Like VideoGames, there are some tropes that get their names from non-electronic entertainment.
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!! CardGames
* ''TabletopGame/AniMayhem''
** FrothyMugsOfWater
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
** BloodKnight
** BobFromAccounting, from a famous early ''Magic'' TV commercial.
** DiscardAndDraw, though not a game trope, is a very common card effect which has the same flavor as the described phenomenon.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Poker}}''
** TheMagicPokerEquation
** MiseryPoker
** NoPokerFace
** StripPoker

!! BoardGames
* ''TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}''
** BogglesTheMind
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Chess}}''
** CheckAndMate
** ChessMotifs
** ChessWithDeath
** CosmicChessGame
** CrazyPeoplePlayChess
** HumanChess
** RiskingTheKing
** TheChessmaster
** ThePawn
*** UnwittingPawn
** SmartPeoplePlayChess
** SurpriseCheckmate
** VariantChess
** XanatosSpeedChess
** And a partial TropeNamer for [[GambitIndex any]] [[ThePlan trope]] whose name includes the word "Gambit". Although the chess [[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gambit meaning]] ("a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position") is far more specific than its metaphorical usage ("a calculated move or ploy; an opening move meant to gain advantage"), the usage from chess is older (1656 vs. 1855, according to the [[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=gambit&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]].)
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* ''Hungry, Hungry, Hippos''
** AngryAngryHippos
** HuggyHuggyHippos
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* ''Kingmaker''
** KingmakerScenario (disputed)
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}''
** {{Cloneopoly}}
** GetOutOfJailFreeCard
*** GetIntoJailFree
** HouseRules
*** AscendedHouseRules
** UnclePennybags
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}''
** RiskStyleMap
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}''
** ScrabbleBabble

!! TabletopGames
* In General
* NeverSplitTheParty (fan joke)
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* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''
** AlphaStrike (The term is older, but the trope's definition was codified by the game)
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* ''TabletopGame/BlissStage''
** LevelUpAtIntimacy5
** YouLoseAtZeroTrust
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''
** {{Knockback}}
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** AlliterationAndAdventurers
** AlwaysChaoticEvil
** AuthorsSavingThrow
** BagOfHolding
** ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction
** CharacterAlignment [[invoked]]
*** LawfulGood
*** [[invoked]]NeutralGood
*** [[invoked]]ChaoticGood
*** [[invoked]]LawfulNeutral
*** [[invoked]]TrueNeutral
*** [[invoked]]ChaoticNeutral
*** [[invoked]]LawfulEvil
*** [[invoked]]NeutralEvil
*** [[invoked]]ChaoticEvil
** CharmPerson
** DetectEvil
** FailedASpotCheck
** FleshGolem
** GameMaster
** HitPoints
** LawfulStupidChaoticStupid (or at least the snarky guy who coined the term was referencing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'')
** LizardFolk
** MagicMissileStorm, in conjunction with a spell homebrewed for the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' series
** NoSavingThrow
** OrcusOnHisThrone
** PathOfInspiration
** PungeonMaster
** SummonEverymanHero
** TalkingIsAFreeAction
** TookALevelInCheerfulness
** TookALevelInCynic
** TookALevelInBadass
** TookALevelInIdealism
** TookALevelInJerkass[[note]] Shared with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' because of the word "{{Jerkass}}''[[/note]]
** TookALevelInKindness
** TookALevelInSmartass
** TransformationIsAFreeAction
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''
** GunFu
** ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy
** PantsPositiveSafety
** WalkingArmory
%%ComicBook/BlueDevil coined it first** WeirdnessMagnet
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''
** TheComputerIsYourFriend
** HappinessIsMandatory
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''
** ChunkySalsaRule
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''
** AgriWorld
** DeathOrGloryAttack
** DeathWorld
** MoreDakka
** PowerFist
** ThunderHammer
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* ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness''
** GothicPunk
** {{Masquerade}}
** TheUnmasquedWorld

!! Other
* RockPaperScissors
** ChromaticRockPaperScissors
** ElementalRockPaperScissors
** PoorPredictableRock (condensed from a quote from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
** ScissorsCutsRock
** TacticalRockPaperScissors
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