Hi Michael, While packaging shippy I noticed that there is no such thing as /var/games on recent Fedora versions, try doing a rpm -qf /var/games it is unowned, doing a rpm -ql filesystem shows /var/lib/games which is used by atleast gnome-games. So I believe that we (the games SIG) should also use /var/lib/games and not /var/games . This needs updating in the wiki too.
According to the FHS, /var/games is the preferred place for variable game data. It's explicitly split out of /var/lib to allow for local control of backup strategies, permissions, etc. However, as you note, /var/games is not owned by any package. /var/lib/games is owned by the filesystem package. IMO, Fedora is violating the FHS by using /var/lib/games instead of /var/games, and we should file a bug against the filesystem package to use /var/games instead of /var/lib/games.
Done, see bug 165425
Closing as NOTABUG, since this is a filesystem bug fixed implicitly with bug 165425.