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Hello,
we are working on a board game, similar to Dungeons and Dragons in a "roleplaying" aspect, making a unique player experience with uncommon tasks for the players; these tasks are safe, yet difficult; some of these include ex. writing a letter of the alphabet in own blood, making the player cry (ex. with an onion) or dispose of few hairs with tweezers.
We are not sure how to legally protect the game with these tasks included, so we won't get sued if ex. someone discovers he is a hemophiliac or transfers a HIV virus throughout careless manipulation with the blood, in case we decide to sell the game.
Is it possible to somehow fix this with a warning attached to the game? A reverse for every buyer? Excluding the cards as "not recommended for play" by the authors (whereas the "hardcore" players will play with them either way)?
I kindly ask for advice on this matter, how the game could be legally protected.
Thank you very much!
From the LawyerCentral forum archive. Originally posted 19 May 2014 on a legal forum that has closed. Names and contact details were removed. See the original (Internet Archive).
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