body: My friend wants to make a 'risk table', which would have the risk board carved into it, as part of a larger game board challenge. He would be making all the pieces and the board himself.
  
  
  I'm wondering if he can do this legally, assuming he stops using the word Risk? The game mechanics can not be patented, so in that regard he is safe. He would, however, be remaking the board itself which I assume is copyrighted. Since the board is just the world map divided into specific countries I don't know if this counts as 'recreating' the board? 
  
  
  Is the fact that he is using the same countries that the original risk board used enough to count as recreating the board/game?
  
  
  
title: Can I recreate the Risk board game for personal use?