Any good sci_fi books which contain games?

Buddha2525

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The cartoon The Last Airbender has Pai Sho and a real version exists.

Star Trek has Kal-toh but that couldn't really exist until VR gets better with possibly a TENS unit to make it feel real, and Kadis-cot is too simple like connect four.

What books describe games well enough to actually make the game? I don't want examples like Harry Potter's Quiddich because that's a sport.
 

cannabineer

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I am immediately reminded of Jumanji ... a story about a game.

From Star Trek I remember two pastimes I'd call games: the 3-D chess and the card game called (iirc) Fizbin.

Going to the spinoffs ... didn't Quark run a game something like roulette?
 

Buddha2525

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I am immediately reminded of Jumanji ... a story about a game.

From Star Trek I remember two pastimes I'd call games: the 3-D chess and the card game called (iirc) Fizbin.

Going to the spinoffs ... didn't Quark run a game something like roulette?
None of those are really unique. I'm not really into card games. Those are too simple, and don't take too much imagination.

Something like Stratagema in TNG would be cool, but not enough information was given in that episode on how you would actually implement it.

God,

Hunger Games would be a sport like Quiddich. Which would include Total Recall or the Maze Runner too.
 

Blue Wizard

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If you're going to derail this thread, can't you at least do so by posting some hot work safe pics of Bailey Jay? Thanks.
Derail? This is probably the nerdiest subject I've seen on a forum in years. That's why I posted that gif. There's nothing wrong with being nerdy, I was just taking a light hearted jab.

There is a game called "Castles" in the Dark Tower series of books that is said to be similar to chess.
 

cannabineer

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None of those are really unique. I'm not really into card games. Those are too simple, and don't take too much imagination.

Something like Stratagema in TNG would be cool, but not enough information was given in that episode on how you would actually implement it.

God,

Hunger Games would be a sport like Quiddich. Which would include Total Recall or the Maze Runner too.
I do not recall uniqueness being a criterion.

The principal meme against which I am militating is the idea that "games" equals something that can be played on a GameStation. To me that is not a game but a video game. Thus I restrict myself to something that has an irreducible analog component ... dice or cards or pieces.
 

gwheels

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The last air bender cartoon is one of the greatest cartoon series of all time imho. I think every dad should watch it with his kid(s)
 

gwheels

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Once you get through the first few episodes it really gets going. It is a true tale of redemption and perseverance and friendship.
 

Buddha2525

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I do not recall uniqueness being a criterion.

The principal meme against which I am militating is the idea that "games" equals something that can be played on a GameStation. To me that is not a game but a video game. Thus I restrict myself to something that has an irreducible analog component ... dice or cards or pieces.
Well, I can't add that. But now everyone knows. :) I think a analog component would be ideal too, but that seems too limiting for what's available.

There's a novel series called the True Game which uses chess and spells in a D&D like game. But that'd be way harder to implement and not much different than lots of other RP variants.
 

gwheels

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The only annoying part is the whole "Team Avatar" and the bad guy becomes total SJW do gooder trope everyone now abuses.
Imagine if that happened in real life.....Mr Trump could be the head of the UN.

Stranger than fiction....it sure is.
 

Buddha2525

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Imagine if that happened in real life.....Mr Trump could be the head of the UN.

Stranger than fiction....it sure is.
Maybe he's actually Zuzu and waiting for the right time to overthrow bad daddy rocket man and become the true fire lord of peace.
 

lokie

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Ender's Game (Ender Quintet Series #1)


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Ender’s Game
, by Orson Scott Card

When it comes to books about games, Orson Scott Card’s fantastic military science fiction novel is hard to beat. This isn’t your typical gaming book: the stakes are enormously high for Andrew Wiggin and the rest of humanity as they face extermination from the alien Formics. Ender is sent to the military’s Battle School in orbit, where he undergoes a rigorous training cycle on a war simulator, intended to prepare him to lead humanity’s fleet. Even as he’s an unwitting player a larger game, one that will test him to the limits, he must cope with another type of game: a virtual reality fairy tale exploration of his innermost psyche.

The Ender's Game series currently consists of sixteen novels, thirteen short stories, 47 comic issues, an audioplay, and a film. The first two novels in the series, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, each won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and were among the most influential fiction novels of the 1980s.

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This is an awesome read. In fact the entire Ender's Game series is a worthwhile read.
Speaker for the Dead is near the top of favorite books.

Having read the books, I was disappointed in the movie.
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Albeit expansive and enthralling it may not be implemented.
 
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