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by matthewbauer 583 days ago
Neat idea! The connections game looks like it's exactly the same as the original. I'm surprised they can get away with that.
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Connections is very similar to Only Connect’s third round:

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-new-york-times-just-invente...

You can't copyright game mechanics, so there's little to stop anyone from copying games like these.
You can patent them though!