Transparency report — 2026

First edition · published 29 September 2026 · the next edition is due by September 2027.

What we collect about you

Nothing about you. There are no accounts and no cookies. Cloudflare Web Analytics counts page views and page speed without identifying anyone; we see only totals. Last year's number: none either — the site is new. The 23 things the site keeps are stored on your device, not with us; the 6 times it talks to the internet are listed on the privacy page, which is generated from the code.

What we count

Learning, not attention: lessons said back in your own words, games finished. Those counts are worked out on your device and shown only to you (Your learning). We do not see them.

There is also an optional anonymous tally, off unless you turn it on (on Your learning). A device that opts in sends three counts once a month — lessons kept, courses begun, games finished — with no identifier. We store only the monthly totals, never IP addresses. A month is shown here only once at least five devices have shared, so no one device can be picked out.

Loading the shared totals…

What we built

28 short courses, 115 lessons in all, each with a table activity and a printable guidebook.
Chess against an on-device opponent, across the table on one device, and in rooms joined by a code.
3 great games from chess history, with our own commentary.
Go on a 9 × 9 or 13 × 13 board — across the table, online with a code, or against the computer, including an opponent that plays like a person at four strengths and runs on your device.
4 famous Go games on the full 19 × 19 board, with our own notes.
Four in a row, across the table or online with a code.
The Daily Table — Klondike, FreeCell and Minesweeper, each deal checked by a solver so it can be won — plus a weekly Patience Club, the Silver Deck for large cards and one-tap play, and Flags, Minesweeper for two.
Wordplay, Word Tide, a daily Today page, and a small Library of public-domain books.

Money

Patron membership is not open yet, so it has raised nothing. The site runs on the studio's own budget. When patronage opens, this report will list what came in and where it went.

What we will never measure or claim

Minutes spent, sessions, streaks or daily active users as a goal.
Comparisons of you with other people, age groups or professions.
Any claim that a game protects your memory, raises your IQ or slows ageing. The research doesn't support those claims.