Index of imaginary games created in fictional works
A 14th-century illustration of Sir Gawain playing the first round of the beheading game with the Green Knight[1][2]
Fictional games are games which were specifically created for works of fiction, or which otherwise originated in fiction.
In his foundational academic work on this topic, Stefano Gualeni defines Fictional Games as "playful activities and ludic artefacts conceptualized as part of fictional worlds",[3][4] and emphasizes that - as elements of a work of fiction - their purpose is to trigger the imagination of the audience and cannot actually be (or at least were not originally meant to be) played.[3][4]
Many fictional games have, however, been adapted into real games by fans or ludophiles by creating pieces and rules to fit the descriptions given in the source work. For example, unofficial versions of Fizzbin can be found in reality, and Mornington Crescent is widely played in online forums.
Fictional Games tend not to be presented in a detailed and formally complete manner by their authors. Within the respective works of fiction, they are typically defined just clearly enough to achieve their intended narrative functions.[3][4]
^Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, British Library
^Tracy, Larissa (2012), "The Real Price of the Beheading Game in SGGK and Malory", Heads Will Roll: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination, BRILL, pp. 207–232, ISBN 9789004211551
^ abcGualeni, Stefano (June 2021). "Fictional games and utopia: The case of Azad". Science Fiction Film & Television. 14 (2): 187–207. doi:10.3828/sfftv.2021.13. ISSN 1754-3770.
^ abcGualeni, Stefano; Fassone, Riccardo (2023). Fictional games: a philosophy of worldbuilding and imaginary play. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-350-27709-0.
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