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Last updated [DATE]. This page describes how [SITE NAME] is put together and what we do about the things that could compromise it.
Scope
Card and board games, their digital implementations, and the studios behind them. We favour material with a long shelf life — rules, strategy, mechanics, history — over news and promotion.
How a piece is made
- Research. Rules are checked against standard references. Where they vary between households or platforms, we say so rather than presenting one version as universal.
- Hands on. Software reviews are based on using the software. If we have not used something, the article says so.
- Second reader. Everything is read by someone other than the writer before publication.
- Dates. Articles carry a publication date, and substantive updates are dated too.
What a review is
An assessment of design, interface, production and engineering quality. An opinion, honestly held, based on direct examination.
What it is not: a recommendation to gamble, an endorsement of an operator, or a suggestion that a game can be beaten.
We publish criticism as readily as praise. A review with nothing critical in it usually means the reviewing did not happen.
Money
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- Advertising is sold separately from editorial. Advertisers see nothing before publication and influence nothing.
- Sponsored content, where published, is labelled at the top of the article.
- Affiliate links, where used, are disclosed in the article containing them.
- No commercial relationship buys a favourable review, and no review is changed at an advertiser’s request.
What we will not publish
Content whose purpose is to move readers toward depositing money, and commercial arrangements that require it.
Given that online gambling is illegal for citizens in Malaysia and that India prohibits online money games under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025, promotional material of that kind would be inappropriate for much of our readership whatever the commercial terms.
Corrections
We fix errors and we say that we fixed them.
- Typographical: corrected silently.
- Factual: corrected, with a dated note at the foot of the article.
- Material — where the error changes the article’s conclusion: corrected, with a note at the top.
Report one to [CORRECTIONS EMAIL] with the link and the specific claim. We aim to reply within [NUMBER] working days.
Keeping old articles current
Rules and strategy pieces are reviewed periodically. Where a law or a product has changed materially we update the article and change the date, rather than leaving something misleading in place.
Sourcing
Where an article depends on a specific external fact — a statute, a regulator’s register, a published figure — we name it in the text so readers can check for themselves.
Bylines
Articles are signed and every author has a profile page. We do not publish under invented names, and we do not present syndicated or machine-generated text as original work.
Disagreements
Welcome, at [EMAIL ADDRESS]. We read everything, though we cannot answer all of it.