In "Parks and Recreation", what is the name of the game that Ben creates while he is unemployed?

In Parks and Recreation, Ben creates a board game called The Cones of Dunshire while he is unemployed. The absurdly elaborate game appears in season 6, when Ben has too much free time and channels his energy into an intensely complicated fantasy strategy project.

The title comes from the game’s signature cones, which players collect and use as part of its supposedly sophisticated system. Ben describes himself as the game’s “Cones-er,” while other roles include the Black-Eyed Werewolf and the arbiter of the game. The joke is that Ben treats the rules as profound even though the game is intentionally ridiculous.

The game appears in the season 6 episode “The Cones of Dunshire,” which aired in 2013. Its popularity extended beyond the sitcom: Mayfair Games developed a playable charity-event version for Gen Con in 2014. That real-world adaptation sometimes makes viewers think the fictional game was a commercial tabletop title from the start, but it originated as a joke created for Parks and Recreation.