Re: [risk] Rules

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

I'm sure part of the issue is the simple term "Risk"
That we include that name *anywhere* in the decscription
is the issue...  I'm trying to find a lawyer who can answer 
that question for us (at a price I can afford)...

Richard

On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 08:26:19PM -0500, Bill Bauer wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Jeff wrote:
> 
> > In the original Risk, only one player could attack at
> > a time.  There were no 2 on 1, or 3 on 1 battles
> > possible.  As far as Hasbro goes, are you telling me
> > they have copyrighted the map of the world?  Have they
> > sued history books?  The map used in pbemserv games
> > loosly resembles the one they used, but it is merely a
> > map of Earth.  Change the names of the territories and
> > the game becomes unrecognizable.  Is pbemserv really
> > threatening their profitability on the web?  Bah!
> > Well, I'd still like to play a game, if we still can.
> 
>   Jeff has a good point. Can this not be defined as a new game, by means
> of all of the differentials from the off-the-shelf game?
> 
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