History NonIndicativeName / TabletopGames

** The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a blue dragon with white eyes, not a white dragon with blue eyes as the name suggests. It's not even a translation issue, as the card has the English name "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" even in Japan. Some think it should be written as "Blue Eyes-White Dragon", but that sounds rather awkward. Adding to the confusion is the similarly-named Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which ''is'' in fact a black dragon with red eyes, just like the name suggests. Other dragons with similar naming schemes (such as Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon) do have indicative names, making Blue-Eyes White Dragon even more bizarre for being the only one to have a NonIndicativeName.

** The Quasi-Elemental Plane of Steam in the 2nd Edition is not a plane of gaseous water caused by boiling. It's a composed of cold, clammy mist and fog, like the type caused by condensation. Although, an in-universe UrbanLegend points to wavefires (boiling water elementals that are found there) suggests that eons ago, the Planes of Fire and Water once shared a border and the ''Para-Elemental'' Plane of Steam was indeed a boiling sea under hot steam.

* There's a prestige class in one of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' settings called Lord of Tides. It has nothing to do with the sea; its main purpose is to locate water in the dry desert setting used, and later summon elementals.

** The first and only time in the franchise's history that there's a nod to the title is in the novel for the ''Scourge'' expansion, where the false god Karona gathers representatives of the five colors of magic from across the planes in a magic circle reminiscent of the game's logo.

** Red-Eyes Black Chick is a baby dragon, not a black baby chicken with red eyes. This is a translation issue, as the card's Japanese name is Kokuryū no Hina, which means Black Dragon's Hatchling. It's not even anything to do with the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, making the name doubly non-indicative.

* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game, the [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Gradius Gradius]] card, the first card in a ''very'' long line of monsters based on spaceships and enemies from Konami's ''VideoGame/GradiusGaiden'' series, is a misnomer; the space fighter on the card is actually the Victory Viper ("Gradius" is the name of the planet the craft defends). Although, they do have another more appropriately named card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_Viper_XX03 depicting the Vic Viper.]]

** Something that started in original ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and continued into ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Hobgoblins. The word "Hob" in English pertains to a shelf or bench for setting utensils down next to a hearth; "Hobgoblin" therefore, was traditionally an impish goblin, while true Goblins were human-sized. Since Pathfinder descends from D&D, which was written by [[Creator/GaryGygax people with a tentative understanding of European folklore at best]] the misnomer stuck, and "Goblins" became the diminutive guys while "Hobgoblins" became the taller, smarter cousins.

** Something that started in original ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and continued into ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Hobgoblins. The word "Hob" in English pertains to impish creatures; "Hobgoblin" therefore, was traditionally an impish goblin, while true Goblins were human-sized. Since Pathfinder descends from D&D, which was written by [[Creator/GaryGygax people with a tentative understanding of European folklore at best]] the misnomer stuck, and "Goblins" became the diminutive guys while "Hobgoblins" became the taller, smarter cousins.

** Red-Eyes B. Chick is a baby dragon, not a black baby chicken with red eyes. This is a translation issue, as the card's Japanese name is Kokuryū no Hina, which means Black Dragon's Hatchling. It's not even anything to do with the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, making the name doubly non-indicative.

* In a sense, MagicTheGathering. Originally the intent was for the game to be but the first of a series of card games (which would have thus been progressively named.) However, the first game proved so immensely popular that they abandoned the idea, and simply expanded the first one with more cards. Thus the name became effectively an ArtifactTitle, and the "gathering" part doesn't really say anything at all about the game.
* In ''OverTheEdge'', although the city it's set in is called The Edge, the characters are far more often in the Edge than over it.

* Chinese Checkers game was created in Germany. This NonindicativeName was induced deliberately when it was brought into the United States, as the marketers thought it sounded more exotic that way. Probably for the same or a similar reason, when the traditional English dice game Yacht was mass-marketed, it was given a pseudo-Oriental makeover and renamed {{Yahtzee}} (no connection with [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation this]] Yahtzee).

* There's a prestige class in one of the DungeonsAndDragons settings called Lord of Tides. It has nothing to do with the sea; its main purpose is to locate water in the dry desert setting used, and later summon elementals.

** ''The Prisoners of Time'' -- You don't see the prisoners in question until the ''very end'' of the adventure, they don't have anything to do with your quest, and until you meet them you don't even know who they are.

** ''The Caverns of Kalte'' -- Your mission begins in open wilderness and ends in a fortress; even though it's unavoidable to go through the eponymous caverns at some point, with most paths you won't see much of them.

* In a sense, MagicTheGathering. Originally the intent was for the game to be but the first of a series of card games (which would have thus subsequently be progressively named.) However, the first game proved so immensely popular that they abandoned the idea, and simply expanded the first one with more cards. Thus the name became effectively an ArtifactTitle, and the "gathering" part doesn't really say anything at all about the game.

** ''The Caverns of Kalte'' -- Your mission begins in open wilderness and ends in a fortress; even if you take a very specific path, you won't see much of the eponymous caverns.

* Joe Dever was obviously far more concerned about creating an elaborate world and riveting adventures when writing the LoneWolf series than accurate titles. As a result, quite a few of them are at best very loose fits:
** Fire on the Water - This refers to the big naval battle where you wield the legendary Sommerswerd, which occurs at the very end of the adventure and is easily the least dangerous part of it. The great majority of the adventure is your quest to obtain the weapon.
** The Caverns of Kalte - Your mission begins in open wilderness and ends in a fortress; unless you take one very specific branch of one very specific path, you won't see the eponymous caverns at all.
** The Kingdoms of Terror - The wars between the Stornland kingdoms play next to no real part in your quest, and in any case there's nothing particularly terrifying about any of them.
** The Cauldron of Fear - Not only is the Cauldron is a completely nondescript landmark which serves solely to get you to Zaaryx, there's a 50% chance you won't even use that route.
** The Dungeons of Torgar - As with FOTW, the point of nearly the entire adventure is getting to Torgar's dungeons, and you hardly do anything in them.
** The Prisoners of Time - You don't see the prisoners in question until the ''very end'' of the adventure, they don't have anything to do with your quest, and until you meet them you don't even know who they are.
** The Captives of Kaag - Just the one captive! (There are other unfortunates in Kaag, but they're well beyond saving.)
** Dawn of the Dragons - An epic, sprawling journey where you face a grand total of ONE dragon, near (yep) the very end. And of course, if you're successful, there is no "dawn of the dragons" ; they're toast.
** The Curse of Naar - Despite the fact that you're in Naar's domain, not only doesn't he speak to you or attempt to hinder your quest (especailly curious since he does both several times over the course of Grand Master), he doesn't even appear at all!
** The Buccaneers of Shadaki - You face them once in a ''very'' brief encounter near the start of the adventure, after which they have no relevance to anything whatsoever.