Terms

Last updated November 11, 2026

The Lobbyist is made by Blynk Studio, a sole proprietorship in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. By playing, you agree to these terms.

Who can play

You need to be 16 or older. The first time a phone hosts a 16+ deck or a Hot room, the host confirms they're 16 or older. In the apps, your phone's age setting can answer for you, and a phone set to under 16 can't open 16+ decks.

Free play

Hosting and joining games is free, with no account needed. The game itself shows no ads. Our guide pages, like How to play, can show ads. The apps show no ads.

Decks and VIP

• Talking Points, Big If True, Hush Hush, Party Foul, Never Have I Ever, Naughty List, It's Complicated, Hear Me Out and Red Card cost US$2.99 each, paid once. A deck you buy stays on your account, even after VIP ends.
• You can buy without an account. The deck then stays on the phone that bought it until you save it with your email, which takes a code we send you. If that phone loses it first (cleared browser data, or 60 days without opening the game), email us your Stripe receipt and we'll restore it.
• VIP costs US$4.99 a month or US$19.99 a year. While it's active, you get every deck, including new ones, and no ads on our guide pages.
• VIP renews automatically until you cancel. Cancel any time in Menu, then Account, then Manage VIP. You keep VIP until the end of the time you paid for.
• If a renewal payment fails, VIP stays on for 14 days while you fix it.
• The host's decks cover everyone in the room. Guests don't pay or sign in.

Bribe a friend

• Bribe a friend works in the web game, not in the apps.
• A friend who comes to the game for the first time by your invite link, or by joining your table, gets one free week of every deck. It starts when they tap Start my week.
• When the first table they host plays three rounds, you get a free week too. You can hold up to four weeks you haven't started. While you hold four, you don't earn more.
• A free week lasts 7 days from when you start it and covers every deck, including new ones. 16+ decks still ask the host to confirm their age. It doesn't remove ads on our guide pages.
• Free weeks stay in the browser that got them. They aren't tied to an account and can't be moved. They're lost if you clear that browser's data or don't open the game for 400 days.
• Free weeks have no cash value and can't be sold or swapped. We may change or end Bribe a friend at any time, which can end free weeks early, and we may cancel weeks earned with faked tables or invites.

Payments

Purchases are sold through Link using Stripe Managed Payments, so Link's checkout terms also apply. Prices include tax where it applies, and checkout shows your final total before you pay. Link sends your receipts. For order or payment help, go to Link or Link support. Purchases aren't available in every country.

App purchases

• In the iPhone and Android apps, Apple or Google sells decks and VIP and bills your Apple or Google account. The app shows the price in your currency before you buy. Their terms apply too, and on iPhone that includes Apple's standard license agreement.
• A deck you buy in the app stays with the Apple or Google account that paid for it. On a new phone, tap Restore purchases in Menu.
• VIP renews automatically until you cancel. Cancel in your Apple or Google account settings at least 24 hours before it renews. You keep VIP until the end of the time you paid for.
• Refunds for app purchases come from Apple or Google, under their rules. Ask Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com, or Google through Google Play. We can't refund them ourselves.
• For now, app and website purchases are separate. A deck bought in the app doesn't unlock on the website, and a deck bought on the website doesn't unlock in the app.

Refunds

For purchases on this website, email play@thelobbyistgame.com within 14 days of any charge, including a VIP renewal, for a full refund. Include your account email and receipt. A refunded deck or VIP period stops working for new rooms; a room already playing keeps going until it closes. A disputed payment can pause access until it's sorted out. Canceling VIP or deleting your account doesn't refund anything by itself. If your local law gives you more rights, you keep them. App purchases are refunded by Apple or Google (see App purchases).

Deleting your account

Delete your account any time in Menu, then Account. That ends VIP and removes your decks for good. A new account won't get them back.

Play fair

• Don't use your name to insult, threaten or harass anyone, or to share someone's private details.
• Don't try to break, overload or cheat the game, or get into rooms you weren't invited to.
• We can block anyone who abuses the game.

The questions

The questions ask for opinions, and some get into politics, dating, bodies and other touchy subjects. Everyone in the room agrees before a sensitive deck is shown. Arguments started here are yours to finish.

The fine print

The game is provided as is. We can't promise it will always work or be free of bugs, and we may change or end it, but that won't take away what you've paid for. As far as the law allows, Blynk Studio isn't responsible for indirect losses or for what players do to each other, and our total liability for any claim is US$50 plus any refund you're owed.

Nevada law applies, and disputes go to the courts in Clark County, Nevada. If your local consumer law protects you more or lets you bring a claim where you live, that still applies.

Changes

We may update these terms. When we do, the date at the top changes. Changes never take back something you already bought.

Privacy and contact

How we handle your data is in the privacy policy. Questions? Email play@thelobbyistgame.com.