You can challenge death to one game of your choice before he takes your life away

Consider both as possible scenarios, but I lean towards playing straight

Well, Pratchett tells us that Death is shit at bridge.

A good game to try would be dominoes, which is mostly random chance with some skill and guesswork.

A game of pure chance like poker or street craps because it's the only way to possibly win

>him

I imagine Death would have improbably great luck. No, you need a game that is reliant on neither chance nor skill.

That's why I'd challenge him to Calvinball.

Perhaps if you challenge death to a game of luck he makes you wager the lives of loved ones

I challenge Death to a game of chess. Why? It's a game I enjoy playing, I've led a good life and no regrets so far, and hey I'd like to think the old boy would appreciate the traditional gesture.

Yeah because you are so good at that game.

I challenge Death to tic tac toe and play to stalemate as many games as possible in the hopes he lets me win eventually, because he'd rather be doing literally anything else.

Hide and seek.
He hides, I seek.
Then I an hero.

Mortal Kombat 9.
I wouldn't be that mad if I lost but I might as well pick a game I am good at.

>Not challenging death to hungry hungry hippoes

I'd slaughter him.

What happens when a dead person an hero's?
Does super death show up?

I choose What's the time Mister Wolf. We'd need a lot more people to play, and Death is Mister Wolf. But I figure he'd get a laugh out of it, and if I win then maybe I can barter for my life?

It's also doubly useful, as he can never remember how those little horse-shaped ones move.

I pick Gihern's Greed.
Hope death cant read moon runes.

Isn't that literally how the invisibility cloak Deathly Hallow in Harry Potter worked?

The Campaign for North Africa

Mostly because I've always wanted to play it and never had the time or space to devote to a play through.

Age of Sigmar.

that looks like an intense game, and that girl looks too young to be playing that.

I'd spend a weekend trying to conquer north africa with a calculator.

Since I figure Death is probably broadly skilled and could outperform me at any particular activity, I figure my best bet would be to challenge him to an entirely luck-based game.

IDK.
I'll let them sort it out while I abscond.

No idea, I never read it.

/r/ing that comic of philosophers arguing over the deeper philosophical implications of Candyland.

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IIRC that's the finale of Lord Loss isn't it? The Protagonist has to play chess with a Demon lord or get killed, and the lord takes it super seriously and the protag doesn't, laughing and making dumb moves to throw the demon off? Maybe that'd work on Death?

existentialcomics.com/comic/58

Here ya go.

Dungeon quest.
Make him play as sir rohan

How about the game of 'who feels worse about their entire existence?' Being death, he's probably non-committal.

More seriously, I do want to see how Death DM's. Especially if he's Discworld's Death.

Russian roulette, just to fuck with him.

Doesn't matter whether we play badly or well, user, the end result is still the same. I hope I'd be happy enough to give the wheel another spin at my last.

This thread:
youtu.be/PA5ryowAyLk

52 card pickup

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existentialcomics.com/comic/77

This one seems pretty good, and more Veeky Forums.

Why would I do that. That's just rude. When it's time to go it's time to go and you don't want to miss the ferry.

>getting yourself killed to win a hide-and-seek game with Death
Clever

Drinking contest.
There's no game I can think of that I could beat Death in, so I might as well go out drunk.

This guy
This guys awesome

All dead are dead equally, so I imagine that the Babel Tower curse is removed and you return to the universal language so he probably can.
Ari-Ari Mahjong. I figure if he doesn't know how to play I can help teach him, and if he does I can get a good game out of it.

Nowhere does it stipulate I get to live again on my win, and honestly I wouldn't want it.

I would challenge him to a game of Risk. The old-school version with the Napoleonic theme and none of this "new rules to speed things up" bullshit.

I've seen games of Classic Risk that have gone on for WEEKS. I want this to take as long as humanly possible.

Simple, tic tac toe. We end up in a tie and forced to play over and over again. Gain immortality. On the down side I have to play a shitty game for eternity.

Weeks, hell. If you're playing a two-man game with the old rules, and you're both sufficiently competent players, that game could run for months.

What about that ludicrously detailed wargame with a listed playtime of something like 144,000 hours?
One turn of Secret Hitler must be played to decide each turn's strategy.
A separate subgame of Everyone is John controls each council members' actions

D&D 4e, with me as DM. I don't know the rules, he doesn't know the rules, and combat will take forever even though the only way he can win is through political intrigue.

Opposing speed runs, both rushing to be the first to link the flame.
First wins.

Then you play monopoly on top of that to decide the economy of the game, thus making the game last for years.

>not a game of pretend

Step up your game, Veeky Forums

Scuse you.

Is this the traditional skeletal Grim Reaper? If so, I challenge him (it?) to a literal pissing contest.

The obvious answer would be to challenge death to a game of Eoris because there's no way you'll be in a situation where you'll get to play Eoris in both life and the afterlife.

One last game of warzone, be cause I don't get to play it nearly enough.

That's the game that's already decided before you start, right?

I'd play that game.

TTRPGS are cooperative not competative, you cannot challenge death to D&D

You can if you decide to be That GM.

>weekend

user, weekends are only 48 hours

Shmobooly. A game I play with my little cousin.

The one challenged says a number. The challenger (the shmobool) chooses a number after. If the shmobool's number is higher than the challenged's number, the shmobool wins. Otherwise, it's a draw.

I'd play a full triple AAA release of chapter master against Death, just so I know the game was finished, and when I lose, all of you will be able to play it, my death not in vain.

Who can tell the best joke.

I don't mind dying, but I want the best joke Death knows.

othello

Knowing his job, it must be a killing joke

Story telling contest. It's all i'm good at.

hear the best story Death knows before you move on. That sounds amazing.

My God, you've got it figured.

Who gets to judge the joke contest?
What if he just says "why did the chicken cross the road, to get the the OTHER SIDE"
And then just declares himself the winner?

Of corpse!

I'd finally have someone to play my homebrew with

Most of the good joke games seem to be listed already (F.A.T.A.L., Calvinball, and a few others). To be honest, being terrified of dying, I would probably hyperventilate, than ask him/her/it to play the longest running game I can think of, as I have no confidence in my ability to win.

Nothing.
Just take me already.

>As you exit the tavern you hear a booming roar, not a second more and the bells are ringing. Make a perception check.
>"16"
>You see a giant shape in the distance of the sky, looking as if it's a giant lizard with wings.
>"Can I make a knowledge check to identify it?"
>Sure, use history.
>"Holy shit, natural 20!"
>As the creature flies closer and closer you begin to realize what you are seeing. You are absolutely convinced it's an ancient red dragon.
>"What the fuck, man! We're only level 1!"
>I'm the DM, I can do whatever I want.

[pic unrelated/spoiler]

not literally.

-tic-tac-toe
-shitty

No. The cloak hides you from Death, this user is talking about doing the seeking and committing suicide so he can find death instantly.

Would you seriously consciously choose to be That GM? Even if it was to save your life? Imagine the sheer disgust Death would have in your regard.

I challenge him to beat me at W40K.

I proxy in a Warlord.

Has anyone suggested challenging death to wet t-shirt contest yet?

I doubt any of the posters here have breasts.

I go both ways in thinking about the scenario of playing a game with Death before being taken; on one hand, Death may not appreciate your trying to delay the inevitable and will simply decline to play that game with you if the purpose behind it is to stall for time; on the other hand, I imagine Death (as a character playing a role in the general end of things) as A.) very patient and understanding and B.) omnipresent.

Either way, Death would be more than capable of divining the reasoning behind someone wanting to play D&D as their final game. If Death is the latter of the two, then Death will likely accommodate those who require that bit of time to come to terms with what will happen next. Death would have a 20 in wisdom anyway, so any stragglers would probably be convinced after a couple of hours that it is indeed time to move on.

Oh, and I would be thrilled to play cribbage with Death while having a cup of coffee/tea and a madeleine--when the time comes, that is. I'm not in a rush.

Relevant
archiveofourown.org/works/1096326

I ask him for a revolver and 11 blanks. I say I need 11 so we can play to 6 points in russian roulette, whoever gets blanked 6 times loses. In actuality, I need 6 to fill out the revolver to guarantee all shots. So I load it up under his assumption that I put in one, while really I put in 6. If I go first then I shoot him six times, if he goes first then he gets shot once by himself, then I shoot him 5 more times.

Funny, all you would need to win is some meat on your ribcage.

And if Death loses the game, do I get to live?

If so, I challenge him to The Game, of course.

>under his assumption

Pretty sure death, as a supernatural, powerful being, just straight up calls you out on your attempt to cheat.

I'd challenge death to a game of warhammer 40k, I play tourny eldar.

>game of I Win
The only moment I can win this is before we start playing, so why should I bother and come up with existing games? Let's play a game that has only one rule: I always win.
Alternatively: game of pretend. I believe Death has a big bone for me to examine.

Truth or dare.

Whoever can permanently make it to oblivion first, annihilating themselves from this world and all others forever, wins.
The cycle ends here.

Death is the great equalizer. I'm sure that Death would play fair in this instance. After all, it's the last conscious thought you'll ever have.

That was a worthwhile read.

But you've already lost, so you can't win.

Jesus fucking christ I found that way funnier than I have a right to.

I didn't say I didn't lose, only that Death lost.