10 sci-fi game changers
Why can't sci-fi and fantasy characters play something other than chess for a change?
![Your Move](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9fa56cebdb13d08c16181ba54240376b-320-80.jpg)
Your Move
Ever noticed that an awful lot of people in sci-fi and fantasy films play chess? Why cant they battle wits over something else for a change? We give them something else to play with
![Spock plays Connect Four](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6b2b1572f2d4ad88c3db3bad483f4e23-320-80.jpg)
Spock plays Connect Four
Forget 3D Chess. This the is logical game to play
![The Doctor & K9 play Mousetrap](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/48c440fe33a1f489a1fc21dcba8ef814-320-80.jpg)
The Doctor & K9 play Mousetrap
If they have a rodent problem maybe they should call in the exterminators
![Eldon Tyrell plays Guess Who?](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eed75b7ab6da27b9e856f545b9a8da62-320-80.jpg)
Eldon Tyrell plays Guess Who?
Maybe this is how the big boss in Blade Runner decides what his replicants will look like.
![WOPR plays Scrabble](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/61e77cce0b14cb16fcf7c12c1a24461c-320-80.jpg)
WOPR plays Scrabble
Why play WarGames when you could be trying to make a word out of X, Z, Q, Y, B, V and O?
![Xavier and Eric play Buckaroo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6d627de68349c968a45f9b4eb2ea7e10-320-80.jpg)
Xavier and Eric play Buckaroo
Professor X is First Class at this game. Magneto wishes it wasnt all made of plastic.
![Xavier and Eric play KerPlunk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8fcb41d983a04ca56387db793fa609ea-320-80.jpg)
Xavier and Eric play KerPlunk
Professor X likes the way the straws form multiple X shapes. Magneto wishes it wasnt made of plastic
![Frank Poole plays Pac-Man](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e1cbba89728cc76b633b8db883f16e33-320-80.jpg)
Frank Poole plays Pac-Man
Still popular in 2001 for when you get fed up with HAL beating you at Chess all the time.
![Andy and Kenneth play Battleships](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f76c156d6ca5de708f7d23ac63dfdd94-320-80.jpg)
Andy and Kenneth play Battleships
If you were separated by streets heaving with zombies during the Dawn Of The Dead, a bit a binocular-aided Battleships will help pass the time.
![Number Six plays Cluedo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2493238af9a5ac46b1ce67ce606134a8-320-80.jpg)
Number Six plays Cluedo
Imagine if this formed the Village green in The Prisoner rather than a giant chess set? Seems more like one of Number Twos interrogation schemes to us.
![Death plays Jenga](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/412260c972f639fd3685c7c3233c4583-320-80.jpg)
Death plays Jenga
After chess in The Seventh Seal and Twister, Cluedo and Battleship in Bill and Teds Bogus Journey, he needed to find a new challenge.
Dave is a TV and film journalist who specializes in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He's written books about film posters and post-apocalypses, alongside writing for SFX Magazine for many years.