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* Parodied by ''Series/MadTV1995'' in the sketch ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: The Boardgame''. MisaimedMarketing at its finest: The game pieces are criminals such as drug kingpins and pimps, you can snort fake cocaine and get makeshift tattoos, and the game includes guns, drugs, and real cash for the family to fight over. Ironically, there was a real life board game based on ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' that was sort of like this: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly Ghettopoly]]", set in an inner-city criminal neighbourhood. For obvious reasons, there was a public backlash and the game was discontinued.

* The official ''VideoGame/DarkSouls: The Board Game'' went to Website/{{Kickstarter}} around the time of ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' release and smashed through all of its goals. Its [[DuelingWorks/{{Games}} unofficial underdog competitor]], ''TabletopGame/DarklightMementoMori'' debuted a bit earlier and had more moderate success.

* Parodied by ''Website/CollegeHumor'' with ''Film/TheHungerGames: The Boardgame''. The story about a publicly televised duel game in which teenagers have to kill each other until only one is left is now marketed towards love-crazed teen girls. (There is a fan-made non-collectible ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' card game which, while obviously a ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' re-skin, isn't half bad.)

* ''Website/{{eBay}}'' has at least two card-based games of buying and selling auction merchandise. One uses a battery-powered, plastic gizmo that makes sounds to cue bidding turns and end an auction.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' was given a very good board game treatment by Fantasy Flight Games.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' AND ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' have seen a number of quality games from Fantasy Flight Games. Chaos In The Old World puts each player in the role of the Chaos Powers in a race to conquer the ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' world first. Literature/HorusHeresy is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, an reenactment of the infamous event with one player as the traitors and the other as the Imperium. Part of what makes these games fun is the multiple paths to victory in addition to the random events/scenarios that prevent the game from getting stale too quickly.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Flintstones}}'' had a board game back in 1961. Titled "The Flintstones Stoneage Game", it was a bit more complex than one might expect, involving a board, cards, and a peg-like scoreboard. As such, the game really wasn't designed for kids (the box says "For Ages 8 to Adult") but then again, The Flintstones cartoon was originally intended for adults. Later board games based on the franchise were more kid-friendly.

* Parodied by ''Series/MadTV'' in the sketch ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: The Boardgame''. MisaimedMarketing at its finest: The game pieces are criminals such as drug kingpins and pimps, you can snort fake cocaine and get makeshift tattoos, and the game includes guns, drugs, and real cash for the family to fight over. Ironically, there was a real life board game based on ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' that was sort of like this: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly Ghettopoly]]", set in an inner-city criminal neighbourhood. For obvious reasons, there was a public backlash and the game was discontinued.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''-based wargame ''TabletopGame/StarFleetBattles'' is one of the most successful tabletop space combat games out there. However, with the exception of a few names, it has almost nothing to do with the show or movies. This is because it was mostly taken from the ''Technical Manuals'', and went off into its own universe (and license) prior to the movies.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' received "interactive" VCR board games. Which is to say, not very interactive at all, but it's the thought that counts.

** ''Lords of Waterdeep'' (2012) is a [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent worker placement game]] taking place in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms setting.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' has two.
** Cardinal released one in 1997. The game involves caring for your Tamagotchi, like the pets.
** Pressman released another ''Tamagotchi'' board game, ''Grow Your Pet'', in 2007. Pressman's game does share some features from the Cardinal game, while adding an electronic pet in the center of the board.

[[caption-width-right:308: [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife The game never ends.]][[note]]See HoistHeroOverHead for the trope on the card.[[/note]]]]

* Parodied by ''Series/MADTv'' in the sketch ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: The Boardgame''. MisaimedMarketing at its finest: The game pieces are criminals such as drug kingpins and pimps, you can snort fake cocaine and get makeshift tattoos, and the game includes guns, drugs, and real cash for the family to fight over. Ironically, there was a real life board game based on ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' that was sort of like this: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly Ghettopoly]]", set in an inner-city criminal neighbourhood. For obvious reasons, there was a public backlash and the game was discontinued.

** One of those boardgames had an appropriately NightmareFuel -ish ending where two of the kids playing turned into zombies.

* ''Film/Aliens'' was adapted into a 2-players tactical board game that was never very successful, due to being both expensive (especially if one went to buying the figurines, instead of using the default, cheap-feeling cardboard miniatures) and with clumsy, heavy rules. It was converted later into a flash digital version, which had multiple advantages such as music, decent graphics, handling all the bothersome aspects and number-crunching, but probably most of all being free to anyone with an Internet connection.

* Blizzard has licensed several of its computer games to Fantasy Flight for boardgame versions, including ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''VideoGame/StarCraft''. Probably because the makers of these games are tabletop game players themselves. In particular, the ''Starcraft'' boardgame has the feel and spirit of ''Twilight Imperium'', but with several unusually clever mechanics.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' had a few board games, such as ''Pokemon Master Trainer".

* Parodied by ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in the sketch ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: The Boardgame''. MisaimedMarketing at its finest: The game pieces are criminals such as drug kingpins and pimps, you can snort fake cocaine and get makeshift tattoos, and the game includes guns, drugs, and real cash for the family to fight over. Ironically, there was a real life board game based on ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' that was sort of like this: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettopoly Ghettopoly]]", set in an inner-city criminal neighbourhood. For obvious reasons, there was a public backlash and the game was discontinued.

[[caption-width-right:308: [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife The game never ends.]]]]

* The ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' series spawned a large non-trading card game based on the game Quidditch. It wasn't half bad, actually.

* One of the prizes in ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' is "Our [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Exciting]] HomeGame".

* One of the prizes in ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' is "Our [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Exciting]] Home Game".