> the New York Times probably know that they can't take down every game with sim...

> the New York Times probably know that they can't take down every game with similar rules.

I might be wrong as I'm not a lawyer, but I was under the impression that game rules are not protected by copyright.

WB games did patent a game rules system (Nemesis), but copyright is not the same as patents, and also I'm not sure how they got away with doing it.