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* 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}}'' reskin, isn't half bad.)

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has its own board games which adapt Sonic's speediness and obstacle dodging onto the tabletop: ''Sonic the Hedgehog Crash Course'' (classic, was on limited run and notorious for its GuideDangIt difficulty) and ''Battle Racers'' (modern).

* Released in 2019, ''Talisman: VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' adapts the rules system of the Games Workshop game (originally produced for ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' offshoots) to ''Kingdom Hearts''.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' had an eponymous {{Adventure Board Game|s}} adaptation.

Sometimes, [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames these games are lower quality,]] as the game was only released as a marketing gimmick. For adaptations that some tropers find particularly awful, see DarthWiki/BlandBrandedBoardGame on Darth Wiki. However, they are by no means universally bad, and some of them rate quite highly on review sites such as Board Game Geek.

* Both ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' and ''{{Zathura}}'' received board-game adaptations. The Zathura one could even be considered a mass-produced prop replica, too.

* ''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 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.

* Blizzard has licensed several of its computer games to Fantasy Flight for boardgame versions, including ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''{{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/StarTrek''-based wargame ''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.

See also: ThemedStockBoardGame for when a pre-existing game is re-released in a special tie-in edition, and TheRolePlayingGame for when pen-and-paper tabletop adaptations.

See also: ThemedStockBoardGame for when a pre-existing game is re-released in a special tie-in edition.

** The early [[TheNewTens 2010s]] saw a slew of new adventure board games based on the ''D&D'' [=IPs=], such as ''[[TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} Castle Ravenloft]]'' (2010), ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'' (2011), and ''Wrath of Ashardalon'' (2011). The conspiracy-minded would almost suspect these to have been an apology by the Creator/{{Wizards|OfTheCoast}} to the fans of the tactical combat gameplay of ''D&D'' 4E back for for the radical shift to the freeform Theater of the Mind in 5E.

** The early [[TheNewTens 2010s]] saw a slew of new adventure board games based on the ''D&D'' [=IPs=], such as ''[[TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} Castle Ravenloft]]'' (2010), ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'' (2011), and ''Wrath of Ashardalon'' (2011). Suspicious minds would almost suspect these to have been an apology by the Creator/{{Wizards|OfTheCoast}} to the fans of the tactical combat gameplay of ''D&D'' 4E back for for the radical shift to the freeform Theater of the Mind in 5E.

* ''Lords of Waterdeep'' is a worker placement game taking place in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms setting of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

* Blizzard has licensed several of its computer games to Fantasy Flight for boardgame versions, including ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''{{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.
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' the boardgame, again by Fantasy Flight.
** If you want to play a first-person shooter on a board, Steve Jackson Games' ''[[http://www.sjgames.com/frag/ Frag]]'' is designed to be this, from the ground up. You'll need a Santa's sack full of d6 to play it, though.

Sometimes, [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames these games are lower quality,]] as the game was only released as a [[TheyJustDidntCare marketing gimmick]]. For adaptations that some tropers find particularly awful, see DarthWiki/BlandBrandedBoardGame on Darth Wiki. However, they are by no means universally bad, and some of them rate quite highly on review sites such as Board Game Geek.

* ''{{Bionicle}}'' had three separate board games over the course of its development. The first was Quest for Makuta, a tile-exploration game that was generally well-received by the fans. The second was known as the Mask of Light, with a variable board size but a more linear gameplay. Finally there was one called simply The Quest, which introduced random cards but had no board variation.

** A number of the Parker Brothers ''Star Wars'' licensed versions of regular games actually add in new game mechanics to make the game a bit different. Force Jumping {{Stratego}} pieces, anyone?

* ''{{Bionicle}}'' had a board game that was generally well-recieved by the fans.