  * '''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}''', a guessing game
originally created for scrap paper "boards" (akin to Tic Tac
Toe), but successfully adapted into a commercial form by Milton
Bradley. If characters are seen playing this, it usually
indicates they've had ''way'' too much idle time to kill. Due to
the deeply embedded memories of MB's marketing campaigns, nobody
''ever'' is depicted destroying a cruiser or carrier, but within
3 turns one player ''will'' finally announce "You sank my
battleship!" (Particularly suspect, considering a battleship
must be hit 4 times before it will sink.) This is more often
than not done ironically, or with a {{lampshade|hanging}} on it,
at least recently. * '''TabletopGame/{{Chess}}''',
[[SmartPeoplePlayChess the supreme Western test of intellect]].
Expect to see two characters staring at the board for long
periods, looking like ''The Thinker'' statue. TheSpock,
TheProfessor, the [[Main/{{CriminalMindGames}} riddling
villain]], and ([[CaptainObvious of course]]) TheChessmaster