gamefic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

game +‎ fic

Noun[edit]

gamefic (plural gamefics)

  1. (fandom slang) A work of fan fiction based on a roleplaying game.
    • 2001, Sea Wasp, “Gaming Fiction”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
      Of course, this is somewhat different than your standard gamefic, which is generally written by a gamer or an author trying to please gamers []
    • 2002, Bradd W. Szonye, “Alignment Wars and _BoVD_”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
      Look past bland gamefic and Superman comics for a change, and you might see that conflicted characers are much more common than you like to admit.