Power play or powerplay or their plurals may refer to:

Sports

Power play (sporting term) 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 rule concerning fielding restrictions in one-day international cricket * Power play (cu ...

, 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), 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 ''Night Tracks'' is an American television series which ran from 1983 to 1992 on Super Station WTBS (later known as TBS Super Station) on late night weekends. It premiered on Friday, June 3, 1983, and the first music video it aired was "Family ...

'' 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), an episode of ''Hit the Floor'' * Power Play (Static Shock), an episode of ''Static Shock'' *

Power Play (White Collar) '' White Collar'' is a crime/mystery television series that premiered on October 23, 2009, on the USA Network. The series stars Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a former conman, forger and thief, and Tim DeKay as FBI Special Agent Peter Burke. The ...

, 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 Markt+Technik is a publisher of books and magazines based on computer topics which was established in 1976. The publisher became well known in the 1980s and 1990s through the publications of computer magazines such as ''64'er'', ''Power Play'', ' ...

PowerPlay (technology) Valve Corporation is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the franchises ''Half-Life'', ''Count ...

, a defunct standard for networked video gaming headed by Valve and Cisco Systems *

Powerplay Cruiser The Powerplay Cruiser was a joystick released in 1986, during the time that the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga were both popular home computers. It was compatible with many 8-bit and 16-bit machines, and boasted many features that were conside ...

, a joystick released in the early 1990s * ''

Commodore Power/Play ''Commodore Power/Play'' was one of a pair of computer magazines published by Commodore Business Machines in the United States in support of their 8-bit home computer lines of the 1980s. The other was called ''Commodore Interface'', changed to jus ...

'', 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 ''Tom Clancy's Power Plays'' is a novel series created by authors Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg. Each entry in the series is written by Jerome Preisler Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόν ...

'', 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 Kore ...

, international politics theory, raised by Victor D.Cha * AMD PowerPlay, a power management technology from ATI Technologies/AMD * ''Power Play'' (audio drama), an audio drama based on the ''Doctor Who'' television series * PowerPlay (lottery)