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'''Fictional games''' are [[game]]s which were specifically created for works of [[fiction]], or which otherwise originated in fiction.
'''Fictional games''' are [[game]]s which were specifically created for works of [[fiction]], or which otherwise originated in fiction.


In his foundational academic work on this topic, [[Stefano Gualeni]] defines '''fictional games''' as "playful activities and ludic artefacts conceptualized as part of fictional worlds",<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Gualeni |first=Stefano |date=June 2021 |title=Fictional games and utopia: The case of Azad |url=http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/sfftv.2021.13 |journal=Science Fiction Film & Television |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=187–207 |doi=10.3828/sfftv.2021.13 |issn=1754-3770}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Gualeni |first1=Stefano |title=Fictional games: a philosophy of worldbuilding and imaginary play |last2=Fassone |first2=Riccardo |date=2023 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-350-27709-0 |location=London |pages=2 |language=English}}</ref> and emphasizes that - as elements of a work of fiction - their purpose is to trigger the imagination of the audience and cannot actually be (or at least were not originally meant to be) played.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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Many fictional games have been translated into real games by fans or [[Wiktionary:ludophile|ludophiles]] by creating pieces and rules to fit the descriptions given in the source work. For example, unofficial versions of [[Fizzbin]] can be found in reality, and [[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]] is widely played in online forums.

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Many fictional games have, however, been adapted into real games by fans or [[Wiktionary:ludophile|ludophiles]] by creating pieces and rules to fit the descriptions given in the source work. For example, unofficial versions of [[Fizzbin]] can be found in reality, and [[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]] is widely played in online forums.

'''Fictional games''' tend not to be presented in a detailed and formally complete manner by their authors. Within the respective works of fiction, they are typically defined just clearly enough to achieve their intended narrative functions.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


==Billiards games==
==Billiards games==
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==Board games==
==Board games==
*'''[[The Player of Games#Azad|Azad]]''' - a tactical game featured in the novel ''[[The Player of Games]]'' by [[Iain M. Banks]]
*'''[[The Player of Games#Azad|Azad]]''' - a tactical game featured in the novel ''[[The Player of Games]]'' by [[Iain M. Banks]]
*'''The Blackening''' - a trivia game based on African-American history and culture, featured in the movie of the [[The Blackening (film)|same name]].
*'''Cones of Dunshire''' - a convoluted strategy game invented by [[Ben Wyatt (Parks and Recreation)|Ben Wyatt]] on ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''
*'''Cyvasse''' - a strategy game in [[George R.R. Martin]]'s ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series, which appears to be a combination of ''[[Chess]]'' and ''[[Battleship (game)|Battleship]]''<ref name="12Games" />
*'''Cyvasse''' - a strategy game in [[George R.R. Martin]]'s ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series, which appears to be a combination of ''[[Chess]]'' and ''[[Battleship (game)|Battleship]]''<ref name="12Games" />
*'''[[Dejarik]]''' or '''Holochess''' - a variant of chess played in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' setting<ref name="12Games" />
*'''[[Dejarik]]''' or '''Holochess''' - a variant of chess played in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' setting<ref name="12Games" />
*'''Gungi''' - a strategy game in the '''[[Hunter × Hunter]]''' manga and anime. It is played on a non-checkered gameboard with 81 squares arranged in a 9×9 grid, and has 13 different types of pieces and several stacked constructs.
*'''Gatlopp''' - a drinking game from the film ''[[Gatlopp|Gatlopp: Hell of a Game]]''
*'''Gungi''' - a strategy game in the ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]'' manga and anime. It is played on a non-checkered gameboard with 81 squares arranged in a 9×9 grid, and has 13 different types of pieces and several stacked constructs.
*'''[[Icehouse (game)|Icehouse]]''' - ''The Empty City'' by [[Andrew Looney]]; an example of a fictional game that now exists as a real-world one
*'''[[Icehouse (game)|Icehouse]]''' - ''The Empty City'' by [[Andrew Looney]]; an example of a fictional game that now exists as a real-world one
*'''[[Jetan]]''' - a chess-like strategy game from the [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] novel ''The Chessmen of Mars''
*'''[[Jetan]]''' - a chess-like strategy game from the [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] novel ''The Chessmen of Mars''
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*'''[[Kadis-kot]]''' - a board game first seen in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Infinite Regress"
*'''[[Kadis-kot]]''' - a board game first seen in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Infinite Regress"
*'''Liar's Lament''' – a board game first seen in the ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'' episode "Playtime"
*'''Liar's Lament''' – a board game first seen in the ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'' episode "Playtime"
*'''Pai Sho''' - a strategy game first seen in the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Waterbending Scroll" (S1E9)
*'''Pai Sho''' - a strategy game first seen in the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Waterbending Scroll" (S1E9); an example of a fictional game that now exists as a real-world one through various fan-made game versions (the 4 major variants are Skud-, Ginseng-, Vagabond- and Adevăr Pai Sho) and an official version by [[Nickelodeon]]
*'''[[Andre Norton#Recurring motifs|Stars and Comets]]''' - in [[Andre Norton]] novels
*'''[[Andre Norton#Recurring motifs|Stars and Comets]]''' - in [[Andre Norton]] novels
*'''[[Games of the Discworld#Stealth Chess|Stealth Chess]]''' - a [[chess variant]] played in the [[Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild]], in which pieces move invisibly; ''[[Discworld]]''
*'''[[Games of the Discworld#Stealth chess|Stealth chess]]''' - a [[chess variant]] played in the [[Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild]], in which pieces move invisibly; ''[[Discworld]]''
*'''Sazou''' - A game similar to Chess played on Draconia and Gallifrey in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
*'''Sazou''' - A game similar to Chess played on Draconia and Gallifrey in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
*'''Survivor''' - a two-player game in ''[[Return to Zork]]''. The game is [[Game_theory#Symmetric_/_asymmetric|asymmetric]], and the ''Zork'' player character must ultimately win two games, one as each of the Survivor players, to complete ''Return to Zork''.
*'''Survivor''' - a two-player game in ''[[Return to Zork]]''. The game is [[Game_theory#Symmetric_/_asymmetric|asymmetric]], and the ''Zork'' player character must ultimately win two games, one as each of the Survivor players, to complete ''Return to Zork''.
*'''Tadek''' - a strategy game in the ''[[Farscape]]'' episode "The Flax" that involves building holographic columns while pushing game pieces around a board; the game can be used for gambling<ref name="12Games">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/12-games-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-wed-love-real-1651309832|title=12 Games from Science Fiction and Fantasy we'd love Real versions of|last=Whitbrook|first=James|website=Gizmodo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''Tadek''' - a strategy game in the ''[[Farscape]]'' episode "The Flax" that involves building holographic columns while pushing game pieces around a board; the game can be used for gambling<ref name="12Games">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/12-games-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-wed-love-real-1651309832|title=12 Games from Science Fiction and Fantasy we'd love Real versions of|last=Whitbrook|first=James|website=Gizmodo|date=27 October 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''[[Tak (game)|Tak]]''' - a strategy game in ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' by [[Patrick Rothfuss]], later developed into a real game.
*'''[[Tak (game)|Tak]]''' - a strategy game in ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' by [[Patrick Rothfuss]], later developed into a real game.
*'''Three-Cornered Pitney''' - unplayable board game invented by ''[[Mad Magazine]]''
*'''Three-Cornered Pitney''' - unplayable board game invented by ''[[Mad Magazine]]''
*'''[[Three-dimensional chess#Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess|Three-Dimensional Chess]]''' - a strategy game first seen in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", later developed into a real game
*'''[[Three-dimensional chess#Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess|Three-Dimensional Chess]]''' - a strategy game first seen in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", later developed into a real game
*'''[[Thud (game)|Thud]]''' - a chess-like game of Trolls and Dwarves appearing in Terry Pratchett's novel of the same name
*'''[[Thud (game)|Thud]]''' - a chess-like game of Trolls and Dwarves appearing in Terry Pratchett's novel of the same name
*'''[[Wizard's chess]]''' - a variant of chess featuring magically animated, intelligent pieces
*'''[[Wizard's chess]]''' - a variant of chess in the [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' universe]], featuring magically animated, intelligent pieces
*'''Zathura''' - a Jumanji-like game from the [[Zathura|book of the same name]] and the film ''[[Zathura: A Space Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/1721-zathura-cosmic-adventure-worth.html|title=Zathura: A Cosmic Adventure Worth Taking |last=Evans |first=Larry |date=2005-10-28|website=[[Space.com]]|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref>
*'''Zathura''' - a Jumanji-like game from the [[Zathura|book of the same name]] and the film ''[[Zathura: A Space Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/1721-zathura-cosmic-adventure-worth.html|title=Zathura: A Cosmic Adventure Worth Taking |last=Evans |first=Larry |date=2005-10-28|website=[[Space.com]]|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref>


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*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Fizzbin|Fizzbin]]''' - ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''<ref name="12Games" />
*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Fizzbin|Fizzbin]]''' - ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''<ref name="12Games" />
*'''Go Johnny Go Go Go Go''' - is a comedy fictional card game from the television series, ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'' from the Series 2 episode, "A Plague on Royston Vasey".
*'''Go Johnny Go Go Go Go''' - is a comedy fictional card game from the television series, ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'' from the Series 2 episode, "A Plague on Royston Vasey".
*'''Gwent''' - A card game in the novel series ''[[The Witcher]]''. Later available as a video game.
*'''Gwent''' - A card game in the novel series ''[[The Witcher]]''. Later available as a [[Gwent: The Witcher Card Game|video game]].
*'''Lucky Horseshoes''' - A variant of Blackjack found in ''Fallout: New Vegas'', played with an animatronic cowboy in exchange for in-game rewards.
*'''Lucky Horseshoes''' - A variant of Blackjack found in ''Fallout: New Vegas'', played with an animatronic cowboy in exchange for in-game rewards.
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*'''[[Sabacc]]''' - a card game used for gambling in ''[[Star Wars]]'', and the game in which [[Han Solo]] won the [[Millennium Falcon]] from [[Lando Calrissian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Charlie |title=The Easter eggs hidden in Star Wars Land's Millennium Falcon ride |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18651009/disneyland-star-wars-land-map-easter-eggs-millennium-falcon-smugglers-run-guide-galaxys-edge |access-date=18 June 2019 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=5 June 2019}}</ref> Real versions of the game have been produced and can be bought at [[Disneyland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=JK |title=You Can Start Gambling for Starships With Authentic Sabacc Deck From Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge |url=https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/05/31/gamble-starships-authentic-sabacc-deck-star-wars-galaxys-edge/ |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
*'''Pazaak''' - a two player card game in a 2003 ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Star Wars game]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=McAllister |first=Erin |date=17 July 2023 |title=Pazaak is Better Than Sabacc |website=GameGrin |url=https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/pazaak-is-better-than-sabacc/ |access-date=7 October 2024 }}</ref> similar to ''[[Blackjack]]'', where players have to be the closest to 20 without going over, in a best of three rounds competition. Players have their own assembled side deck of 10 cards, with both positive and negative values present, from which they pull four random cards at the start of a round. The main table deck has cards with values from 1-10, of which one card gets drawn for each player each turn.
*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Tongo|Tongo]]''' - ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' TV series
*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Tongo|Tongo]]''' - ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' TV series
*'''Triad''' - ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2004 series)<ref name="12Games" />
*'''Triad''' - ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2004 series)<ref name="12Games" />
*'''Triple Triad''' - first appearing in the video game ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', it can also be played as a minigame in ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'' and ''Final Fantasy Portal App''. In 1999, after the release of ''Final Fantasy VIII'', toy company, [[Bandai]], produced a real Triple Triad card deck. Since the game was only produced in Japan and not readily available in America and Europe, the cards have become rare collector's items.
*'''Triple Triad''' - first appearing in the video game ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', it can also be played as a minigame in ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'' and ''Final Fantasy Portal App''. In 1999, after the release of ''Final Fantasy VIII'', toy company, [[Bandai]], produced a real Triple Triad card deck. Since the game was only produced in Japan and not readily available in America and Europe, the cards have become rare collector's items.
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*'''[[Sabacc]]''' - a card game used for gambling in ''[[Star Wars]]'', and the game in which [[Han Solo]] won the [[Millennium Falcon]] from [[Lando Calrissian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Charlie |title=The Easter eggs hidden in Star Wars Land's Millennium Falcon ride |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18651009/disneyland-star-wars-land-map-easter-eggs-millennium-falcon-smugglers-run-guide-galaxys-edge |access-date=18 June 2019 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=5 June 2019}}</ref> Real versions of the game have been produced and can be bought at [[Disneyland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=JK |title=You Can Start Gambling for Starships With Authentic Sabacc Deck From Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge |url=https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/05/31/gamble-starships-authentic-sabacc-deck-star-wars-galaxys-edge/ |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>


==MMORPGS/Role-playing games==
==MMORPGS/Role-playing games==
*'''Bunkers & Badasses''' - a parody of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', the central game played in ''[[Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep]]'', a DLC of the video game ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*'''Bunkers & Badasses''' - a parody of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', the central game played in ''[[Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep]]'', (a DLC for the video game ''[[Borderlands 2]]'' ) and in ''[[Tiny Tina's Wonderlands]]''
*'''The Game''' - a parody of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the unnamed [[massively multiplayer online role-playing games|MMORPG]] is played by the central characters of ''[[The Guild (web series)|The Guild]]'' web series
*'''The Game''' - a parody of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the unnamed [[massively multiplayer online role-playing games|MMORPG]] is played by the central characters of ''[[The Guild (web series)|The Guild]]'' web series
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*'''[[HackMaster]]''', which later became a real tabletop game, and its many spinoffs - ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''
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*'''Raven's Banquet''' - the expansion pack featured in the first season of ''[[Mythic Quest]]'', designed for the MMORPG of the same name
*'''Kingdom Scrolls''' - from the British television series ''[[Dead Pixels]]''
*'''Kingdom Scrolls''' - from the British television series ''[[Dead Pixels]]''
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*'''[[HackMaster]]''' and its many spinoffs - ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''
*'''OASIS''' - a [[virtual world]] and MMORPG featured in ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by [[Ernest Cline]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2018/06/06/the-oasis-of-ready-player-one-runs-on-speed-and-storage/|title=The OASIS In 'Ready Player One' Runs On Speed And Storage|last=Fink|first=Charlie|author-link=Charlie Fink (producer)|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
*'''OASIS''' - a [[virtual world]] and MMORPG featured in ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by [[Ernest Cline]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2018/06/06/the-oasis-of-ready-player-one-runs-on-speed-and-storage/|title=The OASIS In 'Ready Player One' Runs On Speed And Storage|last=Fink|first=Charlie|author-link=Charlie Fink (producer)|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
*'''Ogres & Oubliettes''' - a tabletop role-playing game in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' animated series.
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*'''Raven's Banquet''' - the expansion pack featured in the first season of ''[[Mythic Quest]]'', designed for the MMORPG of the same name


==Sports==
==Sports==
===Athletic sports===
===Athletic sports===
*'''[[Assassin's Guild]] Wall Game''' - " a cross between [[squash (sport)|squash]], [[buildering|urban rock climbing]] and actual bodily harm", ''[[Discworld]]'' (named after the [[Eton Wall Game]])
*'''[[Assassin's Guild]] Wall Game''' - "a cross between [[squash (sport)|squash]], [[buildering|urban rock climbing]] and actual bodily harm", ''[[Discworld]]'' (named after the [[Eton Wall Game]])
*'''Indoor hang gliding''' - Geoff Maltby in the television series ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' claims to be [[North West England|North West]] champion of it
*'''Indoor hang gliding''' - Geoff Maltby in the television series ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' claims to be [[North West England|North West]] champion of it
*'''Lifting''' - popular extreme sport, similar to [[surfing]], but in the air; practitioners ride "reflection boards" on waves of "Transparence Light Particles"; from anime/manga series ''[[Eureka Seven]]''
*'''Lifting''' - popular extreme sport, similar to [[surfing]], but in the air; practitioners ride "reflection boards" on waves of "Transparence Light Particles"; from anime/manga series ''[[Eureka Seven]]''
*'''Taking the Stone''' - in ''[[Farscape]]'', a game played by the youth of an unnamed royal cemetery planet. The game consists of jumping into a deep well, and chanting while falling. To protect a participant from smashing into the bottom of the well and dying, there is a sonic net which is sustained by the participants' voices, and provides a nice soft landing. Well, most of the time.
*'''Taking the Stone''' - in ''[[Farscape]]'', a game played by the youth of an unnamed royal cemetery planet. The game consists of jumping into a deep well, and chanting while falling. To protect a participant from smashing into the bottom of the well and dying, there is a sonic net which is sustained by the participants' voices, and is intended to provide a soft landing.


===Combat sports===
===Combat sports===
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*'''Ape Fighting''' - from ''[[Futurama]]'', a fighting sport involving two apes (typically [[gorilla]]s) engaging in pugilistic combat while adorned with comically-undersized costumes and props
*'''Ape Fighting''' - from ''[[Futurama]]'', a fighting sport involving two apes (typically [[gorilla]]s) engaging in pugilistic combat while adorned with comically-undersized costumes and props
*'''[[The Hunger Games]]''' - from the books and movies of the same name. Each year, adolescents from oppressed districts are forced to fight to the last survivor in an elaborate outdoor arena, itself designed to pose many threats to tributes' lives, for the entertainment of citizens in the wealthy Capitol district.
*'''[[The Hunger Games]]''' - from the books and movies of the same name. Each year, adolescents from oppressed districts are forced to fight to the last survivor in an elaborate outdoor arena, itself designed to pose many threats to tributes' lives, for the entertainment of citizens in the wealthy Capitol district.
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*'''Kosho''' - from ''[[The Prisoner]]'', Kosho appeared prominently in the episode “It’s Your Funeral”. According to Kosho rules, one opponent must knock the other into a four-by-eight foot tank of water. Trampolines are placed on two sides of the pool and ledges above on three. Upon any successful dunking, the Kosho match is over.
*'''The Running Man''' - from ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'', the titular television show features convicted criminals fighting for their lives (and pardons) in an arena while being hunted down by professional celebrity mercenaries called "stalkers", presented in the same vein as theme-based pro-wrestlers
*'''The Running Man''' - from ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'', the titular television show features convicted criminals fighting for their lives (and pardons) in an arena while being hunted down by professional celebrity mercenaries called "stalkers", presented in the same vein as theme-based pro-wrestlers
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*'''Kosho''' - from ''[[The Prisoner]]'', Kosho appeared prominently in the episode “It’s Your Funeral.” According to Kosho rules, one opponent must knock the other into a four-by-eight foot tank of water. Trampolines are placed on two sides of the pool and ledges above on three. Upon successful dunking, the Kosho match is over.


===Team ball sports===
===Team ball sports===
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*'''Arena Stickball''' - Fictional sport from Alternia, in both ''[[Homestuck]]'' and ''Hiveswap'' wherein two teams of 5 players compete to score points using 16 different balls. The game is played over two 11-hour halves.
*'''Arena Stickball''' - Fictional sport from Alternia, in both ''[[Homestuck]]'' and ''Hiveswap'' wherein two teams of 5 players compete to score points using 16 different balls. The game is played over two 11-hour halves.
*'''[[BASEketball]]''' - from the movie of the same name
*'''[[BASEketball]]''' - from the movie of the same name
*'''[[Blernsball]]''' - 30th-century version of [[baseball]], ''[[Futurama]]'', called the "Earthican Pastime"
*'''[[Blernsball]]''' - 30th-century version of [[baseball]] from ''[[Futurama]]'', wherein it is called the "Earthican Pastime."
*'''[[Minigames of Final Fantasy#Blitzball|Blitzball]]''' - ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', a soccer-like game played in a massive sphere of water
*'''Blitzball''' - ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', a soccer-like game played in a massive sphere of water
*'''Blitzball''' - a game created by Phineas in the novel ''[[A Separate Peace]]''
*'''[[Calvin and Hobbes#Calvinball|Calvinball]]''' - a game where there are only two rules: players must wear masks, and you can never play the same way twice; ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' by [[Bill Watterson]]
*'''[[Calvin and Hobbes#Calvinball|Calvinball]]''' - a game where there are only two rules: players must wear masks, and you can never play the same way twice; ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' by [[Bill Watterson]]
* '''[[Grifball]]''' - A violent rugby-style game where two teams try to bring bombs to their own goal, as seen in [[Halo 3]].
*'''[[Grav-Ball]]''' - a future sport played in a zero-G court by two six-man teams, who try to score goals with a five-kilogram steel ball, as depicted in the board game by [[FASA]].
* '''Grifball''' - A violent rugby-style game where two teams try to bring bombs to their own goal, as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]'' (2007).
*'''[[HyperBlade]]''' - an ultraviolent variant of ice hockey played on an ellipsoidal rink with either a puck or a severed head, from the PC game of the same name
*'''[[HyperBlade]]''' - an ultraviolent variant of ice hockey played on an ellipsoidal rink with either a puck or a severed head, from the PC game of the same name
*'''Mittens''' - A game played in Foon featuring nonsensical rules from the improvisational comedy podcast ''[[Hello From the Magic Tavern]]''
*'''[[Moopsball]]''' - team sport created by [[Gary Cohn (comics)|Gary Cohn]] in ''Rules for Moopsball'' (1976), referenced in [[Legion of Superheroes]] and in [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''There Are Doors''
*'''Moopsball''' - team sport created by [[Gary Cohn (comics)|Gary Cohn]] in ''Rules for Moopsball'' (1976), referenced in [[Legion of Superheroes]] and in [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''There Are Doors''
*'''P.A.S.S. Time''' - A game revolving around bringing weaponry on the field, with holding the ball making weapons unusable until passed. Features in [[Team Fortress 2]].
*'''Pyramid''' - a basketball-like game featured in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*'''Pyramid''' - a basketball-like game featured in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*'''[[Quidditch]]''' - ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series by [[J. K. Rowling]], a team sport with four balls and seven players on each team who ride around on broomsticks
*'''[[Quidditch]]''' - ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series by [[J. K. Rowling]], a team sport with four balls and seven players on each team who ride around on broomsticks
*'''[[Quodpot]]''' - ''[[Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]]
*'''[[Speedball (video game)|Speedball]]''' - futuristic and violent mix of handball and hockey featured in the [[cyberpunk]] inspired games of the same name
*'''[[Speedball (video game)|Speedball]]''' - futuristic and violent mix of handball and hockey featured in the [[cyberpunk]] inspired games of the same name
* '''Zero-Grav Hyperball''' - A sport played with rackets and balls played on Gallifrey, as shown in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* '''Zero-Grav Hyperball''' - A sport played with rackets and balls played on Gallifrey, as shown in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


===Non-team ball sports===
===Non-team ball sports===
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*'''Gonnis''' - a combination of golf and tennis featured in the BBC comedy series ''[[Look Around You]]'', a parody of science and technology programming.
*'''Electro-Magnetic Golf''' - from ''[[Brave New World]]''
*'''Escalator Squash''' - from ''[[Brave New World]]''
*'''Igo Soccer''' - the participants have to do figures with some pebbles and a ball, sport from the Japanese shõnen ''[[Nichijō]]''
*'''Igo Soccer''' - the participants have to do figures with some pebbles and a ball, sport from the Japanese shõnen ''[[Nichijō]]''
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*'''Gonnis''' - A combination of golf and tennis featured in the BBC comedy series [[Look Around You]], a parody of science and technology programming.


===Other sports===
===Other sports===
{{See also|List of fictional sports teams}}
{{See also|List of fictional sports teams}}
*'''[[Apopudobalia]]''' - encyclopedia [[fictitious entry]]
*'''[[Apopudobalia]]''' - encyclopedia [[fictitious entry]], effectively [[association football]].
*'''[[Bungee Ball]]''' - ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]''
*'''Frolf''' - From ''[[Ribbit King]]'', a version of [[disc golf]].
*'''[[Futuresport]]''' - from the movie of the same name, a combination of basketball, baseball and hockey that uses hoverboards and rollerblades.
*'''Frolf''' - ''[[Ribbit King]]''
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*'''[[Apprentice Adept#The Game|The Game]]''' - From Piers Anthony's ''Apprentice Adept'' series of novels; includes almost all known games and competitions; winners of the yearly Tourney get to become Citizens
*'''[[Futuresport]]''' - from the movie of the same name
*'''[[German batball]]''' - from [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s novel ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]''
*'''German batball''' - from [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s novel ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]''
*'''[[Guyball]]''' - ball game played by ''[[Green Wing|Green Wing's]]'' [[Guy Secretan|Dr Guy Secretan]].
*'''Guyball''' - ball game played by ''[[Green Wing|Green Wing's]]'' [[Guy Secretan|Dr Guy Secretan]].
*'''[[Hadaul]]''' - from [[Jack Vance]]'s [[Demon Princes]] book ''[[The Face (Vance)|The Face]]''
*'''Hadaul''' - from [[Jack Vance]]'s [[Demon Princes]] book ''[[The Face (Vance)|The Face]]'', a team game involving conspiracies among players, played with double-edged blades almost a foot long.
*'''Hussade''' - from [[Jack Vance]]'s ''[[Alastor]]'' series, especially prominent in ''[[Trullion: Alastor 2262]]'', a team sport played on a gridiron of rungs suspended over a water tank; players body-block members of the opposing team into the tank, while trying to reach the sheirl, a woman standing at her team's home platform.
*'''[[Hussade]]''' - from [[Jack Vance]]'s ''[[Alastor]]'' series
*'''[[Jugger]]''' - the movie ''[[The Blood of Heroes]]''
*'''[[Jugger]]''' - the movie ''[[The Blood of Heroes]]''
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*'''[[Apprentice Adept#The Game|The Game]]''' - From Piers Anthony's ''Apprentice Adept'' series of novels; includes almost all known games and competitions; winners of the yearly Tourney get to become Citizens
*'''[[Light Cycle]] racing''' - a race on virtual motorcycles in the ''[[Tron (franchise)|Tron]]'' franchise<ref name="Farout"/>
*'''[[Light Cycle]] racing''' - a race on virtual motorcycles in the ''[[Tron (franchise)|Tron]]'' franchise<ref name="Farout"/>
*'''[[The Long Walk]]''' - from a [[Richard Bachman]]/[[Stephen King]] book of the same name
*'''[[The Long Walk (novel)|The Long Walk]]''' - from a [[Richard Bachman]]/[[Stephen King]] book of the same name
*'''[[Motorball]]''' - from the ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' manga
*'''Motorball''' - from the ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' manga
*'''[[Parrises Squares]]''' - an athletic, full-contact sport in ''[[Star Trek]]''
*'''[[Parrises Squares]]''' - an athletic, full-contact sport in ''[[Star Trek]]''
*'''[[Podracing]]''' - violent vehicular racing sport from ''[[Star Wars]]'' wherein the pilots of "pods" - massive, twin-engined hover vehicles - participate in a high-tech version of [[chariot racing]]
*'''Podracing''' - violent vehicular racing sport from ''[[Star Wars]]'' wherein the pilots of "[[List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles#Podracer|podracers]]" - massive, twin-engined hover vehicles - participate in a high-tech version of [[chariot racing]]
*'''Redline''' - a car elimination race in the film ''[[Redline (2009 film)]]''<ref name="Farout"/>
*'''Redline''' - a car elimination race in the film ''[[Redline (2009 film)|Redline]]''<ref name="Farout"/>
*'''[[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]]''' - from William Harrison's story "Roller Ball Murder", on which the movie ''Rollerball'' was loosely based
*'''Rollerball''' - from [[William Harrison (author)|William Harrison]]'s story "Roller Ball Murder", on which the movie ''[[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]]'' was loosely based
*'''[[Skeet Surfin']]''' - a mixture of surfing and [[skeet shooting]] depicted in a musical parody of [[The Beach Boys]] in film ''[[Top Secret!]]''<ref name="Farout">{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Calum |title=The 10 best fictional movie sports |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-best-fictional-movie-sports/ |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=Far Out |date=9 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*'''Skeet Surfin'''' - a mixture of surfing and [[skeet shooting]] depicted in a musical parody of [[The Beach Boys]] in film ''[[Top Secret!]]''<ref name="Farout">{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Calum |title=The 10 best fictional movie sports |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-best-fictional-movie-sports/ |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=Far Out |date=9 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*'''[[Sky-surfer|Sky-surfing]]''' - appearing in numerous ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' stories
*'''Sky-surfing''' - appearing in numerous ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' stories
*'''Transcontinental Road Race''' - ''[[Death Race 2000]]''
*'''Transcontinental Road Race''' - ''[[Death Race 2000]]''


== Video games ==
== Video games ==
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*'''Alien Child''' and '''Perfect Mom''' - games from the movie ''[[Her (film)|Her]]'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp5gz7/meet-the-real-world-designers-behind-the-fictional-video-games-of-her|title=Meet the Real World Designers Behind the Fictional Video Games of 'Her'|date=13 February 2014 }}</ref>
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*'''[[Polybius (urban legend)|Polybius]]''' - The subject of an urban legend pertaining to an alleged 1981 arcade game. The game has made appearances in various media.
*'''[[The Amazing Digital Circus]]''' - a VR game from the same title.
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*'''Fix-It Felix Jr.''', '''Sugar Rush''', '''Hero's Duty''', and '''Slaughter Race''' - games from ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' (2012) and its sequel ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' (2018)
*'''Bandersnatch''', '''Nohzdyve''', and '''Metl Hedd''' - games from ''[[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]]'' (2018)
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*'''The Game''' - a head-mounted virtual reality game in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[The Game (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Game]]" (S5E06)<ref name="10Suckiest">{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-suckiest-video-games-people-play-in-science-fiction-5046339|title=10 Suckiest Video Games People Play In Science Fiction|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|website=io9|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''Battle of Hell''' and '''World by Satan''' - VR games from Taiwanese TV series ''{{ill|Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum|lt=|zh|Q18量子預言}}'' (2024)
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*'''Global Thermonuclear War''' and '''[[Falken's Maze]]''' - a [[military simulation]] program mistaken for a computer game and a computer game to be played by an artificial intelligence in ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/21731599/wargamestaleofcomputerevilmushrooms/|title='Wargames' tale of computer evil mushrooms into top entertainment - Newspapers.com|website=Chicago Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
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*'''Alien Child''' and '''Perfect Mom''' - games from the movie ''[[Her (film)|Her]]'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp5gz7/meet-the-real-world-designers-behind-the-fictional-video-games-of-her|title=Meet the Real World Designers Behind the Fictional Video Games of 'Her'}}</ref>
*'''Bonestorm''' and '''Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge''' - games appearing in the ''Simpsons'' episode [[Marge Be Not Proud]]
*'''Bonestorm''' and '''Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge''' - games appearing in the ''Simpsons'' episode [[Marge Be Not Proud]]
*'''Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg''' - a Super Nintendo game that appears at the beginning of ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999)
*'''[[Chinpokomon]]''' - a parody of the [[Pokémon]] franchise that appears in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode [[Chinpokomon|of the same name]]
*'''[[Chinpokomon]]''' - a parody of the [[Pokémon]] franchise that appears in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode [[Chinpokomon|of the same name]]
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*'''CURS>R''' - a text-based adventure game from ''[[Choose or Die]]'' (2022)
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*'''Sentries of the Last Cosmos''' - a VR game in the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode of the same name. The game and creator are portrayed very similarly to ''[[Star Wars]]'' and [[George Lucas]].
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*'''[[Space Paranoids]]''' - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in ''[[Tron]]'' (1982)
*'''Ninja Ninja Revolution''' - an arcade game appearing in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' (2010)
*'''Feathered Serpent''' - a computer game created by Damian Cray in the ''[[Alex Rider (TV series)|Alex Rider TV show]]''
*'''Feathered Serpent''' - a computer game created by Damian Cray in the ''[[Alex Rider (TV series)|Alex Rider TV show]]''
*'''Fencing''', a computer strategy game described in [[John Brunner (author)|John Brunner]]'s novel ''[[Shockwave Rider]]''
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*'''Fix-It Felix Jr.''', '''Sugar Rush''', '''Hero's Duty''', and '''Slaughter Race''' - games from ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' (2012) and its sequel ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' (2018)
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*'''The Game''' - a head-mounted virtual reality game in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[The Game (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Game]]" (S5E06)<ref name="10Suckiest">{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-suckiest-video-games-people-play-in-science-fiction-5046339|title=10 Suckiest Video Games People Play In Science Fiction|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|website=io9|date=8 September 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''The Game''' - unnamed title published by fictional company Game Punch in the TV show ''[[I Feel Bad]]''
*'''The Game''' - unnamed title published by fictional company Game Punch in the TV show ''[[I Feel Bad]]''
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*'''Global Thermonuclear War''' and '''[[Falken's Maze]]''' - a [[military simulation]] program mistaken for a computer game and a computer game to be played by an artificial intelligence in ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/21731599/wargamestaleofcomputerevilmushrooms/|title='Wargames' tale of computer evil mushrooms into top entertainment - Newspapers.com|work=Chicago Tribune |date=3 June 1983 |page=67 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
*'''Kebab Fighter''' - a parody of [[Street Fighter II]] that appears in the cartoon sitcom ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''
*'''Kebab Fighter''' - a parody of [[Street Fighter II]] that appears in the cartoon sitcom ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''
*'''Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg''' - a Super Nintendo game that appears at the beginning of ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999)
*'''Ninja Ninja Revolution''' - an arcade game appearing in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' (2010)
*'''Only You Can Save Mankind''' - a video game appearing in the 1992 [[Terry Pratchett]] book of the [[Only You Can Save Mankind|same name]].
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*'''Wrestle Jam 88''' - from the movie ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]] (2008)
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*'''[[Polybius (urban legend)|Polybius]]''' - The subject of an urban legend pertaining to an alleged 1981 arcade game. The game has made appearances in various media.
*'''Doki Doki Literature Club!''' - a [[dating sim]]ulator appearing in the self-titled [[Psychological horror|psychological]] [[horror game]] ''[[Doki Doki Literature Club!]]''
*'''Bandersnatch''', '''Nohzdyve''', and '''Metl Hedd''' - games from ''[[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]]'' (2018)
*'''Roy: A Life Well-Lived''' - A VR life simulator from the TV series ''[[Rick and Morty]]''
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*'''Sentries of the Last Cosmos''' - a VR game in the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode of the same name. The game and creator are portrayed very similarly to ''[[Star Wars]]'' and [[George Lucas]].
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*'''CURS>R''' - a text-based adventure game from ''[[Choose or Die]]'' (2022)
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*'''[[Space Paranoids]]''' - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in ''[[Tron]]'' (1982)
*'''Striking Vipers''' - a VR fighting game from the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' episode of the same title.
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*'''Wrestle Jam 88''' - from the movie ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'' (2008)
*'''Zapazoids''' - an arcade game from the audio drama series ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]''


==Other games==
==Other games==
*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Chula|Chula]]''' - in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Move Along Home (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Move Along Home]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-ds9-played-the-most-dangerously-idiotic-game-482540203|title=Star Trek: DS9 played the most dangerously idiotic game in the galaxy|last=Bricken|first=Rob|website=io9|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''[[List of games in Star Trek#Chula|Chula]]''' - in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Move Along Home (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Move Along Home]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-ds9-played-the-most-dangerously-idiotic-game-482540203|title=Star Trek: DS9 played the most dangerously idiotic game in the galaxy|last=Bricken|first=Rob|website=io9|date=26 April 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
*'''[[The Glass Bead Game]]''' - [[Hermann Hesse]]'s novel of the same name
*'''[[The Glass Bead Game]]''' - [[Hermann Hesse]]'s novel of the same name
*'''[[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]]''' - ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' radio comedy programme
*'''[[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]]''' - ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' radio comedy programme
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[[Category:Lists of fictional things|Games]]
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A 14th-century illustration of Sir Gawain playing the first round of the beheading game with the Green Knight[1][2]

Fictional games are games which were specifically created for works of fiction, or which otherwise originated in fiction.

In his foundational academic work on this topic, Stefano Gualeni defines fictional games as "playful activities and ludic artefacts conceptualized as part of fictional worlds",[3][4] and emphasizes that - as elements of a work of fiction - their purpose is to trigger the imagination of the audience and cannot actually be (or at least were not originally meant to be) played.[3][4]

Many fictional games have, however, been adapted into real games by fans or ludophiles by creating pieces and rules to fit the descriptions given in the source work. For example, unofficial versions of Fizzbin can be found in reality, and Mornington Crescent is widely played in online forums.

Fictional games tend not to be presented in a detailed and formally complete manner by their authors. Within the respective works of fiction, they are typically defined just clearly enough to achieve their intended narrative functions.[3][4]

Billiards games

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Board games

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Card games

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  • Caravan - A two player card game used for both gambling and passing time in Fallout: New Vegas.
  • Cripple Mr. Onion - Discworld; Fan rules have been created, but are not official, and use ordinary playing cards rather than a Discworld "Caroc" deck.[5]
  • Double Fanucci - a fictional card game mentioned throughout the Zork series of computer adventure games.
  • Dragon Poker - the MythAdventures books by Robert Asprin
  • Fizzbin - Star Trek[5]
  • Go Johnny Go Go Go Go - is a comedy fictional card game from the television series, The League of Gentlemen from the Series 2 episode, "A Plague on Royston Vasey".
  • Gwent - A card game in the novel series The Witcher. Later available as a video game.
  • Lucky Horseshoes - A variant of Blackjack found in Fallout: New Vegas, played with an animatronic cowboy in exchange for in-game rewards.
  • Sabacc - a card game used for gambling in Star Wars, and the game in which Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian.[7] Real versions of the game have been produced and can be bought at Disneyland.[8]
  • Pazaak - a two player card game in a 2003 Star Wars game,[9] similar to Blackjack, where players have to be the closest to 20 without going over, in a best of three rounds competition. Players have their own assembled side deck of 10 cards, with both positive and negative values present, from which they pull four random cards at the start of a round. The main table deck has cards with values from 1-10, of which one card gets drawn for each player each turn.
  • Tongo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV series
  • Triad - Battlestar Galactica (2004 series)[5]
  • Triple Triad - first appearing in the video game Final Fantasy VIII, it can also be played as a minigame in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Final Fantasy Portal App. In 1999, after the release of Final Fantasy VIII, toy company, Bandai, produced a real Triple Triad card deck. Since the game was only produced in Japan and not readily available in America and Europe, the cards have become rare collector's items.

MMORPGS/Role-playing games

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Sports

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Athletic sports

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  • Assassin's Guild Wall Game - "a cross between squash, urban rock climbing and actual bodily harm", Discworld (named after the Eton Wall Game)
  • Indoor hang gliding - Geoff Maltby in the television series Benidorm claims to be North West champion of it
  • Lifting - popular extreme sport, similar to surfing, but in the air; practitioners ride "reflection boards" on waves of "Transparence Light Particles"; from anime/manga series Eureka Seven
  • Taking the Stone - in Farscape, a game played by the youth of an unnamed royal cemetery planet. The game consists of jumping into a deep well, and chanting while falling. To protect a participant from smashing into the bottom of the well and dying, there is a sonic net which is sustained by the participants' voices, and is intended to provide a soft landing.

Combat sports

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  • Anbo-Jitsu - Star Trek: The Next Generation, a one-on-one martial arts combat sport wherein the players are blindfolded and use proximity-detector staves to locate the opponent
  • Ape Fighting - from Futurama, a fighting sport involving two apes (typically gorillas) engaging in pugilistic combat while adorned with comically-undersized costumes and props
  • The Hunger Games - from the books and movies of the same name. Each year, adolescents from oppressed districts are forced to fight to the last survivor in an elaborate outdoor arena, itself designed to pose many threats to tributes' lives, for the entertainment of citizens in the wealthy Capitol district.
  • Kosho - from The Prisoner, Kosho appeared prominently in the episode “It’s Your Funeral”. According to Kosho rules, one opponent must knock the other into a four-by-eight foot tank of water. Trampolines are placed on two sides of the pool and ledges above on three. Upon any successful dunking, the Kosho match is over.
  • The Running Man - from The Running Man, the titular television show features convicted criminals fighting for their lives (and pardons) in an arena while being hunted down by professional celebrity mercenaries called "stalkers", presented in the same vein as theme-based pro-wrestlers

Team ball sports

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  • 43-Man Squamish - fictional college sport from Mad Magazine
  • Arena Stickball - Fictional sport from Alternia, in both Homestuck and Hiveswap wherein two teams of 5 players compete to score points using 16 different balls. The game is played over two 11-hour halves.
  • BASEketball - from the movie of the same name
  • Blernsball - 30th-century version of baseball from Futurama, wherein it is called the "Earthican Pastime."
  • Blitzball - Final Fantasy X, a soccer-like game played in a massive sphere of water
  • Calvinball - a game where there are only two rules: players must wear masks, and you can never play the same way twice; Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
  • Grav-Ball - a future sport played in a zero-G court by two six-man teams, who try to score goals with a five-kilogram steel ball, as depicted in the board game by FASA.
  • Grifball - A violent rugby-style game where two teams try to bring bombs to their own goal, as seen in Halo 3 (2007).
  • HyperBlade - an ultraviolent variant of ice hockey played on an ellipsoidal rink with either a puck or a severed head, from the PC game of the same name
  • Mittens - A game played in Foon featuring nonsensical rules from the improvisational comedy podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern
  • Moopsball - team sport created by Gary Cohn in Rules for Moopsball (1976), referenced in Legion of Superheroes and in Gene Wolfe's There Are Doors
  • P.A.S.S. Time - A game revolving around bringing weaponry on the field, with holding the ball making weapons unusable until passed. Features in Team Fortress 2.
  • Pyramid - a basketball-like game featured in Battlestar Galactica
  • Quidditch - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, a team sport with four balls and seven players on each team who ride around on broomsticks
  • Speedball - futuristic and violent mix of handball and hockey featured in the cyberpunk inspired games of the same name
  • Zero-Grav Hyperball - A sport played with rackets and balls played on Gallifrey, as shown in Doctor Who.

Non-team ball sports

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  • Gonnis - a combination of golf and tennis featured in the BBC comedy series Look Around You, a parody of science and technology programming.
  • Igo Soccer - the participants have to do figures with some pebbles and a ball, sport from the Japanese shõnen Nichijō

Other sports

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See also: List of fictional sports teams

Video games

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Other games

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, British Library
  2. ^ Tracy, Larissa (2012), "The Real Price of the Beheading Game in SGGK and Malory", Heads Will Roll: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination, BRILL, pp. 207–232, ISBN 9789004211551
  3. ^ a b c Gualeni, Stefano (June 2021). "Fictional games and utopia: The case of Azad". Science Fiction Film & Television. 14 (2): 187–207. doi:10.3828/sfftv.2021.13. ISSN 1754-3770.
  4. ^ a b c Gualeni, Stefano; Fassone, Riccardo (2023). Fictional games: a philosophy of worldbuilding and imaginary play. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-350-27709-0.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Whitbrook, James (27 October 2014). "12 Games from Science Fiction and Fantasy we'd love Real versions of". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. ^ Evans, Larry (2005-10-28). "Zathura: A Cosmic Adventure Worth Taking". Space.com. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  7. ^ Hall, Charlie (5 June 2019). "The Easter eggs hidden in Star Wars Land's Millennium Falcon ride". Polygon. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ^ Schmidt, JK (31 May 2019). "You Can Start Gambling for Starships With Authentic Sabacc Deck From Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge".
  9. ^ McAllister, Erin (17 July 2023). "Pazaak is Better Than Sabacc". GameGrin. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  10. ^ Fink, Charlie. "The OASIS In 'Ready Player One' Runs On Speed And Storage". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  11. ^ a b c Russell, Calum (9 June 2022). "The 10 best fictional movie sports". Far Out. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Meet the Real World Designers Behind the Fictional Video Games of 'Her'". 13 February 2014.
  13. ^ Anders, Charlie Jane (8 September 2008). "10 Suckiest Video Games People Play In Science Fiction". io9. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  14. ^ "'Wargames' tale of computer evil mushrooms into top entertainment - Newspapers.com". Chicago Tribune. 3 June 1983. p. 67. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  15. ^ Bricken, Rob (26 April 2013). "Star Trek: DS9 played the most dangerously idiotic game in the galaxy". io9. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
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