Games People Play

[shibela.livejournal.com]

 
I'm looking for stories that either center around one particular game similar to "Do Not Pass Go" by danceswithgary  (McShep pairing), center around the playing of a variety or many games like in "Board Wars" by jadesfire2808  & greyias  (No pairings), or include the playing of games in the form of sports as in "The Towers On the Heights Reach To Heav'n's Own Blue" by minervacat  (Gen!Fic or Mitchell/Sheppard pre-Pairing), or even include the games that Pegasus natives play...  mostly whatever games are played in Atlantis, but can include games played offworld either by the Expedition members, or the Pegasus natives, or some combination of the two.

Other examples of stories I'm looking for can be found here in my bookmarks.

Acceptable games in stories can be mental games (e.g. 'Prime, Not Prime' or 'I Spy'), board games, card games, sports, charades, paintball, tag, hide & seek, or anything that you might have played & have seen in a story.

Pairings are not essential to this search; and, although, I have a penchant to read either Gen!Fics or McShep pairing, I am willing to read any pairing.  Please label pairings where applicable. 

Thank you!
 

Comments

[clwilson2006.livejournal.com]

How about "Boredom is the Root of all Evil (or Lorne is a bitch)" by kHo
Sheppard and Lorne in a cell off-world pass the time playing games.
http://kho.cruel-kindness.net/words/sga/lorneisitsbitch.php

The other two I could think of you already have on youre list.

edit: it's Gen.

[shibela.livejournal.com]

OH! Thank you! I was looking for this particular story through all my bookmarks the other day just after posting this request. I apparently failed to bookmark it the first time around - or maybe Delicious ate it because it was so... yummy? *coughs* ;)

[kho.livejournal.com]

Okay as the author to said story, I have to say that's one of my favorite comments. You couldn't find it because delicious ate it because it's so yummy. LMFAO!

Awww. *glows* I got a rec! (I freakin' love games/gameplay and so I love this post for it's recs, and ya know? NEver even dawned on my that that story fit. LOL. )

[shibela.livejournal.com]

And I have to say that I still very much love this story -- definitely yummy, too... LOL! Now, I have to go rec it on another thread since I just re-read it & found a glancing reference to Chuck Norris, and I'm absolutely positive that the OP will love your story, too. :D

prime/not-prime

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

there's a bunch of fics that include prime/not-prime listed in this search from a few months ago: http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/637669.html, though this AU one isn't on there: I Believe in Wishful Thinking (http://pentapus.livejournal.com/69202.html) by pentapus (McShep)

Re: prime/not-prime

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I remember the search, but I was having problems thinking of those games you play while riding in the car that don't require any physical accoutrements, so, of course this being SGA fandom, Prime/Not Prime was the first to pop to mind. And then for some strange reason I started thinking about that game my brother & I played about seeing a VW bug first & punching each other in the arm, but couldn't remember the name of that particular game. Heh! Nothing like a little 'sanctioned' fighting to take the boredom out of a car-ride. LOL!

Re: prime/not-prime

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Hee, the joys of punch-buggy. :)

complex pegasus game

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Rodney beats them at their own game in The Gamers of Ardann (http://scribblinlenore.livejournal.com/294259.html) by scribblinlenore (McShep)

Re: complex pegasus game

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Second this - it's a great story, and the game is an excellent part of the plot.

Re: complex pegasus game

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Also, thank you - for the seconding & the fixing of my tags - I know I have a tendency for being a little overzealous in the tagging arena & totally love all the help you give. :D

Re: complex pegasus game

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

No prob - it's the effort to tag that counts. :-)

Re: complex pegasus game

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I haven't read this one, yet. :D

hugging competition...

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Does competitive hugging count as a game? If yes, check out Friendly Competition (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/541904.html) by siegeofangels

Re: hugging competition...

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Where do you find these?? LOL!! Thank you so much!

Re: hugging competition...

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm not nearly as organized as the awesome danceswithgary, so it's mostly the brain (*imagine slow computer start-up sounds here*) and then poking through the stories on the thumbdrive and sometimes referring to Google if the thumbdrive didn't yield a story I was sure it should.

there's that hula hoop competition

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Aliens Make Them ... Hula Hoop? (http://epiphanyx7.dreamwidth.org/3417.html) by epiphanyx7 (pre-McShep?)

Re: there's that hula hoop competition

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Thank you some more!!

[danceswithgary]

McShep sports AU's can be found on elderwitty's huge list.

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[danceswithgary]

Alien (McShep)

Sunburn at Premium Prices by giddygeek


Cards

Theory of Everything by Aithine

Fifty-One by danceswithgary

An Inaccurate Telling by chelle and thegrrrl2002


Chess (McShep)

Pwnd by mific

Prologue by kisahawklin

Cute Canadian Fic by chellefic

Czech Mate by lavvyan

Saving Sheppard by ldyanne


RPG (McShep)

Knievel the Mighty and the Eye of the Gods by lavvyan


Trivial Pursuit (McShep)

Trivial Pursuits by DeniseV


Various (McShep)

Closet Game by gritkitty

Stuck in the Middle With You by pollitt

It Doesn't Matter Who Buys This Material: It will end up in the hands of your children by porntestpilot


Various (Gen)

A Matter of the Heart by wildcat88


Video Games (McShep)

The King of Atlantis by runpunkrun


War Game (Gen)

Shall We Play a Game by wildcat88

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! So many I haven't read, yet. This will keep me busy for at least the next week.

I'll repeat what I said above to skaredykat: Where do you find all these?

Nevermind keeping track of them per game...LOL! I have this image of you both being like Ronon & his weaponry. ;) Or even like Chazz Palminteri's character, Connie, & his personal & diverse assortment of weaponry in the movie "Oscar" -- and seriously, if you haven't seen that movie, you should just for the scene where Stallone's character, Snaps Provolone, makes Connie 'fork it over....Fork!'


And so, once more: Thank you!

[danceswithgary]

That's funny because was just chatting with skaredykat about that a little while ago. I've detailed my methodical madness here.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I hadn't been planning on reading a bunch of new-to-me stories about games, but now... :)

[clwilson2006.livejournal.com]

I found another - by accident, it's not like you MADE me read all the above and crave more....

gen - Geek Solidarity by Zeplum
http://archiveofourown.org/works/88353
well it's more about the equipment but I thought Lorne was funny!

[shibela.livejournal.com]

If you can't play the games, who says it's not just as fun (if not more so) to watch / read about others playing the games...? :D

Thank you!!

[busaikko]

I wrote one which takes place in a video game, and has tarot symbology: The Hanged Man.

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you!

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Psst, and she recently wrote another one with chess and kill-Wraith and rock-paper-scissors (no Spock) and the Game of Life and the Pegasus version of Never Have I: Games People Play in the Pegasus Galaxy (http://archiveofourown.org/works/147993) :)

[shibela.livejournal.com]

You know how to feed my addiction just right.... ;) *blows kisses* Thank you! ♥ ♥ ♥

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Helping each other find more good stories/feeding the fic addiction, it's a good deed, right? Right! ;) ♥