Literature is a play with time, space, civilizations and history, and the game becomes a subject of interest, a reason that is found in the works of many writers, each representing it in its own way. In this communication, I will present the types of games in Nicolae Esinencu’s work, starting from the interpretations of the simple child’s game, to word games, language, performance, intertext. I will explain the etymology of the term and its interpretation by different peoples. I will present a dialogue between the childhood of Esinencu, Creangă, Eminescu, representing common tangents and differentiations, but also the game mirrored in the work of Fr. Schiller, H. Spencer, W. Wundt, who analyzed the game as the most widespread phenomenon of life, establishing a close relationship between the origin of the game and that of art. Nicolae Esinencu’s entire work becoming a game