Gewinnen Terms & Conditions
Effective date: May 25, 2026
These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of Gewinnen, including the website, game client, Discord Activity version, game services, chat features, computer opponent, replay/export tools, and related services operated by Initcore Development LLC.
By using Gewinnen, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.
1. Fan-made, non-commercial project
Gewinnen is an unofficial, free, non-commercial fan-made strategy game inspired by Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujou). Ascendance of a Bookworm is created by Miya Kazuki and published by TO Books. Original series illustrations are by You Shiina.
Gewinnen is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or licensed by Miya Kazuki, TO Books, You Shiina, J-Novel Club, or any official rights holder.
2. Eligibility and accounts
You may need an account, guest account, or Discord-linked identity to use some features. You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping your login credentials secure. Do not impersonate others, attempt to bypass bans, or use another person's account without permission.
3. Acceptable use
You agree not to use Gewinnen to harass, threaten, abuse, exploit, spam, cheat, attack the service, interfere with other players, attempt unauthorized access, scrape private data, reverse engineer protected service logic for abuse, or upload or transmit malicious content.
Game administrators may remove content, mute users, suspend accounts, ban users, cancel games, or restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect the service, players, or infrastructure.
4. Gameplay data, replays, and computer opponent training
Gewinnen may record gameplay data, including moves, board states, turn history, outcomes, replay data, computer-opponent decisions, and related training samples. You agree that this gameplay data may be used to operate the game, debug problems, improve balance, generate replays, detect abuse, and train or evaluate the Gewinnen computer artificial intelligence.
Player and spectator chat may be recorded for moderation, safety, audit, and support purposes. Spectator chat is intended to remain separate from active player chat during games.
5. User content
You retain ownership of content you create, such as chat messages, profile text, game feedback, and similar submissions, subject to any rights held by others. You grant Initcore Development LLC a limited license to store, display, moderate, analyze, and process that content as needed to provide and improve Gewinnen.
6. No sale of personal information
Gewinnen is not operated to sell user personal information. More detail is available in the Privacy Policy.
7. Service availability and changes
Gewinnen is provided as a developing hobby/fan project. Features may change, break, be reset, or be removed. The service may be unavailable during maintenance, development, infrastructure problems, security events, or other interruptions.
8. No warranties
Gewinnen is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, competitive fairness in every circumstance, preservation of all data, or compatibility with every device, browser, Discord client, or network.
9. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Initcore Development LLC will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost data, lost profits, service interruption, or loss of goodwill arising from your use of Gewinnen.
10. Third-party services
Gewinnen may integrate with third-party services such as Discord for embedded Activity access, identity, launch context, or social features. Your use of those services is also governed by their own terms and policies.
11. Changes to these terms
These terms may be updated as Gewinnen changes. Continued use of the service after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.
12. Contact
For questions, moderation issues, privacy requests, or support, contact Initcore Development LLC through the support or contact channel provided on the Gewinnen site or Discord community.