Cookie Policy
Last updated 27 October 2026.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Some are needed for the site to work: without them we couldn’t keep your basket or your sign-in. Others help us understand how the site is used, so we can improve it.
How we use them
We set the strictly necessary cookies below so the shop works. We only set analytics and marketing cookies if you agree to them, and you can change your mind at any time. If you don’t agree, Google Analytics may still receive anonymous, cookieless information through Google Consent Mode, which can’t be used to identify you.
We also use Ahrefs Web Analytics to count visits. It sets no cookies and stores nothing on your device.
When you pay, Stripe or PayPal take the payment on their own pages and set their own cookies there, under their own policies. The bot check on our forms (Cloudflare Turnstile) runs on Cloudflare’s address and sets no cookies on ours.
The cookies we use
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| cc_cookie | Red Herring Games | Remembers your cookie choices, so we don’t ask on every page. | 6 months |
| rhg_cart | Red Herring Games | Keeps the games in your basket. | 30 days |
| rhg_currency | Red Herring Games | Remembers the currency you shop in. | 1 year |
| rhg_order | Red Herring Games | Shows you the order you’ve just placed on the thank-you page. | 7 days |
| __Secure-better-auth.session_token | Red Herring Games | Keeps you signed in to your account. | 7 days |
| __Secure-better-auth.session_data | Red Herring Games | A short-lived copy of your sign-in, so pages load faster. | 5 minutes |
| __Secure-better-auth.two_factor | Red Herring Games | Holds your place between password and code, for accounts with two-step sign-in. | 10 minutes |
| rhg_reset | Red Herring Games | Carries a password reset from the email link to the form. | 1 hour |
| rhg_signin_link | Red Herring Games | Carries an order email’s sign-in link to the page that uses it. | 1 hour |
| rhg_pay | Red Herring Games | Carries a payment link from its email to the page where you pay for an order taken by phone. | 1 day |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | Helps tell people and bots apart, to keep the site safe. | 30 minutes |
Analytics (only if you allow them)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Tells visitors apart with a random identifier. | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Keeps track of your visit and how you use the site. | 2 years |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Remembers a random identifier, so the pages of your visits are counted together. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Joins up the pages of one visit. | 1 day |
| rhg_src | Red Herring Games | Remembers how you found us (a search, a link or an ad), so we know what brought an order. | 90 days |
Marketing (only if you allow them)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Measures how well our ads work. | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | Google Ads | Remembers the ad you clicked, so an order can be linked to it. | 90 days |
Managing cookies
You can change your cookie choices at any time:
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block the strictly necessary ones, your basket, checkout and account won’t work properly.
More information
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information. If you have any questions, please contact us.