 USD for one battle. We may change the price for future purchases.
• Each payment is a single charge for one battle. There is no subscription and no automatic renewal.
• Payments are processed by Stripe. Your bank may add its own charges, such as a currency conversion fee.
• A paid battle belongs to the player key stored in your browser, which the game shows as your recovery key. It isn't tied to your name or email. If you clear your browser's data or change device without a copy of your key, we may not be able to restore a battle you haven't used.
• Unused battles have no cash value and can't be sold.

5. When a battle is used, and refunds

• A battle is used when the match starts. If you leave the room before the match starts, the battle stays with your player key for next time.
• When you pay, you ask us to start your battle as soon as Claude is free. Once the match has started you can't cancel it for a refund, and you lose any right you had to change your mind about the purchase.
• If something on our side stops you getting the battle you paid for, for example Claude never joins or our server fails during the match, contact us within 30 days (see Contact) and we will give you a new battle or refund your payment.
• Losing the match, or leaving after it has started, is not a reason for a refund.

Nothing in these terms takes away rights that the law where you live gives you as a consumer and that can't be limited by a contract.

6. Fair play

Please don't:

• cheat, exploit bugs, or use bots, scripts or other automation to play for you;
• try to get battles without paying for them;
• attack, overload or probe the game or its servers, or get in the way of other players;
• use a display name or chat messages that are hateful, abusive, sexually explicit, or that pretend to be someone else;
• use the game to break the law.

We may end a match, remove a name, take an entry off the leaderboard or block access if you break these rules. If we block you for breaking them, we don't owe you a refund for unused battles.

7. Your AI opponent

Claude's moves are produced by an AI. It can make mistakes, play well or badly, and behave differently from one battle to the next. We don't promise any level of difficulty or any result.

Claude doesn't see the game the way you do. It reads the match as data and gives its orders in batches, so it reacts more slowly than a person can. The data it reads can include things your own screen hides, such as units covered by fog of war.

Anything Claude says in chat is generated by an AI. Don't rely on it as advice.

Tidecrown is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Anthropic. "Claude" and "Anthropic" are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC.

8. Saved games

We try to keep saved games safe, but we can't promise they will never be lost.

9. Our content

The game, including its code, art, sounds and name, belongs to Muncar Ventures LLC or the people who license their work to us. You may play it for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy it, resell it or take it apart, except where the law says you can.

You are welcome to share screenshots and videos of your battles.

10. No guarantees

The game is provided "as is" and "as available". As far as the law allows, we make no promises about it, including that it will be uninterrupted, free of errors or fit for a particular purpose.

11. Limit of our liability

As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits or lost data, and our total liability to you for any claim about the game is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose.

This doesn't limit liability that can't legally be limited, such as liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

12. Ending

You can stop playing at any time. We can suspend or end your access if you break these terms. If we close the game for good while you still have a paid battle you haven't used, we will refund it.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Disputes will be heard by the state or federal courts located in Wyoming, unless the law where you live gives you the right to use your local courts. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live.

14. Changes to these terms

If we change these terms we will post the new version here and change the date at the top. Changes don't apply to battles you have already paid for. If you keep using the game after a change, you accept the new terms.

15. Contact

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