Facilitating authenticated play of games via game nfts

A client device comprises:

• a network interface configured to communicate via a network;
• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include:
• receiving, via the network interface and from a non-fungible token (NFT) game platform, display data associated with a customized collection display that presents a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs associated with a game that is accessible by a user of the client device;
• displaying the display data via a graphical user interface and a display device associated with the client device;
• receiving, via the processor in response to user interactions with the graphical user interface, a selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game;
• sending, to the NFT game platform via the network interface, selection data indicating the selection of the one the plurality of game NFTs;
• determining when ownership of the game NFT is authenticated;
• and
• facilitating, via the network interface and in conjunction with NFT game platform, play of the associated game when ownership of the game NFT is authenticated.