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Fictional Games
Fictional games are games which were specifically created for works of fiction, or which otherwise originated in fiction. Many fictional games have been translated into real games by fans or Wiktionary:ludophile, 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 (game), Mornington Crescent is widely played in online forums. Billiards games *Dom-Jot - ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', a game similar to bumper pool played on an irregularly-shaped table Board games *The Player of Games#Azad, Azad - a tactical game featured in the novel ''The Player of Games'' by Iain M. Banks *Cyvasse - a strategy game in George R.R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series, which appears to be a combination of ''Chess'' and ''Battleship (game), Battleship'' *Dejarik or Holochess - a variant of chess played in the ''Star Wars'' setting *Gatlopp - a drinking game f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawain And The Green Knight
''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game, and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel; it draws on Welsh people, Welsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition. It is an important example of a chivalric romance, which typically involves a hero who goes on a quest which tests his prowess. It remains popular in modern English renderings from J. R. R. Tolkien, Simon Armitage, and others, as well as through film and stage adaptations. The story describes how Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight" who dares any knight to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in a year and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Of A Game
In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Other afterlife destinations include heaven, paradise, purgatory, limbo, and the underworld. Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word ''hell'', though a more correct translation would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
