diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ba.game.R b/tests/testthat/test-ba.game.R
deleted file mode 100644
index e66d45a3e0..0000000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ba.game.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-test_that("sample_pa() works", {
-  withr::local_seed(20240209)
-
-  g <- sample_pa(100, m = 2)
-  expect_equal(ecount(g), 197)
-  expect_equal(vcount(g), 100)
-  expect_true(is_simple(g))
-
-  g2 <- sample_pa(100, m = 2, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple")
-  expect_equal(ecount(g2), 198)
-  expect_equal(vcount(g2), 100)
-  expect_false(is_simple(g2))
-
-  g3 <- sample_pa(100, m = 2, algorithm = "bag")
-  expect_equal(ecount(g3), 198)
-  expect_equal(vcount(g3), 100)
-  expect_false(is_simple(g3))
-
-  g4 <- sample_pa(3, out.seq = 0:2, directed = FALSE)
-  expect_equal(degree(g4), rep(2, 3))
-
-  g5 <- sample_pa(3, out.dist = rep(2, 1000), directed = FALSE)
-  expect_equal(degree(g5), rep(2, 3))
-})
-
-test_that("sample_pa can start from a graph", {
-  withr::local_seed(20231029)
-
-  g4 <- sample_pa(10, m = 1, algorithm = "bag", start.graph = make_empty_graph(5))
-  expect_equal(ecount(g4), 5)
-  expect_equal(vcount(g4), 10)
-  #  0    1    2    3    4
-  # 24  809 3904 4240 1023
-  is_degree_zero <- (degree(g4) == 0)
-  expect_true(sum(is_degree_zero) %in% 0:4)
-  #  2    3    4    5    6    7    8   10
-  # 25  302 1820 2563 3350 1093  816   31
-  is_degree_one <- (degree(g4) == 1)
-  expect_true(sum(is_degree_one) %in% c(2:8, 10L))
-  #   0    1    2    3    4
-  # 879 2271 5289 1532   29
-  is_degree_two_or_three <- (degree(g4) %in% 2:3)
-  expect_true(sum(is_degree_two_or_three) %in% 0:4)
-
-  g6 <- sample_pa(10, m = 1, algorithm = "bag", start.graph = make_star(10))
-  expect_isomorphic(g6, make_star(10))
-
-  g7 <- sample_pa(10,
-    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
-    start.graph = make_empty_graph(5)
-  )
-  expect_equal(degree(g7, mode = "out"), c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
-
-  g8 <- sample_pa(10,
-    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
-    start.graph = make_star(5)
-  )
-  expect_equal(degree(g8, mode = "out"), c(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
-  expect_isomorphic(induced_subgraph(g8, 1:5), make_star(5))
-
-  g9 <- sample_pa(10,
-    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
-    start.graph = make_star(10)
-  )
-  expect_isomorphic(g9, make_star(10))
-
-  g10 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_empty_graph(5))
-  expect_equal(degree(g10, mode = "out"), c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
-
-  g11 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_star(5))
-  expect_equal(degree(g11, mode = "out"), c(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
-  expect_isomorphic(induced_subgraph(g11, 1:5), make_star(5))
-
-  g12 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_star(10))
-  expect_isomorphic(g12, make_star(10))
-})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-games.R b/tests/testthat/test-games.R
index 9b0c9991ca..fabbc74b6b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-games.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-games.R
@@ -158,3 +158,81 @@ test_that("sample_degseq works() -- old method names", {
     "must be"
   )
 })
+
+test_that("sample_pa() works", {
+  withr::local_seed(20240209)
+
+  g <- sample_pa(100, m = 2)
+  expect_equal(ecount(g), 197)
+  expect_equal(vcount(g), 100)
+  expect_true(is_simple(g))
+
+  g2 <- sample_pa(100, m = 2, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple")
+  expect_equal(ecount(g2), 198)
+  expect_equal(vcount(g2), 100)
+  expect_false(is_simple(g2))
+
+  g3 <- sample_pa(100, m = 2, algorithm = "bag")
+  expect_equal(ecount(g3), 198)
+  expect_equal(vcount(g3), 100)
+  expect_false(is_simple(g3))
+
+  g4 <- sample_pa(3, out.seq = 0:2, directed = FALSE)
+  expect_equal(degree(g4), rep(2, 3))
+
+  g5 <- sample_pa(3, out.dist = rep(2, 1000), directed = FALSE)
+  expect_equal(degree(g5), rep(2, 3))
+})
+
+test_that("sample_pa can start from a graph", {
+  withr::local_seed(20231029)
+
+  g4 <- sample_pa(10, m = 1, algorithm = "bag", start.graph = make_empty_graph(5))
+  expect_equal(ecount(g4), 5)
+  expect_equal(vcount(g4), 10)
+  #  0    1    2    3    4
+  # 24  809 3904 4240 1023
+  is_degree_zero <- (degree(g4) == 0)
+  expect_true(sum(is_degree_zero) %in% 0:4)
+  #  2    3    4    5    6    7    8   10
+  # 25  302 1820 2563 3350 1093  816   31
+  is_degree_one <- (degree(g4) == 1)
+  expect_true(sum(is_degree_one) %in% c(2:8, 10L))
+  #   0    1    2    3    4
+  # 879 2271 5289 1532   29
+  is_degree_two_or_three <- (degree(g4) %in% 2:3)
+  expect_true(sum(is_degree_two_or_three) %in% 0:4)
+
+  g6 <- sample_pa(10, m = 1, algorithm = "bag", start.graph = make_star(10))
+  expect_isomorphic(g6, make_star(10))
+
+  g7 <- sample_pa(10,
+    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
+    start.graph = make_empty_graph(5)
+  )
+  expect_equal(degree(g7, mode = "out"), c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
+
+  g8 <- sample_pa(10,
+    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
+    start.graph = make_star(5)
+  )
+  expect_equal(degree(g8, mode = "out"), c(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
+  expect_isomorphic(induced_subgraph(g8, 1:5), make_star(5))
+
+  g9 <- sample_pa(10,
+    m = 3, algorithm = "psumtree-multiple",
+    start.graph = make_star(10)
+  )
+  expect_isomorphic(g9, make_star(10))
+
+  g10 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_empty_graph(5))
+  expect_equal(degree(g10, mode = "out"), c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
+
+  g11 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_star(5))
+  expect_equal(degree(g11, mode = "out"), c(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3))
+  expect_isomorphic(induced_subgraph(g11, 1:5), make_star(5))
+
+  g12 <- sample_pa(10, m = 3, start.graph = make_star(10))
+  expect_isomorphic(g12, make_star(10))
+})
+