The short version

We keep as little as we can. We don’t sell anything, show ads or use tracking cookies. By default, only people who’ve RSVPed with a name see yours.

When you RSVP

• Your answer (going, maybe, can’t make it) and how many friends you’re bringing.
• A name, if you give one: first name and last initial (up to 3 letters, like O’D). By default it’s shown only to people who’ve RSVPed Going or Maybe with a name for the same night. Everyone else sees counts. Anyone can RSVP with a name, so think of your name as visible to the people who come that night.
• “Can’t make it” answers are only shown to the organisers.
• A random ID for your browser, so you can change your RSVP later. We only store a scrambled (hashed) copy of it.
• A scrambled copy of your IP address, mixed with the night, used only to stop spam. It’s mixed with a secret key, so it can’t be turned back into your IP address, and it’s deleted a day after the night.
• Whether you ticked “I’ve also RSVPed on Meetup”, so we don’t count you twice.
• Games you bring, tables you join and games you request. Everyone sees the games and tables; your name on them follows who can see your RSVP.
• Your want-to-play list, if you’re signed in. Shared like your games (below); everyone else only sees how many people want to play a game.

If you sign in

You can sign in with Google, Discord or an emailed link. Our sign-in service (Supabase) keeps your email address and which account you used.

• We use your name from Google or Discord only to fill in your first name and last initial. You can change it.
• We don’t keep your profile picture or other profile details from Google or Discord. We remove them when you sign in.
• We only ask Google and Discord for your basic profile and email address.
• Your email address is never shown to other members.
• Your last name, only if you add it. Others see it only if you choose to show it.
• Your meeple colour, if you choose one.
• Your profile link is also your invite link. Anyone who has it sees your name and meeple and can send you a friend request; only friends see your board, games and which groups you go to. Blocked people can’t open it while signed in.
• Your games, if you import a collection or add games: names, BGG numbers, players, length and weight. Only you see the list unless you choose to share it with friends, or with friends and people going on the same nights as you. Games you hide stay yours alone. Imported files are read on your device; we never receive the comments, prices or notes a BGG export contains.
• Your BGG username, if you import from BGG with it. Only you see it.
• Your plays, if you log them: which games you played on which night. Your friends can see your player board; nobody else can. If you and another member logged the same game on the same night, you each see the other under “played most with” (by name only where you could already see their name on RSVPs).
• Your inbox: short notes about your games and tables, like who joined a table you host or asked for a game you own. Names in it follow the same rules as on the RSVP page. Notes go once the night is over.

Who sees you, and friends

• You choose who sees your name on RSVPs: friends only, people who RSVPed (the default), or anyone. Everyone else sees an unnamed “+1”.
• Friends are two-way: one asks, the other accepts. Friends see each other’s RSVPs before answering.
• Blocking hides you from each other and stops friend requests. Nobody is told when you decline, unfriend or block.

Venue survey

If you answer the venue survey, you choose to save it with your RSVPs or anonymously. Answers are only ever shown as totals, and only when at least 5 people answered.

Conventions (PAX Unplugged)

On a convention page you need an account to take part. If you add a travel plan, we keep how you’re getting there (car, bus, train), which day and roughly when (morning, afternoon or evening) you head down and come back, whether you’re day-tripping, and if you’re driving, how many seats you have free. No addresses, hotels or exact trains. Your plan and the days you’re going show with your name to the people your sharing setting allows; everyone else only sees totals. You can change or remove it any time, and travel plans are deleted after the convention. Sessions you star on the schedule and games you want to play follow the same sharing setting.

Message boards

A board is for people with an account: you need to sign in to read it too. What you post shows with your name and the time, to everyone signed in. You can edit or delete your own messages. If you report a message, the organisers get an email with it; they can hide messages and pause someone’s posting. Replies to your threads show in your inbox.

If you turn on the daily email (off unless you do), we send what’s new in your inbox to your account’s email address, at most once a day, through our email provider (Resend). Every email has a link to stop them.

Site statistics

To see how the site is used, we count pages viewed, links shared and opened, things done (like an RSVP or a table started) and errors, with the site that sent you and whether you’re on a phone. Your browser gets a random ID that changes every day, so we can count visitors without following anyone. Nothing here is linked to your name, RSVPs or account, and it’s deleted after 400 days. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, we count nothing.

Feedback

The Feedback form saves your message, what it’s about, and the page you sent it from. Bug reports also include your browser and window size. Your email address is kept only if you add one for a reply. To stop floods of messages, scrambled codes for your browser and IP address are kept for a day. None of it is linked to your RSVPs or your account, and only the organisers see it, by email.

If you tell us about your game group (“Run a game group?” on the home page), we keep your name, your email, the group’s name and link, and what you wrote, and email them to the site organisers so we can reply.

Other services

• Meetup: we read the public event calendar and going count. We never see who RSVPed there.
• BoardGameGeek: our server asks BGG for game details, pictures and search results, and for your owned games when you import with your BGG username. It sends BGG nothing else about you.
• Supabase stores RSVPs and accounts. Resend sends sign-in emails and feedback.
• Pages load fonts from Google Fonts, game pictures from BoardGameGeek, and the venue map loads tiles from OpenStreetMap. Like any website, those services see your IP address when they send them.

Changing or deleting your data

• You can change or remove your RSVP yourself, on the device you made it on.
• Delete your account yourself on your account page. That removes your account, name, friends, games, plays and settings. Your past RSVPs stay only as unnamed counts.
• To delete an RSVP made on another device without signing in, message your group’s organisers on Meetup (Mondays at Fools Gold, Uptown NYC Board Gamers, Boardgame Icebreakers) and they’ll delete it.
• Organisers can see all RSVPs (including “can’t make it”) to plan tables, and can remove spam.