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Concerning worksheets > Confused about board games!
Confused about board games!
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Rebs
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Confused about board games!
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A while ago I lost a template of a board game I love playing in class related to gerunds and infinitives; so I have made my own using the same idea, its a very simple game with one word in a square and the students have to make gramatically correct sentances using a gerund or infinitive that follows that particular verb.
Im concerned about uploading it as the game is not my original idea (like snakes and ladders) but the work is.
I just wanted some advice on what to do as i love this site and don �t want to make the mistake of being banned!
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17 Mar 2010
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almaz
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Rebs, I�m sure you know that board games are as old as the human need to play - no one has exclusive rights to the concept. It �s only the individual designer�s imagination that makes them different, and since you were using a template (a board with 64 squares/circles/spaces, for example?) which can be modified, edited and generally played around with, well, I don �t see a problem as long as it �s not a direct rip-off of someone else�s work. What strikes me as sinister here, though, is the obvious worry you have of being �banned �. We �re seeing too many threads from otherwise creative people who seem to be so petrified about not doing the �right thing �, about upsetting the self-appointed site guardians (whoever they are), that, in many cases, they�d rather do nothing. I get this constant, nagging feeling that too many people seem to be walking on eggshells before - and after - they decide to upload their work. Does anyone else feel this?
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17 Mar 2010
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