Read safely.

01. What is a social game?

A social game is a reading-only experience for adults that does not involve real money, real prizes, or real currency of any kind. REFAB 3 HOMES LLC is published in that mode: there is no payment surface anywhere on the page, no deposit endpoint, no shop. The reels run entirely in your browser and the score on the panel resets when the tab closes. The reading is the point; the reels are the page furniture.

02. Adults only.

The visual idiom of a three-reel panel resembles real-money formats that minors should not interact with. REFAB 3 HOMES LLC enforces an 18-and-over rule via the age gate at the start of every visit. We do not record dates of birth and we do not verify identity — but we hold the line clearly, and we ask readers to respect it on behalf of the people in their household.

03. It is supposed to be relaxing.

The page is built around the rhythm of a coffee. Read a paragraph, tap the reels twice, read the next paragraph. If the reading has slipped and the tapping has taken over, that is a signal — the page wants to be the slower of the two halves, not the louder.

04. Walk away when it stops being fun.

Closing the tab is a deliberate ending, the way folding a magazine is. There is no streak to break, no daily reward to forfeit, no comeback prompt scheduled to appear in three days. The visit ends when you say it ends.

05. Warning signs to look out for.

• You are returning to the reels when you would rather be doing something else.
• You have lost track of how long you have been on the page.
• You are tapping faster than you are reading.
• The reels have started to feel like an obligation rather than a quiet break.
• You feel agitated when the page is not open in a tab.
• You hide the time you spend on the issue from people in your household.

06. A short self-check.

1. Did I open the page because I genuinely wanted to read, or because something else felt heavy?
2. Have I been on it longer than the coffee I started with?
3. If a friend asked me right now to close the tab and join them, would that feel easy or hard?
4. Have I felt this way more than once this week?
5. Would I describe my time here as "relaxed" or as something tighter than that?

07. What to do if something feels off.

Close the tab — that is the immediate thing. Take a longer break than the visit lasted. Mention it to someone you trust. If you would like to talk to a person who is trained to listen about this specifically, the organisations listed below are the right places to write or call. They are free, confidential, and used to short conversations as well as long ones.

08. If someone close to you needs help.

Reach the support organisations on their family lines or via email. None of them require the affected person to be the one making the call. The Responsible Gambling Council and Gordon Moody both run sections specifically for affected family members; we link to them below.

09. How we keep the page safe by design.

• No payment surface — there is nowhere on the site where money changes hands.
• No accounts — there is nothing to log into and nothing to reactivate.
• No retention loops — no streaks, no comeback nudges, no anniversary reminders.
• No behavioural profile — we do not run analytics, we do not embed conversion pixels.
• No third-party advertising — the page does not auction your attention.
• The score panel resets when the tab closes; there is no carry-over between visits.