List of Fictional Games - Board Games

Board Games

• 110th Congress the Game - Last Call with Carson Daly
• Angela's Ashes the Game - MADtv
• Azad - the novel The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
• Castles - a board game similar to chess in The Dark Tower fantasy series by Stephen King.
• Citizenship - The Simpsons
• Clam Traffic Jam - "Grift of the Magi" episode of The Simpsons
• Cobra Pult - Homestar Runner
• Color Wheel Roulette Stupid Home Edition! - Homestar Runner
• Command Board - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
• Counter-Feet - Magyk board game played in the Septimus Heap series.
• Coupling - "Bed Time" episode of Coupling
• Crapple - "The Five Diamonds (aka A Hard Act to Follow)" episode of Stroker and Hoop
• Crazy Chase - "The Whitest Kids U' Know", described as "the only board game with literally one thousand dice".
• Cyvasse - George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series
• Dejarik - played on the Millennium Falcon by R2D2 and Chewbacca in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Rules (fan-created),
• Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence - Ren and Stimpy
• Dotcomopoly - from the "Dotcomopoly!" article by Dave Itzkoff in the February 2001 issue of Maxim magazine.
• Double Cranko - a game made up by Hawkeye Pierce and B.J. Hunnicutt on the TV series M*A*S*H, combining checkers, chess, poker and gin rummy. A checker cannot be "kinged" (as in checkers) if it is "in check" (as in chess), and if a player has a gin hand, both players have to drink from the distillery in their tent, "the Swamp." When Radar O'Reilly asks how to play, Hawkeye says, "Bishops are worth three jacks, checkers are wild, and you have to be 21 or over to open." When Hawkeye plays Colonel Potter, he uses an apparently strange move, and the Colonel asks B.J., "Is that in the rules?" B.J. replies, "What rules?" Colonel Potter remarks (to himself) "I think I'm beginning to understand this game," (as the realization dawns that perhaps the game is played for the financial benefit of the teacher, Hawkeye). Hawkeye then says, "I think you're ready for Triple Cranko!"
• Dungeon Dice Monsters - Yu-Gi-Oh!
• The Dutchman's Treasure Hunt - SpongeBob SquarePants
• Edna Krabappoly (a fictionalised version of Monopoly) - The Simpsons
• Eels and Escalators (similar to Snakes and Ladders) - SpongeBob SquarePants animated TV series
• Energy-Shortage Game - The Simpsons
• Euthanasia (a parody of The Game of Life concerned with controlling the pet population) - Robot Chicken animated TV series
• Exclusive Possession (a fictionalised version of Monopoly) - Discworld
• Gallipolopoly (a fictionalised version of Monopoly) - The Simpsons
• The Game of County Seats - "Grift of the Magi" episode of The Simpsons
• The Game of Fencing - The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
• The Game of Lent (parody of The Game of Life) - The Simpsons
• Goblin's Teeth - Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt
• Good Samaritan - The Simpsons
• Gringo - Mad Magazine - Board is combination parody of Monopoly and Scrabble
• Hippo in the House - The Simpsons
• Hungry, Hungry Oprahs - The Man Show (redesigned Hungry Hungry Hippos game with the hippos replaced by Oprah Winfreys)
• Icehouse - The Empty City by Andrew Looney (an example of a fictional game that now exists as a real-world one)
• Immigrants out - MadTV
• Interstellar Pig - in the novel of the same name by William Sleator
• Jetan - a chess-like strategy game from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel The Chessmen of Mars
• Jumanji - from the book and movie of the same name
• Jurvy-Skat - Homestar Runner
• Kadis-kot - Star Trek: Voyager
• Kaissa - Kaissa - and related variants - is a chess like game described in John Norman's (Dr. John Lange) World of Gor. Various rules exist, but the object is always to capture the opponents Home Stone, a non capturing piece that is limited to one space moves and is placed on the board after play has begun.
• Klin Zha - Klingon game from the Star Trek novel The Final Reflection (not considered part of the current canon)
• Klunk - Smallville
• Lab Rats - Episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (a pseudo-Clue game)
• Land Baron (a fictionalised version of Monopoly) - DC Comics
• Latrotabuli - Pastel Defender Heliotrope
• LIVING (parody of LIFE) - South Park
• Logos - "Bad Words" episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (a pseudo-Scrabble game)
• Mamba - A supernatural board game from the film Open Graves
• Manopoly (a parody of Monopoly) - For Better or For Worse
• Marshgammon - from How I Met Your Mother episode Game Night
• Misery Date - mentioned on Ren and Stimpy (parody of Mystery Date)
• Monopolyopoly - mentioned on The Colbert Report a game where every square is a different version of Monopoly.
• Monotony (a parody of Monopoly) - Green Acres TV series; also mentioned on Ren and Stimpy
• Neurosis - Rugrats
• No Mo Homos - MadTV
• Nuke 'Em - RoboCop
• Organ Harvest - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Pai Sho - Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Personality Chess - from The Tar-Aiym Krang, by Alan Dean Foster
• Purecheesi - Ren and Stimpy (parody of Parcheesi)
• Quintet - Quintet (film)
• Rasta-Monopoly (a fictionalised version of Monopoly) - The Simpsons
• Ravenous, Ravenous Rhinos - The Simpsons (thinly disguised version of Hungry Hungry Hippos)
• Research Lab - The Big Bang Theory
• Regicide - A strategy game within the Warhammer 40,000 background, particularly in Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn series. It seems to be similar to chess.
• Rockopoly - The Flintstones version of Monopoly
• Rice-a-Roni - MADtv
• The Running Man home game - The Running Man
• Satan's Path - The Simpsons
• Scot Free - board game based on the Kennedy assassination, The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Scrabbleship - A combination of Scrabble and Battleship a game Lisa claims makes no sense. The Simpsons
• Scribble (a parody of Scrabble) - Green Acres TV series; also mentioned on Ren and Stimpy
• Sha'rah - From The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Strategy game involving the capture and manipulation of The Fisher, a neutral piece.
• Shop Till You Cook - Mash Up
• Snakes and Foxes - Also from The Wheel of Time. Checkers like game with both colors having different rules. Similarly to Tic-Tac-Toe the game is impossible to win when played with two competent players, unless one of them cheats. It is revealed to be a parable for dealing with the snake-like Eelfinn and fox-like Aelfinn.
• Spank the Monkey - Rocko's Modern Life
• Stars and Comets - in Andre Norton novels
• Starchase - in C. J. Cherryh's novel Cyteen
• Stealth Chess - chess variant played in the Assassins' Guild, in which pieces move invisibly, Discworld
• Stone the Sinners, MADtv
• Stones, - Probably Go, from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jorden. Known as no'ri in the Age of Legends.
• Surgeon - An Operation clone - House
• Super Twister - Son of the Mask
• Swisster - A Twister parody made of Swiss cheese - MAD
• Taasen - Unicorn Jelly
• Tadek - A game in Farscape that involves building holographic columns while pushing game pieces around a board, as in chess. This game can be used for gambling.
• Tcheran - From The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Mentioned only once, as a popular game in the Age of Legends.
• THE SHOW! Stupid Home Edition! - Homestar Runner
• Three Cornered Pitney - Mad magazine
• Throws - The White Rose novel by Glen Cook: Throws was essentially four-player checkers. The board was four times the usual size. Players played from each side. An element of chance was added by throwing a die before each move. If a player’s throw came up six, he could move any combination of pieces six moves. Checkers rules generally applied, except that a jump could be declined.
• Thud (game) - a Chess-like game of Trolls and Dwarves appearing in Terry Pratchett's novel of the same name.
• Tool Time - Home Improvement
• Tower of Cows - Arthur
• Travel-Up - Starship by Brian W. Aldiss (1958) (Non-Stop in British editions)
• Tri-Dimensional Chess - first seen on Star Trek, and was later developed into a real game.
• Two Decades of Dignity - Family Guy episode "Petarded"
• Vivisection - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - An Operation-like game where the player dissects real rats
• Vlet It's a strategic sort of game involving a complex landscape board, small figurines, rolls of dice and card draws to determine fates and outcomes, etc. - Triton (novel)
• Waterloo - Psychonauts
• Welfare - MadTV Parody of Monopoly
• Who Killed Who? - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Parody of Clue.
• Wizard Chess - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Played exactly the same as real chess, with the exception of the fact the pieces move when given voice commands, e.g. knight to king 5.
• Zaggle! The Fun Phonics Game - from the Missing School installment of the webcomic Perry Bible Fellowship
• Zathura - from the book and movie of the same name
• Zuffstaffle Geese Fighters - Computer Gaming World