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• Chess
  • The Chessmaster

• Kingmaker
  • Kingmaker Scenario (disputed)

• Monopoly
  • Do Not Pass Go
  • "Get Out of Jail Free" Card
  • House Rules
  • Uncle Pennybags

• Risk
  • Risk Style Map

• Rock-Paper-Scissors
  • Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
  • Poor Predictable Rock (condensed from a quote from The Simpsons)
  • Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors

• Scrabble
  • Scrabble Babble

• Ani Mayhem
  • Frothy Mugs of Water

• Magic: The Gathering
  • Blood Knight
  • Discard and Draw, though not a game trope, is a very common card effect which has the same flavor as the described phenomenon.

• Never Split the Party (fan joke)

• Bliss Stage
  • Level Up At Intimacy 5
  • You Lose At Zero Trust

• Dungeons & Dragons
  • Always Chaotic Evil
  • Author's Saving Throw
  • Bag of Holding
  • Baleful Polymorph
  • Character Alignment
  • Detect Evil
  • Failed a Spot Check
  • Hit Points
  • Lawful Stupid, Chaotic Stupid (or at least the snarky guy who coined the term was referencing Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Path of Inspiration
  • Talking Is a Free Action

• GURPS
  • Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
  • Pants Positive Safety

• Paranoia
  • The Computer Is Your Friend
  • Happiness Is Mandatory

• Shadowrun
  • Chunky Salsa Rule
  • Street Samurai

• Warhammer 40,000
  • Bitz Box
  • Death or Glory Attack
  • Death World
  • Grim Dark, although the trope is more commonly called Darker and Edgier
  • More Dakka
  • Power Fist

• The World Of Darkness
  • Gothic Punk
  • Masquerade
  • The Unmasqued World