Books where people are drawn into a game or events in a game affects reality (preferably a board game)

[Jade]

We have The Forbidden Game and Jumanji, of course. The Gauntlet and The Game of Sunken Places , although I haven't read those ones Any other stories where playing a board game affects the players in reality, or players are drawn into a board game?

[Rainbowheart]

Gamearth
Albion's Dream
Mazes and Monsters
The Game of the Goose

[Eric]

You might like Darkness Tell Us by Richard Laymon.

[Julia]

Try Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse by Sherri S. Tepper. This is actually the 3 book in a trilogy (Marianne), but I think it would work without reading the other 2 first.

[Pamela]

The Player of Games

[bookel]

Board games:
- JUMANJI A NOVELIZATION OF THE MOVIE by Todd Strasser.
- Albion's Dream by Roger Norman.
- The Watcher by Margaret Buffie. The Watcher https://www.librarything.com/work/262436
- The games-board map Author:Stephen Elboz The Games-board Map
Summary:When Hebe finds herself living inside a board-game all she wants to do is escape - but, it's not as easy as that. Suggested level: intermediate
Print Book, English, 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993
- The Game of Sunken Places : Norumbegan quartet. Vol. 1 Author:M. T. Anderson The Game of Sunken Places
Summary:When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure
Print Book, English, 2004
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Scholastic Press, New York, 2004
- Interstellar pig Author:William Sleator Interstellar Pig
Summary:A teenager becomes interested in a strange board game called "Interstellar Pig," the obsession of his new and unusual neighbors, and he soon stumbles into a nightmare when he discovers that the game is real.
- Hikaru no go. Vol. 01, Descent of the go master Authors:Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata Hikaru no Go, Vol. 1: Descent of the Go Master
Summary:Hiraku Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal school boy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic-- and that's when things get really interesting. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the strategically complex board game to the Emperor of Japan many centuries ago.
- Zathura : deluxe movie storybook Author:David Seidman Zathura Deluxe Movie Storybook
Summary:Left on their own for an evening, two boisterous brothers find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical space adventure board game.
- The girl who invented romance Author:Caroline B. Cooney. Does this fit? https://www.librarything.com/work/386315
- Storm of the dead Author:Lisa Smedman Storm of the Dead
Summary:While Lolth and Eilistraee, two drow goddesses, compete in a board game for control of Faerûn's dark elves, Kiaransalee, the drow goddess of undeath, decides to play against both of them, and the resultant power struggle causes the followers of Eilistraee to question their beliefs.


Virtual reality/computer game/video game:
- Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes.
- The faces of fear by Monica Hughes The Faces of Fear (virtual reality but if I recall correctly there was also a game of chess? Reminds me of the chess game in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Killing the Demons by Jay Ashton. Killing the Demons
- New World by Gillian Cross
- WildGame by Margo Lanagan. Wildgame https://www.librarything.com/work/320...
An exciting fantasy adventure about a video game that comes to life, which also makes readers think what it's like to be an endangered animal.
- Space demons (computer game), Skymaze by Gillian Rubinstein.
Space Demons
Skymaze
Shinkei
- Omega Seven by Maggie Pearson Omega Seven
I linked this book for a reason ... it is on openlibrary.
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24848...
Ah the cover says with a question mark, a sophisticated virtual reality game?


Out of the box? I have yet to read it but may be worth investigating; playing a complicated game in a fantasy world. Sounds intellectual.
The big joke game by Scott Corbett. The Big Joke Game
https://www.librarything.com/work/687...

You may find more on worldcat.org
"board games" subject:"juvenile fiction"
And use the filters to reduce results. I found some of the board game books above from such a search.