Shakespeare in card, board and video games


A scene from the award-winning Hamlet game.

To play or not to play, that is the question? The influence of the Bard has certainly spread far and wide: video games such as Halo and Final Fantasy use names borrowed from his characters, while tabletop games like Forsooth! allow you to improvise your own Shakespearian play.

Here we take a look how Shakespeare has shaped the worlds of gaming.

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