The True Game is the collective name for a series of three related trilogies of short novels by Sheri S. Tepper.
The stories were subsequently collected into a one-volume edition titled The True Game (1985).
The stories were subsequently collected into a one-volume edition titled The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (1985).
The stories were subsequently collected into a one-volume edition titled The End of the Game (Nelson Doubleday, 1986).
Orson Scott Card reported that the series came to "a powerful, illuminating conclusion that lifts this story out of the ranks of grunting blood-and-thunder adventure and into the heady realm of thoughtful, entertaining science fiction.