Quote Originally Posted by timallen View Post
2. you cant copyright game mechanics. That is, how the game components (the cards, the dice, the movement of the pieces) interact.
That is something that is patented, not copyrighted. Eg tapping cards as in Magic The Gathering, is patented ( Patent US5662332 - Trading card game method of play - Google Patents ).

Quote Originally Posted by timallen View Post
if my map is different enough
Yeah - I've never even played Risk, but I instantly recognized it as "the Risk map" by that ridiculous "Ukraine" that has a fair share of Lapland in it! Makes me cringe so hard every time I see it.