Power Play

Power play is a sporting term used in various games Power play or powerplay may also refer to:

Sports

• Powerplay (cricket), a rule concerning fielding restrictions in one-day international cricket
• Power play (curling), a rule concerning the placing of stones in doubles curling
• PowerPlay Golf, a variation of nine-hole golf, featuring two flags on a green
• Powerplay (Ice Hockey), a situation in ice hockey where one team has a numerical advantage following one or more minor or major penalties

Books

• Power Play (novel), a Hardy Boys novel
• Tom Clancy's Power Plays, a novel series created by Tom Clancy
• Power Play, a 1995 Petaybee series novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World, a 2017 book by Asi Burak and Laura Parker
• Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century, a 2021 book by Tim Higgins

Film and TV

Film

• Power Play (1978 film), a 1978 British-Canadian political thriller film
• Power Play (2003 film), a 2003 American action film
• Power Play (2021 film), a 2021 Indian crime thriller film

Television

• Power Play (1998 TV series), a 1998–2000 Canadian television series about a hockey team in Hamilton, Ontario
• Power Play (2009 TV program), a 2009 Canadian political affairs television program
• Power Play, an American television program from Night Tracks that aired on TBS from 1985 to 1988 and from 1988 to 1989 as Power Play Dancin'

Episodes

• "Power Play" (Angel), a 2004 episode of the series Angel
• "Power Play" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• "Power Play" (Cheers), an episode of Cheers
• Power Play (Pretty Little Liars), an episode of Pretty Little Liars
• Power Play (Hit the Floor), an episode of Hit the Floor
• Power Play (Static Shock), an episode of Static Shock
• Power Play (White Collar), an episode of White Collar

Music

• Power Play (quartet), an American barbershop quartet
• Powerplay (band)
• Power Play (April Wine album), 1982
• Power Play (Dragon album), 1979

Video games

• PC PowerPlay, a PC games magazine published in Australia
• Power Play (magazine), a defunct German computer and video game magazine published by Markt+Technik
• PowerPlay (technology), a defunct standard for networked video gaming headed by Valve and Cisco Systems
• Powerplay Cruiser, a joystick released in the early 1990s
• Commodore Power/Play, a defunct video game magazine
• Powerplay: The Game of the Gods, an ZX Spectrum games

Other uses

• Powerplay (theory), international politics theory, raised by Victor D.Cha
• AMD PowerPlay, a power management technology from ATI Technologies/AMD
• Power Play (audio drama), an audio drama based on the Doctor Who television series
• PowerPlay (lottery)

See also

• Power (play), a 2003 play by British playwright Nick Dear