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dollar, 2019-12-11 21:44:22

Is it possible to post scans of cards from a board game or at least text from cards on the wiki?

Suppose there is a wikipedia-type resource dedicated to a single board game. The structure is such that each phenomenon in this game and each individual card is devoted to a separate page.
It is customary to have at least one relevant picture on every wiki page. Therefore, it is logical that if the entire page is devoted to a particular card, then this page should contain everything about this card, including how it looks, and also the text that is written on it. Plus, of course, the details of the application in the game, features, etc. in an encyclopedic style.
Actually, questions about copyright:
1) Is it possible to post a scan / screenshot of the map on this page?
2) Is it possible on this page to quote the text of the map exactly as it is on the map?
Doubt is this:
On the one hand, in this situation, the scan and text are used for citation and learning purposes, meaning that the wiki does not directly benefit. On the contrary, it is free advertising for the game itself.
On the other hand, an exact scan of a map, or rather, of all maps, is, in fact, almost the entire content of the game, and it is posted on the wiki.
However, the game's wiki with a copy of the cards is not a copy of the game itself and cannot be played. In general, everything is difficult.

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Mercury13, 2019-12-11
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This is in the "grey zone" and depends on the "greyness" of the publisher. According to copyright, this is pure “fair use of non-free content”, which is determined solely by the court (there are no clear criteria), and if the publisher wants to close it, they will close it. A couple of tips.
1. Set the quality so that the text is barely readable.
2. The use of each non-free image must be justified.

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