Like Video Games, there are some tropes that get their names from non-electronic entertainment.
Card Games
- Magic: The Gathering
- Blood Knight
- Bob from Accounting, from a famous early Magic TV commercial.
- Discard and Draw, though not a game trope, is a very common card effect which has the same flavor as the described phenomenon.
Board Games
- Chess
- Check and Mate
- Chess Motifs
- Chess with Death
- Cosmic Chess Game
- Crazy People Play Chess
- Human Chess
- Risking the King
- The Chessmaster
- The Pawn
- Smart People Play Chess
- Surprise Checkmate
- Variant Chess
- Xanatos Speed Chess
- And a partial Trope Namer for any trope whose name includes the word "Gambit". Although the chess meaning ("a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position") is far more specific than its metaphorical usage ("a calculated move or ploy; an opening move meant to gain advantage"), the usage from chess is older (1656 vs. 1855, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary.)
- Hungry, Hungry, Hippos
- Kingmaker
- Kingmaker Scenario (disputed)
Tabletop Games
- In General
- Never Split the Party (fan joke)
- BattleTech
- Alpha Strike (The term is older, but the trope's definition was codified by the game)
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Alliteration & Adventurers
- Always Chaotic Evil
- Author's Saving Throw
- Bag of Holding
- Changing Clothes Is a Free Action
- Character Alignment
- Charm Person
- Detect Evil
- Failed a Spot Check
- Flesh Golem
- Game Master
- Hit Points
- Lawful Stupid, Chaotic Stupid (or at least the snarky guy who coined the term was referencing Dungeons & Dragons)
- Lizard Folk
- Magic Missile Storm, in conjunction with a spell homebrewed for the Neverwinter Nights series
- No Saving Throw
- Orcus on His Throne
- Path of Inspiration
- Pungeon Master
- Summon Everyman Hero
- Talking Is a Free Action
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness
- Took a Level in Cynic
- Took a Level in Badass
- Took a Level in Idealism
- Took a Level in Jerkassnote
- Took a Level in Kindness
- Took a Level in Smartass
- Transformation Is a Free Action
Other
- Rock–Paper–Scissors
- Chromatic Rock Paper Scissors
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Poor, Predictable Rock (condensed from a quote from The Simpsons)
- Scissors Cuts Rock
- Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors