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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Root}}]]: Militaristic cats, bureaucratic birds, and rodent revolutionaries have a turf war in the middle of a forest, while a lone wolf does their own thing, helping or hindering the others on a whim.


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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/TerraformingMars'']]: Be the first to make the red planet green by fooling around with cards, tiles, and color-coded cubes.


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* [[spoiler: TabletopGame/{{Wingspan}}]]: A card game about competitive birdwatching.
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* ''[[spoiler:Mysterium]]'': Free a ghost from its torment via art criticism.
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* [[spoiler:''Final Girl'']]: You're the one person in a SlasherMovie that knows what they're doing. You need to buy [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two separate games at minimum]] to play it.

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* [[spoiler:''Final Girl'']]: [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/FinalGirl'']]: You're the one person in a SlasherMovie that knows what they're doing. You need to buy [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two separate games at minimum]] to play it.
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* [[spoiler: ''James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'']]: Oddly named game due a cease and desist on the title of a previous release. You build a SupervillainLair and capture super spies, then either [[EvilGloating taunt them]] or [[JustShootHimAlready just shoot them]]. Taunt too much before killing them, and they will escape and blow up your base on the way out. Rereleased again as ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' in 2016.

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* [[spoiler: ''James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'']]: Oddly named game due a cease and desist on the title of a previous release. You build a SupervillainLair and capture super spies, then either [[EvilGloating taunt them]] or [[JustShootHimAlready [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoot them]]. Taunt too much before killing them, and they will escape and blow up your base on the way out. Rereleased again as ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' in 2016.
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* [[spoiler: ''James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'']]: Oddly named game due a cease and desist on the title of a previous release. You build a SupervillainLair and capture super spies, then either [[EvilGloating taunt them]] or [[JustShootHimAlready just shoot them]]. Taunt too much before killing them, and they will escape and blow up your base on the way out.

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* [[spoiler: ''James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'']]: Oddly named game due a cease and desist on the title of a previous release. You build a SupervillainLair and capture super spies, then either [[EvilGloating taunt them]] or [[JustShootHimAlready just shoot them]]. Taunt too much before killing them, and they will escape and blow up your base on the way out. Rereleased again as ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' in 2016.
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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'']]: [[HumongousMecha Giant robots]] backed by the U.N., [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] [[CaptainErsatz look-alikes]], [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty-foot]] cyborg {{ninja}}s, [[{{Kaiju}} giant aliens]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts who see Earth as an all-you-can-eat buffet]], [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorist-backed]] mutant dinosaurs, and [[AlienInvasion Martians]] vie for control of the Earth. [[RevenueEnhancingDevices Collect them all!]]

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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'']]: [[HumongousMecha Giant robots]] backed by the U.N., [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] [[CaptainErsatz look-alikes]], [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty-foot]] cyborg {{ninja}}s, [[{{Kaiju}} giant aliens]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts who see Earth as an all-you-can-eat buffet]], [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorist-backed]] [[{{Notzilla}} mutant dinosaurs, dinosaurs]], and [[AlienInvasion Martians]] vie for control of the Earth. [[RevenueEnhancingDevices Collect them all!]]
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* [[spoiler:''Aeon's End'']]: Up to four [[SquishyWizard very squishy wizards]] take on an EldritchAbomination. You can win either by killing it or by living long enough for it to get bored and go away.


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* [[spoiler:''Final Girl'']]: You're the one person in a SlasherMovie that knows what they're doing. You need to buy [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo two separate games at minimum]] to play it.
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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'']]: [[HumongousMecha Giant robots]] backed by the U.N., [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] [[CaptainErsatz look-alikes]], [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty-foot]] cyborg {{ninja}}s, [[{{Kaiju}} giant aliens]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts who see Earth as an all-you-can-eat buffet]], [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorist-backed]] mutant [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]], and [[AlienInvasion Martians]] vie for control of the Earth. [[RevenueEnhancingDevices Collect them all!]]

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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'']]: [[HumongousMecha Giant robots]] backed by the U.N., [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]] [[CaptainErsatz look-alikes]], [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty-foot]] cyborg {{ninja}}s, [[{{Kaiju}} giant aliens]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts who see Earth as an all-you-can-eat buffet]], [[AnimalWrongsGroup ecoterrorist-backed]] mutant [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]], dinosaurs, and [[AlienInvasion Martians]] vie for control of the Earth. [[RevenueEnhancingDevices Collect them all!]]

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** ''[[spoiler:Krosmaster Quest]]'': The characters are now forced to a Roleplay session with the demons as Dungeon Masters.

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** ''[[spoiler:Krosmaster Quest]]'': The characters are now forced to into a Roleplay session with the demons as Dungeon Masters.


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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'']]: Animal-themed aristocrats fight to defend the society that forbids them from touching money, falling in love, and eating red meat. Suicide is a game mechanic.
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* ''[[spoiler:Star of Africa]]'': A horrible liar game that tells kids that they can easily travel thousands of miles with no money, sometimes horseshoes are just as valuable as giant diamonds, and people in Capetown just give you money for free.

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* ''[[spoiler:Star of Africa]]'': ''[[spoiler:TabletopGame/StarOfAfrica]]'': A horrible liar game that tells kids that they can easily travel thousands of miles with no money, sometimes horseshoes are just as valuable as giant diamonds, and people in Capetown just give you money for free.
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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Spycraft}}'']]: James Bond, Rambo, Agent 87, the Transporter, and the entire human cast of Stargate all team together. [[TheyFightCrime THEY FIGHT CRIME!!]]

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* [[spoiler:''TabletopGame/{{Spycraft}}'']]: James Bond, Rambo, Agent 87, the Transporter, and the entire human cast of Stargate all team together. [[TheyFightCrime THEY FIGHT CRIME!!]]CRIME!!

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** [[spoiler:Wager Master mini-expansion]]: Annoying blue alien forces heroes to play weird games. You can literally win or lose without playing a single card.
** [[spoiler:Chokepoint mini-expansion]]: AmbiguouslyBrown girl turns machines against their owners, including things that cannot be called machines by any stretch of the imagination.
** [[spoiler:Ambuscade mini-expansion]]: FrenchJerk hunts large Maori man.
** [[spoiler:Miss Information mini-expansion]]: Workman's Comp case goes terribly wrong.

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** [[spoiler:Wager ''[[spoiler:Wager Master mini-expansion]]: mini-expansion]]'': Annoying blue alien forces heroes to play weird games. You can literally win or lose without playing a single card.
** [[spoiler:Chokepoint mini-expansion]]: ''[[spoiler:Chokepoint mini-expansion]]'': AmbiguouslyBrown girl turns machines against their owners, including things that cannot be called machines by any stretch of the imagination.
** [[spoiler:Ambuscade mini-expansion]]: ''[[spoiler:Ambuscade mini-expansion]]'': FrenchJerk hunts large Maori man.
** [[spoiler:Miss ''[[spoiler:Miss Information mini-expansion]]: mini-expansion]]'': Workman's Comp case goes terribly wrong.


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** ''[[spoiler:Celestial Tribunal Mini-Expansion]]'': Alien robots put HumanityOnTrial.
** ''[[spoiler:The Final Wasteland Mini-Expansion]]'': AfterTheEnd, the sole remaining human is a much calmer large Maori man. Players find it to their advantage to fight mobsters here.
** ''[[spoiler:Omnitron-IV Mini-Expansion]]'': The heroes break into [[Franchise/TheTerminator Skynet's]] brain.
** ''[[spoiler:Silver Gulch 1883 Mini-Expansion]]'': The heroes accidentally time-travel to the Old West. They are rescued by one's grandpa.


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* ''[[spoiler:Smash-Up]]'': Both players pick up two decks, shuffle them together, and try to beat up the other player. Literal NinjaPirateZombieRobot can ensue.
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** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Shatranj}}'']]: The Church Militants are ''really'' weak but they can jump. You can win by giving no quarter.
** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Sittuyin}}'']]: Finish assembling your forces and fight.

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** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Shatranj}}'']]: ''Shatranj'']]: The Church Militants are ''really'' weak but they can jump. You can win by giving no quarter.
** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Sittuyin}}'']]: ''Sittuyin'']]: Finish assembling your forces and fight.



*** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Janggi}}'']]: The same except: there is no river, the homebodies and their guards have equal strength, and the heavy artillery (living and not) and the Rank-And-File guys move differently.

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*** [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Janggi}}'']]: ''Janggi'']]: The same except: there is no river, the homebodies and their guards have equal strength, and the heavy artillery (living and not) and the Rank-And-File guys move differently.
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** [[spoiler: ''Shatranj'']]: The Church Militants are ''really'' weak but they can jump. You can win by giving no quarter.

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** [[spoiler: ''Shatranj'']]: ''TabletopGame/{{Shatranj}}'']]: The Church Militants are ''really'' weak but they can jump. You can win by giving no quarter.
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* ''[[spoiler:TabletopGame/KillerBunniesAndTheQuestForTheMagicCarrot]]'': Almost literally every single card, out of ''thousands'', are completely and utterly meaningless as far as winning the game. And which cards ''can'' win you the game are [[LuckBasedMission decided entirely by chance]].
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* [[spoiler:''Bang!'']]: A sheriff tries to fight crime, despite not knowing who's really on his side.

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* [[spoiler:''Bang!'']]: [[spoiler:''[[TabletopGame/{{Bang}} Bang!]]'']]: A sheriff tries to fight crime, despite not knowing who's really on his side.
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** [[spoiler:''Invasion'' block]]: Migrants bring their home with them. In the process of kicking them out, almost literally every named character dies.
** [[spoiler:''Odyssey'' block]]: Pit fighter leads a rebellion, only to learn he's better off as a gardener.



** ''[[spoiler:Rook City Renegades]]'': Guy with terrible luck and his gun-toting girlfriend gather a bunch of other weirdos to fight organized crime, a giant man-eating rat person, TheFairFolk, and a giant robot. Werewolves are involved.

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** ''[[spoiler:Rook City Renegades]]'': Guy with terrible luck and his gun-toting girlfriend gather a bunch of other weirdos to fight organized crime, a giant man-eating rat person, TheFairFolk, and a giant robot.robot, among others. Werewolves are involved.


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* ''[[spoiler:TabletopGame/SpiritIsland]]'': What if [[TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan the settlers arrived on Catan]] and Catan told them to get the hell out?
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** ''[[spoiler:Rook City Renegades]]'': Guy with terrible luck and his gun-toting girlfriend gather a bunch of other weirdos to fight organized crime, a giant man-eating rat person, TheFairFolk, and a giant robot. Werewolves are involved.
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* [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Chess}}'']]: Tabletop strategy game where you control an ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl, {{Church Militant}}s, and [[GeniusLoci giant, mobile stone buildings]]. If they can make it to the end, your weakest units can [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]]. The object of the game is to corner your opponent's second-weakest piece.

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* [[spoiler: ''TabletopGame/{{Chess}}'']]: Tabletop strategy game where you control an ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl, ActionGirl, {{Church Militant}}s, and [[GeniusLoci giant, mobile stone buildings]]. If they can make it to the end, your weakest units can [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]]. The object of the game is to corner your opponent's second-weakest piece.
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** [[spoiler:''Streets of New Capenna'']]: An EldritchAbomination teams up with a spearwoman-turned-flapper to stop a demon from taking control of Prohibition-era Chicago BUT WITH MAGIC.
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** ''[[spoiler: Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition]]'': The original game but with more confusing mechanics. Have fun figuring out which words refer to what action.
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*** Rapid technogical progress is a great thing right up until it [[UnwillingRobotisation isn't]].

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*** Rapid technogical progress is a great thing right up until it [[UnwillingRobotisation [[UnwillingRoboticisation isn't]].
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*** Rapid technogical progress is a great thing right up until it [[UnwillingRobotisation isn't]].
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** [[spoiler:''Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty'']]: The mythical-Japan pastiche becomes ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' somehow. The forgotten plot element from earlier suddenly gets significantly more important.

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