Fun and Gambit

Fun

Fun noun - Someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment.

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Gambit and fun are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Fun".

Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Fun and gambit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fun" instead a noun "Gambit".

good	good fun	good gambit
nice	nice fun	nice gambit
clear	clear fun	clear gambit
usual	usual fun	usual gambit
Other adjectives: fake, simple, real, little, cruel, double, aforementioned.

Gambit Pileup: Half the fun is the giddy sense of grand plans coliding in the dark.

Source: Literature / The Scavenger Trilogy
Later, the death faker points out that he wasn't actually sure whether the gambit would succeed, but that's part of the fun.

Source: Video Game / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Incidentally, the Dune Board Game is also an amazingly fun game with lots of backstabbing and nearly every trope on the Gambit Index.

Source: Sugar Wiki / No Problem with Licensed Games

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