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New here? Or a regular poster here who is searching for forum games that are actually good? Perhaps looking for new ones that show some promise but can't find any? Then this is the place to be.

The purpose of this thread is for troper forum gamers to recommend forum games to other posters that ask (like a sub-forum library of some sort), or to recommend your latest created forum game.

When posting recommendations, it is preferable that you link the name of the forum game to its thread, along with a description of what the forum game is about.

Forum game rules still apply here.


FORUM GAME RECS

Our Avatars Are Posting In A Forum Thread: What if your avatar was part of a forum thread? This is the result.

Our avatars have been genderflipped: Same as above, but applied to your avatars.

Corrupt-A-Wish: One person makes a wish, the other grants and corrupts it, then makes a wish etc.

1000 bad reasons to declare war: Self-explanatory.

Bad ideas for forum games v2: Thread topic ideas that are likely to get you banned or shunned.

1000 things we've learned from video games: Just started by me, a humorous look at things video games teach us.


Happy recommending and happy forum gaming!

Regards,
Motor-Runner

Edited by SeptimusHeap on Oct 31st 2022 at 11:16:52 AM

starmate3 Come to the place where party is king! from Piñata Island Since: Jun, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Come to the place where party is king!
#751: Apr 14th 2025 at 11:42:47 AM

Would a Joy buzzer swap game work? Where our avatars swap bodies with each other using joy buzzers?

So grab a stick and take a swing! Do the Piñata thing!
TheScratcher7 it's normal :/ from my personal limbo (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Serial head-patter
it's normal :/
#752: Apr 15th 2025 at 2:43:25 AM

Do we already have a forum game where you choose the most fitting Miitopia job for the above avatar?

Ok im back ... | Check my strawpage :3
Allora The One Behind The Screen from somewhere in the world (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
The One Behind The Screen
#753: Apr 18th 2025 at 9:06:33 AM

Forum game idea: TV Tropes Races

Similar to Wikipedia Races, you're tasked with going from one work to another. The kickers:

  • You cannot use trope pages, since it's very easy to get from one work to another if they share a trope.

  • You cannot use the separate tabs to go to different pages unless the pages themselves are linked on the work page (i.e. the Homestuck page linking to the character page, the Awesome Music page, etc.)

Least amount of pages after approx. 24 hours wins, winner chooses the next start and end.

I'll make the FG myself if this gets enough approvals (which IMO is maybe like 3)

[down] I'm probably gonna flip flop on whether or not I allow them, but for now, no

Edited by Allora on Apr 18th 2025 at 11:28:26 AM

I dunno why, but I've got a bad feeling about things...
cornyfield256 about to kidnap from Yoshi's Island Since: Dec, 2022 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
about to kidnap
#754: Apr 18th 2025 at 9:14:49 AM

[up] Hmmm, sounds fun!

Also, are we allowed to go to creator pages during the game or nope?

Edited by cornyfield256 on Apr 18th 2025 at 12:20:53 PM

Hot take: I actually like Yoshi's New Island and it's soundtrack.
SomeLibre WELCOME BACK MOTHERFUCKER from [SERVICE UNAVAILABLE] Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
WELCOME BACK MOTHERFUCKER
#755: Apr 18th 2025 at 9:21:20 AM

oh hell yeah that sounds cool

Cassie | they/them/he | Help needed for filling out entries on the Series X SCP category
Eisner 🏳‍⚧she/they pronouns please🏳‍⚧ from the Deepsea Metro (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
🏳‍⚧she/they pronouns please🏳‍⚧
#756: Apr 18th 2025 at 9:50:55 AM

[up][up][up]this actually sounds amazing, i kinda like it

buuuuuuuuut

i think effectively completely banning the subpages is kinda a little too hard

how about we allow at least YMMV?

Welcome, my little friend! Or should I say...friends?
Allora The One Behind The Screen from somewhere in the world (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
The One Behind The Screen
#757: Apr 18th 2025 at 10:03:28 AM

I tried a couple test runs with The Fault in Our Stars -> The Way of the Househusband and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth -> Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and didn't need the subpages tabs at all.

Either way, that's three approvals, I'll make the thread momentarily

I dunno why, but I've got a bad feeling about things...
azerty04 Walking and talking library from a wide bookshelf, France. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Walking and talking library
#758: Apr 19th 2025 at 9:35:26 AM

Yeah, I'd like to see it too. Can you create it now?

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cornyfield256 about to kidnap from Yoshi's Island Since: Dec, 2022 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
about to kidnap
#759: Apr 19th 2025 at 9:36:25 AM

[up] It's created already, feel free to play it!

Edited by cornyfield256 on Apr 19th 2025 at 12:36:33 PM

Hot take: I actually like Yoshi's New Island and it's soundtrack.
Bluethorn They're back! from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
They're back!
#760: Apr 19th 2025 at 12:13:29 PM

Would anyone be interested in playing a "Dumb Ideas for Mega Man Robot Masters" thread? If you don't know, Robot Masters are the bosses from the Mega Man (Classic) series and their names usually follow the format "[Something] Man".

Currently playing Yooka-Replaylee
Neonocto FIRE CHARA from Eight's apartment. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
FIRE CHARA
#761: Apr 21st 2025 at 9:56:12 AM

Do we have a forum game along the lines of "make a ridiculous theory about the above troper"?

[down]yeah that works I guess.

Edited by Neonocto on Apr 21st 2025 at 4:37:06 PM

arsonist
Eisner 🏳‍⚧she/they pronouns please🏳‍⚧ from the Deepsea Metro (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
starmate3 Come to the place where party is king! from Piñata Island Since: Jun, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Come to the place where party is king!
#763: Apr 23rd 2025 at 5:04:45 PM

How about a forum game using Wheel Challenge from Mario and Sonic at The Olympic Games?

So grab a stick and take a swing! Do the Piñata thing!
AlmightyTallestSmall Waluigi from Waiting to be in Smash Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
Waluigi
#764: Apr 26th 2025 at 10:51:05 AM

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17456184540A33564900&page=1

I am loving this new avatar game!

Your avatar is doing the night shift at a Trope Co. supermarket. Can they handle the weirdness that follows without going insane?

It's basically like Darkest Dungeon, and I like it!

I make forum games more than anyone else. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
starmate3 Come to the place where party is king! from Piñata Island Since: Jun, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Come to the place where party is king!
#765: Apr 29th 2025 at 11:28:28 AM

Here’s an idea, it’s basically the Our avatars communicate on a forum thread game, except you have to use your current avatar for all conversations. If you switch your avatar, you have to use an in-universe explanation of not only how they ended up with the device used to communicate but also, they have no idea what happened in the thread so, others have to explain it.

Also, if you ever switch back to the original avatar, the original only has the history of the thread up to when you initially changed your avatar. So if something major happened in their absence, someone has to explain it.

So grab a stick and take a swing! Do the Piñata thing!
TroperNo9001 MR. NAICE GUY from The Old Man’s Study (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
MR. NAICE GUY
#766: Apr 29th 2025 at 11:31:45 AM

[up] Using only your current avatar was my assumption when I first heard of the original, and it was probably like that before it expanded to include multiple recurring avatars. However, this would mean some people are "forced" to keep their current avatar just for that variant if they're planning to use them for a long arc.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Apr 30th 2025 at 2:32:15 AM

"YOU ARE KAIND. MERSIFULL. AND, MOAST OF ALL... YOU DOAN'T KNOW HOW TO CLAIMB."
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#767: Apr 29th 2025 at 12:08:07 PM

That was usually how I did it back when I used to play that thread.

musical euphoria
completelynormal learning how to love from Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
learning how to love
#768: Apr 29th 2025 at 12:21:23 PM

[up]As a currently active OAAPOAFT-goer—same. I usually switch my avatar (most of my avatars were added just so i could play them), but sometimes I play characters (OCs) without avatars, or I play multiple characters at once and have to choose which one to represent...

Edited by completelynormal on Apr 29th 2025 at 12:21:39 PM

"Every time I look, they all seem to multiply / The scΛrƨ that run my mind"
Zanreo Gizmondo from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Gizmondo
#769: Apr 29th 2025 at 2:28:06 PM

I paste avatars not only because I want to use avatars I'm not currently using, but also futureproofing - it makes it easier to know right away who is talking if someone wants to read through earlier pages (text colors can only do so much especially if you're not super familiar with someone's characters)

Edited by Zanreo on Apr 29th 2025 at 11:29:17 AM

My favorite failed console tbh
starmate3 Come to the place where party is king! from Piñata Island Since: Jun, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Come to the place where party is king!
#770: May 2nd 2025 at 4:01:07 PM

What about an Absurd Trolley problems forum game?

So grab a stick and take a swing! Do the Piñata thing!
azerty04 Walking and talking library from a wide bookshelf, France. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Walking and talking library
#771: May 3rd 2025 at 11:20:38 AM

I have a funny idea: a game where someone name two tropes and the other people have to find an example or character, in any work (or even the work's premise itself), that fits these tropes together (about the tropes, it can be the two happening at the same time or, if they can have a cause, one induced by the other). Then, the troper who answered can as for another combination of two different tropes.

For instance:

What do you think of it?

Edited by azerty04 on May 3rd 2025 at 8:21:21 PM

Give me books! Give me ALL YOUR BOOKS!!!!!
Bluethorn They're back! from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
They're back!
#772: May 3rd 2025 at 11:26:36 AM

I think it's an interesting idea.

Currently playing Yooka-Replaylee
azerty04 Walking and talking library from a wide bookshelf, France. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Walking and talking library
#773: May 4th 2025 at 12:29:19 AM

Yes. Some ideas for improvements?

Give me books! Give me ALL YOUR BOOKS!!!!!
starmate3 Come to the place where party is king! from Piñata Island Since: Jun, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Come to the place where party is king!
#774: May 6th 2025 at 1:28:28 PM

Hmm, I think I have another idea. You know how Sonic Shorts 8 ended with the Sonic characters from throughout the continuities absolutely crushed the animators? Well, I figured, if we put our avatars against the Sonic characters, which side would win?

If your gallery has any Sonic characters, then that member would receive a clone to be on both sides, with the next poster giving their opinion on who would win?

So grab a stick and take a swing! Do the Piñata thing!
LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#775: May 7th 2025 at 2:14:06 AM

If [...] Were Real

A game based on the series by Smosh. One would name a work, and the below poster must think of an "If it were real" segment plot for that.

Opinion?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/

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