Trope Namers/Tabletop Games
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Like Video Games, there are some tropes that get their names from non-electronic entertainment.
Board Games
- Kingmaker
- Kingmaker Scenario (disputed)
- Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Poor Predictable Rock (condensed from a quote from The Simpsons)
- Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors
Card Games
- Magic: The Gathering
- Blood Knight
- Discard and Draw, though not a game trope, is a very common card effect which has the same flavor as the described phenomenon.
Tabletop Games
- Never Split the Party (fan joke)
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Exclusively Evil
- Author's Saving Throw
- Bag of Holding
- Baleful Polymorph
- Character Alignment
- Detect Evil
- Failed a Spot Check
- Hit Points
- Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid (or at least the snarky guy who coined the term was referencing Dungeons & Dragons)
- Path of Inspiration
- Talking Is a Free Action
- Warhammer 40,000
- Bitz Box
- Death or Glory Attack
- Death World
- Grimdark, although the trope is more commonly called Darker and Edgier
- More Dakka
- Power Fist
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