Wardenfall · Player Agreement
Version 2 · Last updated July 15, 2026 · The California Media Company
This Agreement governs every account and all play in Wardenfall. Players accept it in-game; this page is the public reference copy. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference.
This End User License Agreement & Terms of Service (the "Agreement," also called the "Player Agreement") is a binding contract between you ("you," "your," or "player") and The California Media Company ("the Company", "we," "us," or "our"), the owner and operator of the online game Wardenfall, including its websites, servers, software, and related services (collectively, the "Game").
By clicking "I Agree," creating an account, logging in, or otherwise accessing or playing the Game, you accept this Agreement in full. If you do not agree, you must select "I Do Not Agree" and discontinue all use of the Game. Continued access to the Game is conditioned at all times on your compliance with this Agreement.
You must be at least 13 years old (or the age of digital consent where you live, if higher) to play. If you are under 18, you represent that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to this Agreement on your behalf.
You are responsible for your account, for keeping your credentials confidential, and for everything that happens under your account. Accounts are personal to you: they may not be sold, traded, gifted, shared, or transferred. You agree to provide accurate registration information and to keep it current. We may refuse, suspend, reclaim, or terminate any account at our sole discretion.
Subject to this Agreement, the Company grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, fully revocable license to access and play the Game for your own private, non-commercial entertainment — and for no other purpose.
This license is the ONLY right you receive. It is not a sale. No ownership of any kind — in the Game, any content, any account, any Virtual Item, or any data — passes to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. This license ends automatically when this Agreement or your account terminates, or upon revocation by the Company.
The Game and everything in it are, and remain at all times, the sole and exclusive property of The California Media Company and/or its licensors. This includes, without limitation: the Wardenfall name, logos, and trademarks; all source code, software, and technology; all artwork, illustrations, portraits, sprites, maps, and tiles; all characters, heroes, creatures, factions, and enemies; all lore, story, quests, "Whispers," names, and text; all music and sound; all game mechanics, systems, rules, and balance data; all user interfaces and visual designs; and all other materials made available in or through the Game (collectively, "Game Content").
ALL REVENUE, of every kind and from every source, arising out of or in connection with the Game or any Game Content — including purchases, subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship, licensing, merchandising, adaptations, and any future commercialization — belongs solely and exclusively to The California Media Company. No player has, acquires, or may claim any right, title, interest, entitlement, royalty, or share in any such revenue, in any Game Content, or in the Game itself, whether by playing, purchasing, contributing, suggesting, creating, or otherwise. NO RIGHT OR LICENSE IS GRANTED OR IMPLIED by course of dealing, gameplay, achievement, or anything else, except the limited license to play in Section 3.
"Player Content" means anything you create, submit, post, transmit, or make available in or through the Game — including chat and messages, empire, barony, guild, and hero names, profile text, suggestions, feedback, and any other contribution.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby irrevocably ASSIGN to The California Media Company all right, title, and interest — including all intellectual-property rights — in and to your Player Content, effective upon creation. To the extent any rights cannot be assigned by law, you grant The California Media Company a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, EXCLUSIVE, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform, display, and otherwise exploit that Player Content in any media, for any purpose, without payment, credit, or further permission. To the extent permitted by law, you irrevocably WAIVE, and agree never to assert, any moral rights or rights of attribution in your Player Content.
You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in your Player Content and that it does not infringe or misappropriate any third party's rights. We may remove, edit, or refuse any Player Content at any time and are under no obligation to use, store, or return it.
The Game is a closed realm. You agree to treat as CONFIDENTIAL, and not to disclose, publish, or share outside the Game: (a) all Game Content, including unreleased, admin-gated, or test features you may encounter; (b) all communications between players made in or through the Game, including chat, messages, and siege-camp boards; and (c) any non-public information about the Game, its systems, its players, or its operation that you obtain through playing.
You further agree to respect the privacy of your fellow players: you may not collect, harvest, record, republish, or disclose another player's communications, identity, or information obtained in the Game, anywhere outside the Game, without that player's consent and the Company's prior written permission. This Section survives termination of this Agreement.
All Game Content and all Player Content (which is owned by the Company under Section 5) exist for use INSIDE the Game only. Except as expressly permitted by the Company in writing, you may not copy, reproduce, capture, scrape, mine, download, record, stream, publish, post, distribute, sell, license, adapt, or otherwise use or exploit any Game Content or Player Content outside the Game, in whole or in part, in any medium, for any purpose, commercial or otherwise.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE that any use of Game Content or Player Content outside the Game without the Company's prior written permission is an unauthorized taking of the Company's exclusive property, and constitutes willful infringement, misappropriation, and unlawful conversion of Company property, as well as a material breach of this Agreement. You agree that such a breach causes the Company irreparable harm for which money damages are inadequate, and that the Company is entitled to immediate injunctive relief, account termination, and all other remedies available at law or in equity, including damages, statutory damages, disgorgement of any proceeds, and recovery of its attorneys' fees and costs. the Company may grant or refuse permission (for example, for streaming or screenshots) at its sole discretion, and may revoke any permission at any time.
The Game includes virtual currency, tokens, items, heroes, troops, land, realms, trinkets, and other in-game assets ("Virtual Items"). Virtual Items are licensed, not sold; they are part of the Game Content owned exclusively by the Company. Virtual Items have NO monetary or real-world value, are not property, are not redeemable or exchangeable for money or anything of value outside the Game, and may not be bought, sold, or traded outside the Game. Buying, selling, or trading Virtual Items or accounts for real-world value is a material breach of this Agreement.
the Company may create, modify, rebalance, devalue, reset, suspend, or delete any Virtual Item at any time, for any reason, without notice or liability. You have no property interest in, and no claim for loss of, any Virtual Item, account progress, score, or standing.
If and when the Game offers purchases, all sales are final and non-refundable except where a refund is required by applicable law. Prices, contents, and availability may change at any time. All payments and all revenue from purchases belong exclusively to The California Media Company (Section 4). Purchases confer only the limited in-Game license described in this Agreement — never ownership, and never any entitlement to continued availability of the Game or any feature.
You agree not to: break any applicable law; harass, threaten, defame, or abuse any player or the Company personnel; post content that is hateful, obscene, infringing, or otherwise objectionable; impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation; cheat, exploit bugs (report them instead), or use bots, scripts, macros, scrapers, data-miners, or any unauthorized third-party software; probe, reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Game except where that restriction is prohibited by law; access or attempt to access accounts, systems, or data that are not yours; interfere with, overload, or disrupt the Game or its servers; use the Game for any commercial purpose; or assist or encourage anyone else to do any of the above.
We may investigate suspected violations and take any action we deem appropriate — including warning, content removal, rollback of gains, suspension, permanent termination, and referral to law enforcement.
To operate the Game we collect and process: your username, email address, and password (stored hashed); the IP address captured at registration (anti-abuse); and gameplay data generated by your play (empires, heroes, battles, messages, logs). We use this data to run, protect, improve, and moderate the Game, to communicate with you about it, and to enforce this Agreement. We do not sell your personal information. In-Game communications are stored on our servers and may be reviewed for moderation, safety, and enforcement.
You may request deletion of your account (abdication) in-game or by contacting us; some records may be retained as required for legal, security, or audit purposes. Our full Privacy Policy — posted at /privacy — describes our data practices in detail and is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
The Game is a living service: we may add, change, rebalance, suspend, or permanently discontinue any part of the Game — or the entire Game — at any time, with or without notice, without liability to you.
We may update this Agreement from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Agreement with a new "Last updated" date and, for material changes, present it to you for acceptance in-game. Your continued play after an update takes effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree to an update, your sole remedy is to stop playing.
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account and your access to the Game at any time, with or without cause or notice. You may stop playing, or abdicate your account, at any time. Upon termination for any reason: your license to play ends immediately; we may delete your account, empire, Player Content, and Virtual Items without liability; and Sections 4 through 7, 9, 11, and 14 through 19 survive.
THE GAME IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE CALIFORNIA MEDIA COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY — INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE GAME WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT PROGRESS, DATA, OR VIRTUAL ITEMS WILL BE PRESERVED. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this Section may not apply to you.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE CALIFORNIA MEDIA COMPANY, ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, ACCOUNTS, PROGRESS, OR VIRTUAL ITEMS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE GAME, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE CALIFORNIA MEDIA COMPANY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE GAME WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $50). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so parts of this Section may not apply to you.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The California Media Company and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, licensors, and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Game; (b) your Player Content; (c) your breach of this Agreement; (d) your violation of any law or of any third party's rights; or (e) any activity under your account, whether or not authorized by you.
We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you (at your expense), and you agree to cooperate fully with that defense. You may not settle any such claim without our prior written consent. This Section survives termination.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY — IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. You and the Company agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Game that cannot be resolved informally will be resolved by BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION administered in California by a recognized arbitration provider (such as JAMS) under its consumer rules, rather than in court — except that (a) either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and (b) the Company may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property or confidential information (Sections 4–7).
YOU AND the Company EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. All claims must be brought in the party's individual capacity only. If this class waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must proceed in court, with the remainder in arbitration. You may opt out of this arbitration provision within thirty (30) days of first accepting this Agreement by sending us written notice; opting out does not affect any other Section.
This Agreement, and any dispute arising out of or relating to it or the Game, is governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to Section 17, the state and federal courts located in California will have exclusive jurisdiction and venue, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there.
This Agreement (together with any policies it incorporates) is the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Game and supersedes all prior understandings. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remainder will remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver. You may not assign this Agreement or your account; the Company may assign this Agreement freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created by this Agreement. Headings are for convenience only.
Questions about this Agreement or permission requests under Section 7 may be sent to The California Media Company through the in-game Messages system (write to the Warden) or through the official Wardenfall community channels linked in-game.