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The use of this image in the article named / linked above is claimed as Fair use of copyrighted material because:

1. it is a low resolution copy of the cover art of a board game;
2. the article named above concerns the game in question;
3. the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it:
   1. identifies the subject of the article
   2. illustrates the game in question;
4. no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;
5. the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the game in any way;
6. the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the product.

This image is of a board game cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the publisher of the board game. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of board game covers to illustrate the board game in question, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by Greyhawk Online, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on the Great Library of Greyhawk or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale to each image's description, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For an example of non-free use rationale, see Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for board game covers. Do not use it for other purposes. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.