FAQ
General
What is Box of Cards?
A place for you to play custom card games with friends.
Are you affiliated with Cards Against Humanity?
No.
However, you can play Cards Against Humanity–style games here using original and community-created decks (no official Cards Against Humanity content is included).
Are Ai-Players controlled by fluffy hamsters in wheels?
No.
The hamsters are not fluffy but still cute.
Gameplay
How can I play Box of Cards?
There are several ways to play.
Have a look at Manual.
Manual
Is there a Lobby for public games?
No.
However you may find other players on Discord Server Box of Cards
Fixes
Text looks blurry in Firefox
Type about:config in your firefox searchbar and proceed.
look for gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode
set it's value to 5 and refresh boxof.cards page
Security
Do you get access to my Discord Account?
No.
The minimum of your data is requested.
That data is used to know whom all those custom decks belong to.
Are game sessions secure?
Only friends you approved to your game have access to the data.
The server erases everything when the last player left or disconnected.
How anonymous am I?
The guest login is completely anonymous unless you use your real name.
Upon Discord login, your username and email address are provided.
Your username will be displayed to your fellow players.
No one will ever know your email address.
Account
How do I unsubscribe Emails?
Log in with Discord, open the Play page, select the Account tab, and change your email preferences there.
There will be an option there to toggle on and off.
Do you provide a way to remove ads?
No.
A minimum of ads are needed to pay the server bills.
They are added in the least annoying way.
You are free to use an Adblocker though.
There might add an optional paid option to remove ads someday.
How do I delete my Account?
Only Accounts created by Discord login are permanent.
Log in with Discord, open Play, then open the Account tab and use Delete Account.
Play
This does not affect your Discord Account in any way.
Trivia
Why did you create Box of Cards?
This was a learning project.
My goal was to allow players to invent whole stories.
This is possible by insertinc actor- and action-cards into story-cards.
There have been quite some hurdles on the way.
Someday it was already playable in different ways.
They will be added later on.
Credits
Who created that curly font?
That font is called Baby Doll and was created by Denise Bentulan.
Feedback and Contact
Where can I give feedback?
Feedback is always beloved.
You can post it here Discord Server Box Of Cards
I am a nerd and interested in software architecture
Talking about tech stuff is frogging amazing.
The development of box of cards is documented extensively on my Homepage.
Ask questions on the Discord Server Box of Cards.
My Problem is not listed here
Please make sure you read through all FAQ and the Discord Server Box of Cards questions channel.
Then send an email to support[at]boxof.cards.