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This site, and the concepts, rules, and general philosophy
presented or linked to in the pages of this site (which material
shall hereafter be referred to as 'This Stuff'), are completely
unauthorized and unsanctioned by anyone, anywhere, except
by Mike Rayhawk, who promises to authorize and/or sanction
them only half-heartedly and on a very occasional basis.
This Stuff is especially unauthorized and unsanctioned by
The LEGO Company, Best-Lock Group Ltd., Mega Bloks Inc., or
in fact by any producer of any type of plastic construction
toys, or for that matter by anyone who is remotely connected
with any producer of any type of toys, plastic or construction
or otherwise. Furthermore, if there is anyone else out
there we somehow missed, we apologize and preemptively disclaim
any apparent or implicit authorization or sanctioning from
said parties. In the unlikely event that some presently
unspecified party attempt to sanction or authorize This Stuff
at some point in the future, we reserve the right to acknowledge
or disavow their sanctioning or authorization at our discretion.
All images associated with this game and included in some
versions of this rulebook are created and copyrighted by Mike
Rayhawk, except where otherwise specifically noted.
These images may be construed by hostile parties as bearing
some superficial resemblance to products that have been copyrighted
by the LEGO Group. This does not represent any kind
of endorsement or approval by the LEGO Group. This site
is not specifically geared towards the "LEGO®"
product line, nor towards any specific product line of any
producer of plastic construction toys or any other type of
toys. In the unlikely event that it can be proven that
these pictures are intended to portray products in the "LEGO®"
product line, then that portrayal should be interpreted as
representing the authors' personal, subjective, and unsolicited
preference for the "LEGO®" product line.
These images are provided only as examples - any type of toys,
including products from other manufacturers' lines of plastic
construction toys, could be used instead.
The original edition of BrikWars was largely based on the
games 'Lego Wars' and 'Lego Wars II,' copyrighted ©1991,
1995 Eric O'Dell and R. Todd Ogrin. A small amount of
material in This Stuff is still based on material from these
games. Any such material is still copyright ©1991,
1995 Eric O'Dell and R. Todd Ogrin, and is used without their
permission (our apologies to you two guys, but we can't seem
to find any current e-mail addresses for either of you).
The word "LEGO®" is a registered trademark of
the LEGO Group. Despite the inclusion of the word "LEGO®"
in the titles of the games 'Lego Wars' and 'Lego Wars II,'
those games were not authorized or sanctioned by the LEGO
Group, and in fact the LEGO Group spent a good deal of time
and effort to voice their specific disapproval of these two
games. Everything in the BrikWars rulebook that can't
be proven to belong to one of those entities listed above
is copyright ©1995-2003 Mike Rayhawk.
If, even after all that, you still have any objections, then
frankly we're a little surprised! We can only suggest
that you switch to decaf, and maybe get some therapy to see
if you can't work out your persecution complex. Nonetheless,
please feel free to e-mail us at mike@brikwars.com.
You may print out and distribute unaltered copies of the rulebook
for private or public non-commercial use. If you create
a modified or abbreviated copy of the rulebook, or if you make
promotional flyers for a BrikWars event, you may print them
out and distribute them as long as the following guidelines
are followed:
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Any modified or abbreviated version of the rulebook
must be clearly labelled as being a modified or abbrieviated
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The name and contact information of the individual or
group by whom the material was printed should also be
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Be sure to include the following text:
BrikWars is
copyright ©1995-2006 Mike Rayhawk.
For more information and the complete rules, please
visit http://www.brikwars.com.
If you include material that falls under the copyright
of any other individual or group, be sure to include
copyright notices for them as well.
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You may not use BrikWars or BrikWars materials for illegal
or felonious purposes. These include, but are not limited
to:
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Soaking copies of BrikWars in gasoline and using them
to start structure fires. |
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Spraypainting rulebook excerpts or unit stats on the
walls of subways or police stations. |
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Inscribing pages from the rulebook on heavy stone tablets
and dropping them out skyscraper windows in the hopes
of crushing pedestrians or small dogs. |
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Using humans and actual assault weapons in the place
of toy miniatures. |
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Kidnapping the cheerleading squad at gunpoint and forcing
them to play BrikWars for thirty-six hours straight. |
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Etcetera. |
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Note from Mike |
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There
have been occasional instances in which other
authors of miniatures wargames have tried to steal
ideas, text, and graphics from BrikWars and present
them as their own. This doesn't bother me
as much as you might expect (except that the plagiarists
are sometimes so clearly incompetent that I'm
embarrassed to be associated with them).
However, there are some ideas and images which
I feel should remain unique to BrikWars, and I
am prepared to defend them vigorously (possibly
by using one or more of the "felonious purposes"
listed in the above table).
If
you are authoring a miniatures wargame and are
thinking about using BrikWars as a "resource,"
please e-mail me first. In most cases I
will either make the material available for your
use or help you to create new material (time permitting);
at the very least I will have some advice to offer
based on my own harrowing experiences.
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If you would like to post a link to BrikWars on your website,
please link to the top page (http://www.brikwars.com) rather
than to any of the interior pages of the site (the rulebook,
for instance). If you must post a link to an interior
page, you may do so, as long as next to it you also post a separate
link to the top page. Surfers jumping straight to interior
pages are often unaware of the many resources available elsewhere
on the site.
When linking to BrikWars, or writing about BrikWars in general,
remember that it's spelled 'Brik,' not 'Brick.'
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