Answer:
It's a game played by serious people that takes place on a global scale.
What travels from house to house and is sometimes narrow and sometimes wide but always stays outside?
I pass before the sun, but make no shadow.
You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?
A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.
I am a food with 5 letters. If you remove the first letter I am a form of energy. Remove two and I'm needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me down.