Board Game Mastery

Board Game Mastery
Fujiwara no Sai (Hikaru no Go) is a Go prodigy, passing on his skills and knowledge to Hikaru Shindo upon bonding with him.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of board games.

The power to be a master of board games, either innately or through training. Sub-power of Board Game Manipulation. Variation of Game Mastery.

Also Called

• Board Game Expertise/Intuition/Proficiency

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of playing board games, knowing how and when to move the pieces and the best strategy to win.

Applications

• Advantage Creation
• Anxiety Inducement
• Doubt Inducement
• Detail Detection
• Path to Victory
• Pattern Sense
• Psychological Mastery
• Strategy Adaptation/Strategy Manipulation
• Tactical Analysis/Tactical Genius
• Enhanced Adroitness
• Opportunity Sense
• Luck
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Enhanced Wits
• Mental Pressure/Intimidation Mastery
• Weakness Detection

Variations

• Abstract Strategy Game Mastery
• Chess Mastery
• Chinese Checkers Mastery
• Go Mastery
• Shogi Mastery

Associations

• Board Game Manipulation
• Game Mastery
• Game Manipulation
  • Game Theory Manipulation
• Patience Manipulation
• Victory Manipulation
• Trickster

Limitations

• May require a certain amount of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

• Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Kuruk (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Board James (Board James)
• Night Raven College's board game club members (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
  • Azul Ashengrotto
  • Idia Shroud
• Sharon McGee (The Ghost and Molly McGee)
• Roboto (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002)
• Various Characters (Hikaru no Go)
• Marshall Eriksen (How I Met Your Mother)
• Seijuro Akashi (Kuroko's Basketball)
• Various characters (Mononofu)
• Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
• Poochini (Poochini)
• Capmon Players (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) is a master Pai Sho player.

Marshall Eriksen (How I Met Your Mother) is extremely proficient at various board games, even creating his own.

Shikamaru Nara (Naruto) excels at board games like shogi, having a keen strategic mind.

Members of Kayane Manor (Mononofu) are aiming to become professional Shōgi players.

Roboto (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002)

Videos

Aesthetics of game - shogi, Japanese traditional culture-GAME CHRONICLE-IS JAPAN COOL?(羽生善治)

Let it out Shikamaru!