Power play or powerplay or their plurals may refer to:

Sports

* Power play (sporting term), a sporting term used in various games *

Powerplay (cricket) A powerplay is the name for the fielding restrictions in limited overs cricket. Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save runs in limited overs cricket. The powerplay rule (Restrictions on the placement of fielders), along with a ...

, a rule concerning fielding restrictions in one-day international cricket *

Power play (curling) Doubles curling (most commonly seen as mixed doubles) is a variation of the sport of curling with only two players on each team. Mixed doubles is the most common format of doubles curling, where the term 'mixed' specifies that each team is compos ...

, a rule concerning the placing of stones in mixed-gender curling *

PowerPlay Golf PowerPlay Golf is a shorter variation of golf, featuring two flags on a green and played over nine holes. It was devised by British amateur golfer Peter McEvoy, a former victorious captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, and Dav ...

, a variation of nine-hole golf, featuring two flags on a green

Film

* ''Power Play'' (1978 film), a 1978 British-Canadian political thriller film * ''Power Play'' (2003 film), a 2003 American action film * ''Power Play'' (2021 film), a 2021 Indian crime thriller film

Television

* ''Power Play'' (1998 TV series), a 1998–2000 Canadian television series about a hockey team in Hamilton, Ontario * ''Power Play'' (2009 TV program), a 2009 Canadian political affairs television program * ''Power Play'' (Dutch TV program), a 1992–1993 Dutch video game television program * ''Power Play'', an American television program from '' Night Tracks'' that aired on TBS from 1985 to 1988 and from 1988 to 1989 as ''Power Play Dancin''

Episodes

* "Power Play" (''Angel''), a 2004 episode of the series ''Angel'' * "Power Play" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), an episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * "Power Play" (''Cheers''), an episode of ''Cheers'' * Power Play (''Pretty Little Liars''), an episode of ''Pretty Little Liars'' *

Power Play (Hit the Floor) '' Hit the Floor'' is an American drama television series created by James LaRosa. The series chronicles the off-the-court drama surrounding the Los Angeles Devils, a fictional professional basketball team. ''Hit the Floor'' debuted on VH1 on May ...

, an episode of ''Hit the Floor'' *

Power Play (Static Shock) This article consists of a list of episodes of the animated series ''Static Shock''. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2000–01) Season 2 (2002) Season 3 (2003) Season 4 (2004) See also * "The Once and Future Thing", a two-part 2005 ...

, an episode of ''Static Shock'' * Power Play (White Collar), an episode of ''White Collar''

Music

* ''Power Play'' (April Wine album), 1982 * ''Power Play'' (Dragon album), 1979 *

Power Play (quartet) Power Play is a barbershop quartet based in Michigan. They were the 2003 Barbershop Harmony Society The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singin ...

, an American barbershop quartet *

Video games

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PC PowerPlay ''PC PowerPlay'' (''PCPP'') is Australia's only dedicated PC games magazine. ''PC PowerPlay'' focuses on news and reviews for upcoming and newly released games on the Microsoft Windows platform. The magazine also reviews computer hardware for u ...

'', a PC games magazine published in Australia * , a defunct German computer and video game magazine published by Markt+Technik * PowerPlay (technology), a defunct standard for networked video gaming headed by Valve and Cisco Systems * Powerplay Cruiser, a joystick released in the early 1990s * '' Commodore Power/Play'', a defunct video game magazine * ', an

ZX Spectrum games This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit home computer that was developed by Sinclair Research. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982, and became Britain's best-selling microcompu ...

Literature

* ''Power Play'' (novel), a Hardy Boys novel * '' Tom Clancy's Power Plays'', a novel series created by Tom Clancy * ''Power Play'' (book 3 of the Petaybee Series) by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough * '' Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World'', a 2017 book by Asi Burak and Laura Parker * '' Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century'', a 2021 book by Tim Higgins

Other uses

Powerplay (theory) Victor D. Cha (born 1960) is an American academic, author and former national foreign policy advisor. He is a former Director for Asian Affairs in the White House's National Security Council, with responsibility for Japan, North and South Korea, ...

, international politics theory, raised by Victor D.Cha *

AMD PowerPlay AMD PowerPlay is the brand name for a set of technologies for the reduction of the energy consumption implemented in several of AMD's graphics processing units and APUs supported by their proprietary graphics device driver "Catalyst". AMD PowerP ...

, a power management technology from ATI Technologies/AMD * ''Power Play'' (audio drama), an audio drama based on the ''Doctor Who'' television series *

PowerPlay (lottery) Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). From its inaugural drawing on April 19, 1992, un ...