Trope Namers / Traditional Games

Like Video Games, there are some tropes that get their names from non-electronic entertainment.

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Card Games

• Ani-Mayhem
  • Frothy Mugs of Water

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

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• Poker
  • The Magic Poker Equation
  • Misery Poker
  • No Poker Face
  • Strip Poker

Board Games

• Boggle
  • Boggles the Mind

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• Chess
  • Check and Mate
  • Chess Motifs
  • Chess with Death
  • Cosmic Chess Game
  • Crazy People Play Chess
  • Human Chess
  • Risking the King
  • The Chessmaster
  • The Pawn
    • Unwitting Pawn
  • Smart People Play Chess
  • Surprise Checkmate
  • Variant Chess
  • Xanatos Speed Chess
  • And a partial Trope Namer for any trope whose name includes the word "Gambit". Although the chess 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 Online Etymology Dictionary.)

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• Hungry, Hungry, Hippos
  • Angry, Angry Hippos
  • Huggy, Huggy Hippos

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• Kingmaker
  • Kingmaker Scenario (disputed)

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• Monopoly
  • Cloneopoly
  • "Get Out of Jail Free" Card
    • Get into Jail Free
  • House Rules
    • Ascended House Rules
  • Uncle Pennybags

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• Risk
  • "Risk"-Style Map

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• Scrabble
  • Scrabble Babble

Tabletop Games

• In General
• Never Split the Party (fan joke)

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• BattleTech
  • Alpha Strike (The term is older, but the trope's definition was codified by the game)

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• Bliss Stage
  • Level-Up at Intimacy 5
  • You Lose at Zero Trust

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• Champions
  • Knockback

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• Dungeons & Dragons
  • Alliteration & Adventurers
  • Always Chaotic Evil
  • Author's Saving Throw
  • Bag of Holding
  • Changing Clothes Is a Free Action
  • Character Alignment invoked
    • Lawful Good
    • invokedNeutral Good
    • invokedChaotic Good
    • invokedLawful Neutral
    • invokedTrue Neutral
    • invokedChaotic Neutral
    • invokedLawful Evil
    • invokedNeutral Evil
    • invokedChaotic Evil
  • Charm Person
  • Detect Evil
  • Failed a Spot Check
  • Flesh Golem
  • Game Master
  • Hit Points
  • Lawful Stupid, Chaotic Stupid (or at least the snarky guy who coined the term was referencing Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Lizard Folk
  • Magic Missile Storm, in conjunction with a spell homebrewed for the Neverwinter Nights series
  • No Saving Throw
  • Orcus on His Throne
  • Path of Inspiration
  • Pungeon Master
  • Summon Everyman Hero
  • Talking Is a Free Action
  • Took a Level in Cheerfulness
  • Took a Level in Cynic
  • Took a Level in Badass
  • Took a Level in Idealism
  • Took a Level in Jerkass^note  Shared with The Simpsons because of the word "Jerkass''
  • Took a Level in Kindness
  • Took a Level in Smartass
  • Transformation Is a Free Action

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• GURPS
  • Gun Fu
  • Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
  • Pants-Positive Safety
  • Walking Armory

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

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• Shadowrun
  • Chunky Salsa Rule

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• Warhammer 40,000
  • Agri World
  • Death or Glory Attack
  • Death World
  • More Dakka
  • Power Fist
  • Thunder Hammer

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

Other

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

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