Code of Conduct for in-game activities

Nomad Games wants its community to enjoy and look forward to playing its games. The best way to achieve this is for the community to look after each other and, for that, we need rules for everyone to follow.

The Code of Conduct (“Code”) that we have set for forums connected to our games is set out below. By participating in a forum through any platform, you are confirming that you have read and understood the Code and also that you will follow the Code.

The community administrators at Nomad Games can gather relevant information which, if necessary, can be used to identify any community members responsible for infringing any of the rules. We can do this if we ourselves come across inappropriate behaviour or if such is reported to us. Nomad Games reserves the right to carry out any of the following, all at its sole discretion: to give a warning as to bad conduct, seek the removal of posts, suspensions from accessing a game or a forum for a period or to permanently ban a player from access to our games or forum facilities and, in case of a suspension or ban, without having to give reasons and without needing to give prior warning. We may also inform appropriate authorities if the circumstances call for it. We may take action through and in conjunction with the co-operation of any platform.

Continued access to and use of any forum facilities cannot be demanded or insisted upon and access remains subject to abiding by the Code and general good conduct.

If there is any event that occurs that is not covered by the Code but otherwise appears to be against the spirit of the Code, Nomad Games will consider the facts available to it and will make a decision at it sole discretion.

Nomad Games reserves the right to alter and add to this Code in any way it considers appropriate and without needing to give notice to the community.

Thank you for playing our games and for looking out for each other!

Content of posts

Players have come to play a particular game and to immerse themselves in that game and to enjoy their time with other players. Please keep the content of posts related to the game in question.

You should not use posts to tell inappropriate jokes (that includes about racism, gender, illnesses, “adult” themes and so on) nor should you discuss real-world religious or political issues as we consider that they are inappropriate for our games.

You should not create any content within a forum that may be advertising anything that is not related to the game or any game that is not a Nomad Games game. You are not to post any links to websites other than to a Nomad Games website.

We ask that you use English in a forum. Use of other languages may result in a suspension as we need to know that what is said with regard to abiding by the Code.

Don’t forget that use of capitals online is seen as shouting. Please use capitals sparingly and appropriately (for example, in abbreviations). If we see unnecessary or prolonged use of capitals, this may lead to us taking action in a way that we consider appropriate.

You should not include any content which is a copy of or recreates any communications between Nomad Games and a community participant, even if it is about you. Communications between Nomad Games staff and any participant are private and may be confidential. Please do not use the forum to make public any contact details of any Nomad Games staff or to discuss any contact being made direct between you and Nomad Games. Any game support enquiries should be directed to support@nomadgames.co.uk for a ticket to be opened.

We reserve the right to ask any platform to remove posts if the content of the posts may be inappropriate, having regard to the age rating for a game and the possibility that young people may be in the forum.

We want you to stay safe so please avoid giving out any real-world information about yourself in a public forum and that includes name, address, email address, telephone numbers and so on. Nomad Games cannot be responsible for any situation that arises as a result of you giving out real-world contact information.

Cyber-bullying, malicious content and trolling

Forums relating to our games should be a safe place. Consequently, any form of cyber bullying, harassment or the carrying out of any threatening behaviour by any means (or any similar activity) is strictly forbidden. This includes any behaviour or posts that could be seen to be threatening, abusive or which may be considered to invade another's privacy, or which causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to others. In short, any activity which may upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other player is likely to be in breach of the Code.

We take this very seriously and reserve the right to apply a permanent ban if such a situation occurs.

We will not accept any posts that might contain malicious content or, for example, racism of any nature. We will take immediate and appropriate action against any breach of this rule (which may include the removal of such posts and, if we consider it appropriate, involving the appropriate authorities.

You should also ensure that your posts do not contain anything that could be seen as discriminating against minority groups or against anyone who may have physical or mental impairments or other vulnerable persons.

You should not make any posts that are to deliberately prompt a negative reaction or anger from a community participant. We know that this may be difficult to judge but we reserve the right to review past posts from any community participant to see if there is a pattern to behaviour and postings and to take appropriate action.

Competitions in a forum

We do not expect any competition for prizes to be offered or carried out as between participants and any competition that may be offered, unless it is official and offered by Nomad Games, is not endorsed by us. If any competition is offered by any community member, participation in that competition is at your own risk and Nomad Games does not accept any responsibility for or liability regarding the outcome of the competition. 

Any official competitions by Nomad Games would be carried out outside of a forum and so any competition within a forum that anyone is promoting will not be official unless Nomad Games is separately running the same competition.

Promoting exploits, hacks or similar

We want our games to be played in the way that they are intended to be played.

As such, any promotion of or encouragement to make use of any software that may assist a player in exploiting any software error, bug and the like or any exploit that might take advantage of any code error is forbidden. 

Multiple accounts

We consider that running multiple accounts with the intention of creating an advantage over other players is inappropriate and unfair. Account creation for the use of cheating or exploiting game mechanics may be monitored.

Illegal activities

You should not use a forum for promoting or discussing illegal activity in any legal jurisdiction and the discussion of any activities which might be classed as illegal is strictly forbidden. If any such activities come to our attention, we may ask the relevant platform to intervene and to remove any relevant posts and we reserve the right to involve appropriate authorities.

Obscene content

Any postings which contain any obscene or offensive content or links to obscene or offensive content are strictly forbidden and, where a game’s age-rating might include younger players, any posts you make in such a forum must be suitable for reading by any age. Any violation of this will result in the content being removed, suspensions or bans and we reserve the right to involve the appropriate authorities.

Complaints about any action taken

Our decisions as to actions we may take are ours to make and whilst we will not take any action lightly, we can make them at our sole discretion. As such, we will not accept any complaints about warnings, suspensions or bans that we may make and any such complaints may themselves result in us taking action.