Partizan generalizations of Sprague-Grundy are the subject of Conway's book On Numbers and Games. His later work, Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays with Berkelamp and Guy, gives examples of how to apply the theory to games that human beings might actually want to play. I'm afraid that it's been too long since I've read it to remember any nontrivial examples.
David E Speyer
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