Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Feb 26, 2006 06:31 PM UTC:
Joe: You may have misunderstood my comment. When I stated '...But, if I
made
a game and called it Grand Shatranj 2, or Chess with Different Armies 2,
then those names are indeed problematic.' I meant that 'me' not being
the inventor, should not use those names. You [Joe] having created Grand
Shatranj, have every right to have a Grand Shatranj 2, 3, 4 , etc.
Whereas I should not make any game called Grand Shatranj ____. Case in
Point is Pillars of Medusa. I first called it Medusa Chess... not knowing
there was already a Medusa Chess. 'Medusa Chess 2' would be
inappropriate, for reasons indicated in other comments here. Thus, a
third name was chosen.