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TERMS OF USE
Version 1 · Last updated November 9, 2026
The short version. You may play the game you bought on Steam. Be nice to other players (our rules). Don't cheat. We record ranked matches to rate them, catch cheaters and improve our bots (Privacy Policy). If you break the rules, we can ban you from online play. Your rights as a consumer stay yours. This summary is not the agreement; the text below is.
1. Who we are and what this covers
Longbows & Potatoes (the "Game") is made by Battle Couch Studio Inc., a corporation registered under the laws of Canada with its office in Québec, Canada ("we", "us"). These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are an agreement between you and us. They cover the Game, its downloadable content ("DLC"), its online features (parties, matchmaking, ranked play, leaderboards, chat, reports), our website at longbowsandpotatoes.com and our Discord server (together, the "Services").
By installing, launching or playing the Game, or by choosing Accept on the "Be nice" screen in the Game, you agree to these Terms and to our Be nice rules, and you confirm you have read our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. You can still decline the Be nice screen: the Game then keeps online play off and you can play LAN parties only.
You buy and download the Game through Steam, which Valve Corporation runs. Valve's Steam Subscriber Agreement also applies to your Steam account, purchases and refunds. Valve is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the Game. If these Terms conflict with the Steam Subscriber Agreement about your Steam account, purchases, payments or refunds, the Steam Subscriber Agreement prevails.
2. Who can play
You must be at least 14 years old to use the online features (Steam parties, matchmaking, ranked play, chat and reports), because they collect personal information. Playing the Game offline or in LAN parties has no age limit beyond Steam's own. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must read and agree to these Terms with you, and is responsible for your use of the Services.
3. Your licence to play
The Game is licensed, not sold. When you get the Game or a DLC through Steam, we give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and play it on your devices, through your Steam account, for your own non-commercial entertainment, subject to these Terms. Streaming and making videos of the Game is allowed under our Creator policy.
Unless the law allows it despite this restriction, you may not: copy, sell, rent, sublicense or distribute the Game or its files; decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Game; modify the Game or make tools that change how it plays online; extract its art, sound or code to use elsewhere; or remove copyright or other notices.
4. DLC and purchases
We may release paid and free DLC. DLC is part of the Game under these Terms. All purchases go through Steam: prices, payment, taxes and refunds follow Steam's terms and refund policy. We never see or store your payment details. Nothing in these Terms takes away a right to a refund or remedy that consumer law gives you.
5. Online play
- Steam account. Online play uses your Steam account and its Steam ID. Keep your account secure; you are responsible for what happens on it.
- Ranked play. Ranked matches give you a rating (Elo) and a place on the leaderboard. Results are checked automatically and by us. We may correct, void or reset ratings and results that we believe are wrong, unfair or the result of cheating or abuse. Ratings, ranks and leaderboard places have no money value and belong to no one.
- Recorded matches. We record ranked matches as described in the Privacy Policy.
- Availability. We try to keep online features running, but we do not guarantee they will always be available, error-free or offered forever. We may change, suspend or end online features, including ranked play, at any time. If we plan to shut down the Game's online features for good, we will try to announce it at least 30 days ahead. LAN parties do not depend on our servers.
6. How you must behave
Follow the Be nice rules, which are part of these Terms. You also must not attack, overload or interfere with the Services, other players' connections or our servers, try to access what you are not allowed to access, or break any law while using the Services.
If you find a bug or a way to cheat, tell us at support@battlecouch.studio instead of using or sharing it.
7. What we can do when rules are broken
To keep the Game fair and safe, we may, depending on how serious and repeated the behaviour is: warn you; remove or hide your name or messages; reset your rating or void your results; or block you from ranked or all online play for a time or for good ("ban"). Steam itself may also ban accounts. On our Discord server, moderators may also delete your posts, time you out, or remove or ban you from the server. These measures only concern online play and our Discord server: a ban never stops you from playing the Game offline or in LAN parties. We end your licence to play the Game itself only if you pirate it, distribute it or its files, or make, sell or share cheats for it.
Some checks are automatic (for example, replay statistics that flag unusual play), but a person decides every ban. If your account is banned, the Game shows the reason when it signs in. If you think we made a mistake, write to support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID; we will review it.
8. Your names and messages
You are responsible for the names you use and the messages you send in the Game. You keep whatever rights you have in them. You give us a worldwide, free, non-exclusive licence to host, store, display, transmit and use them as needed to run, moderate and improve the Services, for as long as we keep them under the Privacy Policy. We do not check everything players write before others see it, but the Game filters some words and you can report players.
If you send us ideas or feedback, we may use them freely, without owing you anything.
9. Our property
The Game, its code, art, characters, sounds, music, names and logos belong to us or to our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Apart from the licence in section 3 and the Creator policy, these Terms give you no rights in them.
10. Third parties
The Services rely on others, such as Steam (Valve), Cloudflare and Discord. Their own terms apply to what they provide, and we are not responsible for their services. Links to other websites are for convenience only.
11. Warranties
We work hard on the Game, but it is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we make no promise beyond those in these Terms, including that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure. This does not limit any warranty that consumer law gives you and that cannot be excluded, such as the legal warranties of quality and of conformity under the Québec Consumer Protection Act and the Civil Code of Québec.
12. Limits on our liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, or for loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising from the Services; and our total liability for any claim about the Services is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for the Game and DLC in the 12 months before the claim, and CAD $25.
These limits do not apply where the law forbids them, including for harm caused by our intentional or gross fault, for bodily or moral injury, or to the extent they would limit the rights of consumers under the Québec Consumer Protection Act or other consumer laws that apply to you.
13. Ending this agreement
You can stop at any time by uninstalling the Game. You can also ask us to delete your data (see the Privacy Policy). We may suspend or end your access to online features under section 7, and end your licence only in the cases that section names. Sections 3 (restrictions), 8 to 12, 14 and 16 survive the end of this agreement.
14. Law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Before going to court, please write to us so we can try to solve the problem together. Disputes go to the courts of the province of Québec. If you are a consumer, you also keep any right your local law gives you to bring a claim in the courts where you live and to the protection of its mandatory laws. Nothing in these Terms requires arbitration or waives your right to take part in a class action.
15. Changes
We may update these Terms, for example when we add features or when the law changes. A change can only concern the online features, the conduct rules or how we handle personal information: the price you paid and your right to play the Game you bought do not change. We will post the new version here, with a summary of what changes, and announce it in the Game or on the Game's Steam page at least 30 days before it applies to you. If you do not agree, you can refuse it and end this agreement at no cost by stopping online play; the Game keeps working offline and in LAN parties, and you can ask us to delete your data. For changes that matter, the Game asks you to accept the new version before you play online again. A change the law requires, or one that only clarifies these Terms or gives you more rights, may apply sooner.
16. Language and the rest
These Terms are available in French and English, and both versions have the same value. The Game shows them in your language; players in Canada see the French version first, followed by the English version. If a part of these Terms cannot be enforced, the rest still applies. Our not enforcing a part right away is not a waiver. You may not transfer these Terms; we may transfer them to a company that takes over the Game, with notice to you. These Terms, the Be nice rules, the Creator policy and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Services.
17. Contact
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada · support@battlecouch.studio
our rules: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/rules
Privacy Policy: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/privacy
Steam Subscriber Agreement: https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/
Creator policy: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/creators
refund policy: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/terms
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BE NICE
Version 1 · Last updated October 27, 2026
Longbows & Potatoes is a game about potatoes throwing things at each other. Keep the throwing in the game. These rules apply to every online party and match, to names and chat, and to anything you post about the Game where players can see it. The Game shows a short version before you play online, and you must accept it to play online. They are part of our Terms of Use.
The rules
1. Be kind
No insults, threats, harassment or slurs, in chat or in names. Nothing hateful about anyone's race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. Trash talk about the match is fine; attacks on the person are not.
2. Play fair
No cheats, hacks, modified game files, bots, or scripts and macros that play for you. Don't exploit bugs to win; report them to us instead.
3. Play the match
Don't quit on your team, go idle, feed or sabotage your allies. In ranked play, no throwing games, trading wins, boosting someone's rating, or playing on another person's account.
4. Keep names and chat clean
No sexual, violent, hateful or illegal content, no spam, no ads, no scams, no links to them.
5. Respect privacy
Never share anyone's personal information (real name, address, photos, contacts, accounts), yours included.
6. One account, no ban dodging
Don't use another account to get around a ban, and don't pretend to be us, a moderator or another player.
7. Report, don't retaliate
If someone breaks these rules, use Report a player in the match menu. The report sends us the match chat your game recorded. We read every report; filing false reports on purpose is itself against the rules.
What happens if you break them
We can warn you, remove your name or messages, reset your rating or ban you from online play, as the Terms of Use describe (section 7). A person reviews every ban.
Think we got it wrong? Write to support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID and we will take another look.
If you decline
You can decline these rules. The Game then keeps online play off (Steam parties, invites and ranked) and you can still play LAN parties. You can change your mind at any time: the rules come back the next time you try to play online.
Terms of Use: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/terms
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/rules
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PRIVACY POLICY
Version 1 · Last updated November 9, 2026
The short version. We know you by your Steam ID and Steam name, not your real name. We keep your rating, your ranked matches and their replays (the orders you gave, never your voice) to rate matches, stop cheaters and improve the Game. After one year, your matches and replays are made anonymous. We never sell your data and show no ads. Email support@battlecouch.studio to see or delete your data.
1. Who is responsible
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada, makes Longbows & Potatoes (the "Game") and is responsible for your personal information. The person in charge of protecting personal information is the President of Battle Couch Studio Inc., reachable at support@battlecouch.studio.
This policy covers the Game, its online features (parties, matchmaking, ranked play, leaderboards, chat and player reports), our ranked servers, our website at longbowsandpotatoes.com, our Discord server and our support email. Steam is run by Valve, which has its own privacy policy for your Steam account and purchases.
2. What we collect
- Steam ID and Steam name: When the Game signs in to play online · Steam confirms who you are with a one-time ticket. We store your Steam ID (a number) and the name you play under. Steam also tells us whether Steam banned the account from the Game and whether the Game is borrowed through Family Sharing.
- Ranked profile: Ranked play · Your rating (Elo), number of rated games, disputed or broken results, the version of our rules you accepted and when, any ban with its reason and date, and notes our moderators write about your account (never shown to other players).
- Ranked match records: Each ranked match · Who played, the teams, the map, the game version, when it started, how long it lasted, each player's reported result, and rating changes.
- Replays of ranked matches: The end of each ranked match · Every order each player gave during the match, with the player names and teams. No chat, no voice, no video. From it we compute statistics: actions per minute, build orders, idle time, and flags for unusual play.
- Player reports: When you report a player, or someone reports you · Who reported whom, in which match, the reason, the note, and the match chat as the reporter's game recorded it.
- IP address: Each request to our servers · Used only to limit abuse (too many sign-ins from one address). Kept in our database for less than an hour. Cloudflare also processes it to deliver and protect our servers.
- Abuse limits on your Steam ID: Ranked play · A short-lived counter of your match reports, and a marker that the same players already had a ranked result together in the last 30 minutes. Kept in our database for less than two hours.
- Support messages: When you write to us · Your email address and what you write.
- Website visits: When you browse our website · Cloudflare Web Analytics counts page views: the page, the page that linked to it, your browser, device type and country, and how fast the page loaded. It uses no cookies, and we only see totals, never individual visitors. It does not run for visitors in the European Union.
- Trailer video: Only when you click play on a trailer on our website · Nothing loads from YouTube until you click. The video then plays from YouTube, run by Google, which receives your IP address and browser details and may store information on your device, under Google's privacy policy.
- Discord server: When you join our Discord server · Discord runs the server and handles your Discord account and messages under Discord's privacy policy. Our moderators see what you post there and may keep notes about rule breaks.
- Discord account link: Only if you choose to link your Discord account to the Game · Your Discord user ID and name, linked to your Steam ID, so our Discord server can give you roles (such as your rank) and match your bug reports to your game. You can unlink at any time.
What stays on your computer and never reaches us: your settings, the name you typed, and the replay files the Game saves locally (these include chat).
What other players see: in a party or match, other players see your Steam name, Steam avatar, the name you chose, your rating and your chat messages. Matches connect through Steam's network, which hides your IP address from other players. In a LAN party, your computer announces the party on your local network.
What we do not collect: your real name, email (unless you write to us), payment details (Valve handles purchases), precise location, contacts, or advertising identifiers. The Game has no ads and no third-party trackers. Our website uses no cookies; YouTube may set its own only if you play a trailer.
3. Why we use it
- To run online play: sign you in, match players, rate ranked matches and show leaderboards.
- To run our Discord server: moderate it and, if you link your account, give you roles and match your bug reports.
- To keep the Game fair and safe: check results, detect cheating, review reports, enforce bans, and protect our servers from abuse.
- To improve the Game: study how matches are played to balance the Game and make its computer players (bots) play better. We use replays for this; after a year, only in anonymous form. We also count visits to our website to see which pages people read.
- To answer you and to meet our legal obligations.
We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we do not share it for targeted advertising.
If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, our legal bases are: performing our agreement with you (online play, ranked play); our legitimate interests in fair play, safety and improving the Game and our website, which we balanced against your rights; your consent when you link your Discord account, which you can withdraw at any time by unlinking it; and our legal obligations.
4. Automated decisions
Your rating is calculated automatically from match results. Replay statistics can automatically flag unusual play (for example, inhumanly fast or regular orders) for review, but a flag never bans anyone by itself: a person reviews it and decides. On our Discord server, Discord's AutoMod, which we set up, automatically blocks messages with slurs, sexual content, spam or invites to other servers, and times out for 10 minutes anyone who mentions many people at once. It tells you when it blocks a message, and a moderator sees every alert and can lift a timeout. You can ask us how a decision about you was made and have it reviewed by writing to us.
5. Who we share it with
- Valve (Steam), to confirm your identity, run Steam lobbies and connections (a matchmaking lobby shows its party's average rating), and keep your Steam game stats, such as Battle Royale crowns.
- Cloudflare, Inc., which hosts our servers, database, replay storage and our website, and counts visits to our website, under its data processing terms.
- Google (YouTube), only when you play a trailer on our website, as described above.
- Discord Inc., which runs our Discord server. If you link your account, the roles we give you (such as your rank) show on Discord. Bots we add to the server to moderate it or answer support requests also process what you post there, under their own terms.
- Other players and the public: other players see what is described above. Anyone can see the public leaderboard (Steam ID, name, rating and number of rated games of rated players who are not banned) and check whether a given Steam ID is banned from online play, so that party hosts can keep banned players out.
- Authorities, only when the law requires it, or to protect someone's safety.
- A buyer, if the Game or our company is sold, under the same promises.
6. Where it is stored
Our servers run on Cloudflare's worldwide network, so your information may be stored and processed outside Québec and Canada, including in the United States, where local authorities may be able to access it under their laws. Before sending information outside Québec, we assess the risks and rely on contractual protections with our providers: Cloudflare's Data Processing Addendum, which includes the European Union's Standard Contractual Clauses for players in Europe. Discord and the bots on our Discord server also process information in the United States.
7. How long we keep it
- Ranked profile (Steam ID, name, rating): Until you ask us to delete it, 3 years after your last sign-in, or until we end the online features. A banned account is kept as long as the ban lasts.
- Ranked match records, replays and their statistics: Linked to your Steam ID and name for 1 year after the match. Then they are anonymized automatically: your Steam ID and name are replaced, and the anonymous match may be kept to improve the Game.
- Player reports and their chat: 180 days.
- Discord account link: Until you unlink it, ask us to delete it, or your ranked profile is deleted.
- Moderation notes about our Discord server: 180 days, or as long as a ban lasts.
- Abuse limits (IP addresses, Steam ID counters and markers): Less than two hours.
- Bans: As long as the ban lasts, even if you ask us to delete your data: we keep only your Steam ID, the ban, its reason and its date, to enforce it.
- Record of your privacy requests (date, Steam ID, what we did): 3 years, to show we handled the request.
- Support emails: Up to 2 years after the conversation ends.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, correct it, delete it, get it in a structured, commonly used format (portability), withdraw your consent, or object to or restrict some uses. To do it, email support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID (or a link to your Steam profile). We may ask you to prove the Steam account is yours. We answer within 30 days and do not charge you.
When we delete your data: your ranked profile is removed; your past matches, replays and statistics stay only in anonymous form (other players' results depend on them); reports you filed or that are about you are deleted; your Discord account link is removed; and your lines in other reports' chat are anonymized. If your account is banned, we keep your Steam ID and the ban details for as long as the ban lasts, even after a deletion request, to enforce it. If you play ranked again later, you start a new profile.
You can also stop online play at any time: decline the rules screen or stop playing online, and the Game sends us nothing.
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or the data protection authority where you live.
9. Children
The online features are not meant for children under 14, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child under 14 gave us information, write to us and we will delete it.
10. Security
We protect your information with reasonable security measures, such as encrypted connections and access limited to our administrators. No system is perfectly secure. If a confidentiality incident puts your information at serious risk, we will notify you and the authorities as the law requires.
11. Changes
We will post any update here with a new date. If a change matters for how we use your information, the Game will show it to you before online play, and you will have to accept it to keep playing online.
12. Contact
The President, person in charge of the protection of personal information
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada
support@battlecouch.studio
privacy policy: https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Discord's privacy policy: https://discord.com/privacy
Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec: https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: https://www.priv.gc.ca/
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/privacy
Version 1 · Last updated November 9, 2026
The short version. You may play the game you bought on Steam. Be nice to other players (our rules). Don't cheat. We record ranked matches to rate them, catch cheaters and improve our bots (Privacy Policy). If you break the rules, we can ban you from online play. Your rights as a consumer stay yours. This summary is not the agreement; the text below is.
1. Who we are and what this covers
Longbows & Potatoes (the "Game") is made by Battle Couch Studio Inc., a corporation registered under the laws of Canada with its office in Québec, Canada ("we", "us"). These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are an agreement between you and us. They cover the Game, its downloadable content ("DLC"), its online features (parties, matchmaking, ranked play, leaderboards, chat, reports), our website at longbowsandpotatoes.com and our Discord server (together, the "Services").
By installing, launching or playing the Game, or by choosing Accept on the "Be nice" screen in the Game, you agree to these Terms and to our Be nice rules, and you confirm you have read our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. You can still decline the Be nice screen: the Game then keeps online play off and you can play LAN parties only.
You buy and download the Game through Steam, which Valve Corporation runs. Valve's Steam Subscriber Agreement also applies to your Steam account, purchases and refunds. Valve is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the Game. If these Terms conflict with the Steam Subscriber Agreement about your Steam account, purchases, payments or refunds, the Steam Subscriber Agreement prevails.
2. Who can play
You must be at least 14 years old to use the online features (Steam parties, matchmaking, ranked play, chat and reports), because they collect personal information. Playing the Game offline or in LAN parties has no age limit beyond Steam's own. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must read and agree to these Terms with you, and is responsible for your use of the Services.
3. Your licence to play
The Game is licensed, not sold. When you get the Game or a DLC through Steam, we give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and play it on your devices, through your Steam account, for your own non-commercial entertainment, subject to these Terms. Streaming and making videos of the Game is allowed under our Creator policy.
Unless the law allows it despite this restriction, you may not: copy, sell, rent, sublicense or distribute the Game or its files; decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Game; modify the Game or make tools that change how it plays online; extract its art, sound or code to use elsewhere; or remove copyright or other notices.
4. DLC and purchases
We may release paid and free DLC. DLC is part of the Game under these Terms. All purchases go through Steam: prices, payment, taxes and refunds follow Steam's terms and refund policy. We never see or store your payment details. Nothing in these Terms takes away a right to a refund or remedy that consumer law gives you.
5. Online play
- Steam account. Online play uses your Steam account and its Steam ID. Keep your account secure; you are responsible for what happens on it.
- Ranked play. Ranked matches give you a rating (Elo) and a place on the leaderboard. Results are checked automatically and by us. We may correct, void or reset ratings and results that we believe are wrong, unfair or the result of cheating or abuse. Ratings, ranks and leaderboard places have no money value and belong to no one.
- Recorded matches. We record ranked matches as described in the Privacy Policy.
- Availability. We try to keep online features running, but we do not guarantee they will always be available, error-free or offered forever. We may change, suspend or end online features, including ranked play, at any time. If we plan to shut down the Game's online features for good, we will try to announce it at least 30 days ahead. LAN parties do not depend on our servers.
6. How you must behave
Follow the Be nice rules, which are part of these Terms. You also must not attack, overload or interfere with the Services, other players' connections or our servers, try to access what you are not allowed to access, or break any law while using the Services.
If you find a bug or a way to cheat, tell us at support@battlecouch.studio instead of using or sharing it.
7. What we can do when rules are broken
To keep the Game fair and safe, we may, depending on how serious and repeated the behaviour is: warn you; remove or hide your name or messages; reset your rating or void your results; or block you from ranked or all online play for a time or for good ("ban"). Steam itself may also ban accounts. On our Discord server, moderators may also delete your posts, time you out, or remove or ban you from the server. These measures only concern online play and our Discord server: a ban never stops you from playing the Game offline or in LAN parties. We end your licence to play the Game itself only if you pirate it, distribute it or its files, or make, sell or share cheats for it.
Some checks are automatic (for example, replay statistics that flag unusual play), but a person decides every ban. If your account is banned, the Game shows the reason when it signs in. If you think we made a mistake, write to support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID; we will review it.
8. Your names and messages
You are responsible for the names you use and the messages you send in the Game. You keep whatever rights you have in them. You give us a worldwide, free, non-exclusive licence to host, store, display, transmit and use them as needed to run, moderate and improve the Services, for as long as we keep them under the Privacy Policy. We do not check everything players write before others see it, but the Game filters some words and you can report players.
If you send us ideas or feedback, we may use them freely, without owing you anything.
9. Our property
The Game, its code, art, characters, sounds, music, names and logos belong to us or to our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Apart from the licence in section 3 and the Creator policy, these Terms give you no rights in them.
10. Third parties
The Services rely on others, such as Steam (Valve), Cloudflare and Discord. Their own terms apply to what they provide, and we are not responsible for their services. Links to other websites are for convenience only.
11. Warranties
We work hard on the Game, but it is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we make no promise beyond those in these Terms, including that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure. This does not limit any warranty that consumer law gives you and that cannot be excluded, such as the legal warranties of quality and of conformity under the Québec Consumer Protection Act and the Civil Code of Québec.
12. Limits on our liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, or for loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising from the Services; and our total liability for any claim about the Services is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for the Game and DLC in the 12 months before the claim, and CAD $25.
These limits do not apply where the law forbids them, including for harm caused by our intentional or gross fault, for bodily or moral injury, or to the extent they would limit the rights of consumers under the Québec Consumer Protection Act or other consumer laws that apply to you.
13. Ending this agreement
You can stop at any time by uninstalling the Game. You can also ask us to delete your data (see the Privacy Policy). We may suspend or end your access to online features under section 7, and end your licence only in the cases that section names. Sections 3 (restrictions), 8 to 12, 14 and 16 survive the end of this agreement.
14. Law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Before going to court, please write to us so we can try to solve the problem together. Disputes go to the courts of the province of Québec. If you are a consumer, you also keep any right your local law gives you to bring a claim in the courts where you live and to the protection of its mandatory laws. Nothing in these Terms requires arbitration or waives your right to take part in a class action.
15. Changes
We may update these Terms, for example when we add features or when the law changes. A change can only concern the online features, the conduct rules or how we handle personal information: the price you paid and your right to play the Game you bought do not change. We will post the new version here, with a summary of what changes, and announce it in the Game or on the Game's Steam page at least 30 days before it applies to you. If you do not agree, you can refuse it and end this agreement at no cost by stopping online play; the Game keeps working offline and in LAN parties, and you can ask us to delete your data. For changes that matter, the Game asks you to accept the new version before you play online again. A change the law requires, or one that only clarifies these Terms or gives you more rights, may apply sooner.
16. Language and the rest
These Terms are available in French and English, and both versions have the same value. The Game shows them in your language; players in Canada see the French version first, followed by the English version. If a part of these Terms cannot be enforced, the rest still applies. Our not enforcing a part right away is not a waiver. You may not transfer these Terms; we may transfer them to a company that takes over the Game, with notice to you. These Terms, the Be nice rules, the Creator policy and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Services.
17. Contact
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada · support@battlecouch.studio
our rules: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/rules
Privacy Policy: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/privacy
Steam Subscriber Agreement: https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/
Creator policy: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/creators
refund policy: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/terms
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BE NICE
Version 1 · Last updated October 27, 2026
Longbows & Potatoes is a game about potatoes throwing things at each other. Keep the throwing in the game. These rules apply to every online party and match, to names and chat, and to anything you post about the Game where players can see it. The Game shows a short version before you play online, and you must accept it to play online. They are part of our Terms of Use.
The rules
1. Be kind
No insults, threats, harassment or slurs, in chat or in names. Nothing hateful about anyone's race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. Trash talk about the match is fine; attacks on the person are not.
2. Play fair
No cheats, hacks, modified game files, bots, or scripts and macros that play for you. Don't exploit bugs to win; report them to us instead.
3. Play the match
Don't quit on your team, go idle, feed or sabotage your allies. In ranked play, no throwing games, trading wins, boosting someone's rating, or playing on another person's account.
4. Keep names and chat clean
No sexual, violent, hateful or illegal content, no spam, no ads, no scams, no links to them.
5. Respect privacy
Never share anyone's personal information (real name, address, photos, contacts, accounts), yours included.
6. One account, no ban dodging
Don't use another account to get around a ban, and don't pretend to be us, a moderator or another player.
7. Report, don't retaliate
If someone breaks these rules, use Report a player in the match menu. The report sends us the match chat your game recorded. We read every report; filing false reports on purpose is itself against the rules.
What happens if you break them
We can warn you, remove your name or messages, reset your rating or ban you from online play, as the Terms of Use describe (section 7). A person reviews every ban.
Think we got it wrong? Write to support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID and we will take another look.
If you decline
You can decline these rules. The Game then keeps online play off (Steam parties, invites and ranked) and you can still play LAN parties. You can change your mind at any time: the rules come back the next time you try to play online.
Terms of Use: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/terms
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/rules
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PRIVACY POLICY
Version 1 · Last updated November 9, 2026
The short version. We know you by your Steam ID and Steam name, not your real name. We keep your rating, your ranked matches and their replays (the orders you gave, never your voice) to rate matches, stop cheaters and improve the Game. After one year, your matches and replays are made anonymous. We never sell your data and show no ads. Email support@battlecouch.studio to see or delete your data.
1. Who is responsible
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada, makes Longbows & Potatoes (the "Game") and is responsible for your personal information. The person in charge of protecting personal information is the President of Battle Couch Studio Inc., reachable at support@battlecouch.studio.
This policy covers the Game, its online features (parties, matchmaking, ranked play, leaderboards, chat and player reports), our ranked servers, our website at longbowsandpotatoes.com, our Discord server and our support email. Steam is run by Valve, which has its own privacy policy for your Steam account and purchases.
2. What we collect
- Steam ID and Steam name: When the Game signs in to play online · Steam confirms who you are with a one-time ticket. We store your Steam ID (a number) and the name you play under. Steam also tells us whether Steam banned the account from the Game and whether the Game is borrowed through Family Sharing.
- Ranked profile: Ranked play · Your rating (Elo), number of rated games, disputed or broken results, the version of our rules you accepted and when, any ban with its reason and date, and notes our moderators write about your account (never shown to other players).
- Ranked match records: Each ranked match · Who played, the teams, the map, the game version, when it started, how long it lasted, each player's reported result, and rating changes.
- Replays of ranked matches: The end of each ranked match · Every order each player gave during the match, with the player names and teams. No chat, no voice, no video. From it we compute statistics: actions per minute, build orders, idle time, and flags for unusual play.
- Player reports: When you report a player, or someone reports you · Who reported whom, in which match, the reason, the note, and the match chat as the reporter's game recorded it.
- IP address: Each request to our servers · Used only to limit abuse (too many sign-ins from one address). Kept in our database for less than an hour. Cloudflare also processes it to deliver and protect our servers.
- Abuse limits on your Steam ID: Ranked play · A short-lived counter of your match reports, and a marker that the same players already had a ranked result together in the last 30 minutes. Kept in our database for less than two hours.
- Support messages: When you write to us · Your email address and what you write.
- Website visits: When you browse our website · Cloudflare Web Analytics counts page views: the page, the page that linked to it, your browser, device type and country, and how fast the page loaded. It uses no cookies, and we only see totals, never individual visitors. It does not run for visitors in the European Union.
- Trailer video: Only when you click play on a trailer on our website · Nothing loads from YouTube until you click. The video then plays from YouTube, run by Google, which receives your IP address and browser details and may store information on your device, under Google's privacy policy.
- Discord server: When you join our Discord server · Discord runs the server and handles your Discord account and messages under Discord's privacy policy. Our moderators see what you post there and may keep notes about rule breaks.
- Discord account link: Only if you choose to link your Discord account to the Game · Your Discord user ID and name, linked to your Steam ID, so our Discord server can give you roles (such as your rank) and match your bug reports to your game. You can unlink at any time.
What stays on your computer and never reaches us: your settings, the name you typed, and the replay files the Game saves locally (these include chat).
What other players see: in a party or match, other players see your Steam name, Steam avatar, the name you chose, your rating and your chat messages. Matches connect through Steam's network, which hides your IP address from other players. In a LAN party, your computer announces the party on your local network.
What we do not collect: your real name, email (unless you write to us), payment details (Valve handles purchases), precise location, contacts, or advertising identifiers. The Game has no ads and no third-party trackers. Our website uses no cookies; YouTube may set its own only if you play a trailer.
3. Why we use it
- To run online play: sign you in, match players, rate ranked matches and show leaderboards.
- To run our Discord server: moderate it and, if you link your account, give you roles and match your bug reports.
- To keep the Game fair and safe: check results, detect cheating, review reports, enforce bans, and protect our servers from abuse.
- To improve the Game: study how matches are played to balance the Game and make its computer players (bots) play better. We use replays for this; after a year, only in anonymous form. We also count visits to our website to see which pages people read.
- To answer you and to meet our legal obligations.
We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we do not share it for targeted advertising.
If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, our legal bases are: performing our agreement with you (online play, ranked play); our legitimate interests in fair play, safety and improving the Game and our website, which we balanced against your rights; your consent when you link your Discord account, which you can withdraw at any time by unlinking it; and our legal obligations.
4. Automated decisions
Your rating is calculated automatically from match results. Replay statistics can automatically flag unusual play (for example, inhumanly fast or regular orders) for review, but a flag never bans anyone by itself: a person reviews it and decides. On our Discord server, Discord's AutoMod, which we set up, automatically blocks messages with slurs, sexual content, spam or invites to other servers, and times out for 10 minutes anyone who mentions many people at once. It tells you when it blocks a message, and a moderator sees every alert and can lift a timeout. You can ask us how a decision about you was made and have it reviewed by writing to us.
5. Who we share it with
- Valve (Steam), to confirm your identity, run Steam lobbies and connections (a matchmaking lobby shows its party's average rating), and keep your Steam game stats, such as Battle Royale crowns.
- Cloudflare, Inc., which hosts our servers, database, replay storage and our website, and counts visits to our website, under its data processing terms.
- Google (YouTube), only when you play a trailer on our website, as described above.
- Discord Inc., which runs our Discord server. If you link your account, the roles we give you (such as your rank) show on Discord. Bots we add to the server to moderate it or answer support requests also process what you post there, under their own terms.
- Other players and the public: other players see what is described above. Anyone can see the public leaderboard (Steam ID, name, rating and number of rated games of rated players who are not banned) and check whether a given Steam ID is banned from online play, so that party hosts can keep banned players out.
- Authorities, only when the law requires it, or to protect someone's safety.
- A buyer, if the Game or our company is sold, under the same promises.
6. Where it is stored
Our servers run on Cloudflare's worldwide network, so your information may be stored and processed outside Québec and Canada, including in the United States, where local authorities may be able to access it under their laws. Before sending information outside Québec, we assess the risks and rely on contractual protections with our providers: Cloudflare's Data Processing Addendum, which includes the European Union's Standard Contractual Clauses for players in Europe. Discord and the bots on our Discord server also process information in the United States.
7. How long we keep it
- Ranked profile (Steam ID, name, rating): Until you ask us to delete it, 3 years after your last sign-in, or until we end the online features. A banned account is kept as long as the ban lasts.
- Ranked match records, replays and their statistics: Linked to your Steam ID and name for 1 year after the match. Then they are anonymized automatically: your Steam ID and name are replaced, and the anonymous match may be kept to improve the Game.
- Player reports and their chat: 180 days.
- Discord account link: Until you unlink it, ask us to delete it, or your ranked profile is deleted.
- Moderation notes about our Discord server: 180 days, or as long as a ban lasts.
- Abuse limits (IP addresses, Steam ID counters and markers): Less than two hours.
- Bans: As long as the ban lasts, even if you ask us to delete your data: we keep only your Steam ID, the ban, its reason and its date, to enforce it.
- Record of your privacy requests (date, Steam ID, what we did): 3 years, to show we handled the request.
- Support emails: Up to 2 years after the conversation ends.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, correct it, delete it, get it in a structured, commonly used format (portability), withdraw your consent, or object to or restrict some uses. To do it, email support@battlecouch.studio with your Steam ID (or a link to your Steam profile). We may ask you to prove the Steam account is yours. We answer within 30 days and do not charge you.
When we delete your data: your ranked profile is removed; your past matches, replays and statistics stay only in anonymous form (other players' results depend on them); reports you filed or that are about you are deleted; your Discord account link is removed; and your lines in other reports' chat are anonymized. If your account is banned, we keep your Steam ID and the ban details for as long as the ban lasts, even after a deletion request, to enforce it. If you play ranked again later, you start a new profile.
You can also stop online play at any time: decline the rules screen or stop playing online, and the Game sends us nothing.
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or the data protection authority where you live.
9. Children
The online features are not meant for children under 14, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child under 14 gave us information, write to us and we will delete it.
10. Security
We protect your information with reasonable security measures, such as encrypted connections and access limited to our administrators. No system is perfectly secure. If a confidentiality incident puts your information at serious risk, we will notify you and the authorities as the law requires.
11. Changes
We will post any update here with a new date. If a change matters for how we use your information, the Game will show it to you before online play, and you will have to accept it to keep playing online.
12. Contact
The President, person in charge of the protection of personal information
Battle Couch Studio Inc., Québec, Canada
support@battlecouch.studio
privacy policy: https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Discord's privacy policy: https://discord.com/privacy
Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec: https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: https://www.priv.gc.ca/
This page online: https://longbowsandpotatoes.com/privacy