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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The oldest of the Assassin orders, the Adamus, are visually based on the original 1989 Imperial Assassin miniature.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': In the early supplement Realm of Chaos there were rules for randomly generating demons; one of the example demons was called Kweethul Gristlegut that was similar to the Horned Rat, god of the [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]]. A later [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] army book briefly mentions Kweethul as being a heretic.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4e loves tossing in shout-outs to settings that are not part of this edition's gameline. [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Sigil]] is once again center-stage at higher tiers, the [[TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}} Spelljamming Helms]] can be used to navigate the Astral Sea, and it's made throw-away references to defunct settings like ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'' and even ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' before it was confirmed as a campaign setting for this edition.
** Previously, the 3rd edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' used '''exactly''' the same sample dungeon for its demonstration of game play as had been presented in the 1st Edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. The characters' actions were nearly identical, although Lidda fared much better against the ghouls than did the original version's gnome.
** In the Monster Manual for 5th edition, the Goblin entry contains a short flavor text consisting of "Bree-Yark!", with an assurance in parenthasis that, to the best of the author's knowledge, this is Goblin for "We Surrender!" Those who have played (or at least are familiar with) the original ''TabletopGame/KeepOnTheBorderlands'' module, where the phrase originated from, know that whilst this is what the goblins in that adventure ''claim'' it means, it actually translates as something closer to "Hey, Rube!" -- a battle-cry demanding aid from all nearby allies in a potentially life-or-death struggle.
** In the 5th Edition ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' monster compendium, the Space Hamster is given the power "Go For The Eyes!" after the battle cry of Minsc, the ranger party member from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' who had a Miniature Giant Golden Space Hamster named Boo as a companion and had the battle cry "The eyes, Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!"
* The Return of the Scarlet Empress book for ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' had the Ebon Dragon construct an enormous [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Black Spiral]]. In addition, the entire world of Autochthonia is based on ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''. These qualify as Mythology Gags because ''Exalted'' was originally supposed to be a prequel to the World of Darkness, which has more or less fallen off with subsequent editions.
** ''Exalted'' had another Werewolf reference in "Shards of the Exalted Dream", with a sinister corporation in the Modern Age shard being named after a subsidiary of Pentex.

* The origin of the Free Council order in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' occurred when they refused [[LesCollaborateurs the Seer of the Throne]] ministry known as the Union's invitation to unite and create a world-controlling [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Technocracy]].
** Word of God is that the Old Man of the Hollow, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Abyss, visually resembles renegade Euthanatos archmage Voormas. Rather disturbingly, the Old Man is ''a lot'' nicer than his inspiration...
** Many of the Legacies take their names, nicknames, and/or thematics from Ascension -- the Dreamspeakers strongly resemble their Ascension predecessors, the Subtle Ones take inspiration from the Ahl-i-Batin, the Thread-Cutters from the Euthanatos, etc.
* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.
* In the early ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' supplement Realm of Chaos there were rules for ramdomly generating demons; one of the example demons was called Kweethul Gristlegut that was similar to the Horned Rat, god of the [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]]. A later [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] army book briefly mentions Kweethul as being a heretic.
* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'':
** The game has a giant worm-like entity known as [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Zmai]] who may or may not have something to do with vampires.
** The antagonistic Pure Tribes are at least partially based on the less liked elements of ''WTA'': the Ivory Claws are based on the Silver Fangs, smug aristocrat werewolves whose one-time alliance with the Nazis led to them getting constantly skipped, while the savage, anti-civilisation Predator Kings are basically the Red Talons as a villainous splat rather than a [[DesignatedHero technically heroic]] one.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' has a giant worm-like entity known as [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Zmai]] who may or may not have something to do with vampires.

* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.
* In the early TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} supplement Realm of Chaos there were rules for ramdomly generating demons; one of the example demons was called Kweethul Gristlegut that was similar to the Horned Rat, god of the [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]]. A later [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] army book briefly mentions Kweethul as being a heretic.

** Many of the Legacies take their names, nicknames, and/or thematics from Ascension - the Dreamspeakers strongly resemble their Ascension predecessors, the Subtle Ones take inspiration from the Ahl-i-Batin, the Thread-Cutters from the Euthanatos, etc.

* The Return of the Scarlet Empress book for ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' had the Ebon Dragon construct an enormous [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Black Spiral]]. In addition, the entire world of Autochthonia is based on ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''. These qualify as Mythology Gags because ''Exalted'' was originally supposed to be a prequel to the World of Darkness, which has more or less fallen off with subsequent editions.
** ''Exalted'' had another Werewolf reference in "Shards of the Exalted Dream", with a sinister corporation in the Modern Age shard being named after a subsidiary of Pentex.
** In ''Manual of Exalted Power: Alchemicals'', their [[BoringButPractical Excellencies]] (usually straightforward dice adders) are known as Augmentations because they were designed before the term "Excellency" was coined. The first edition Alchemical charmset was the one that first introduced the concept before second edition gave them to everyone.
* TabletopGame/HoylesRulesOfDragonPoker was the third or fourth attempt to complete the game. All previous versions, including the one from the [[Literature/MythAdventures books]], were woven into the back story the author created for the game.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4e loves tossing in shout-outs to settings that are not part of this edition's gameline. [[{{Planescape}} Sigil]] is once again center-stage at higher tiers, the [[TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}} Spelljamming Helms]] can be used to navigate the Astral Sea, and it's made throw-away references to defunct settings like ''{{Greyhawk}}'' and even ''DarkSun'' before it was confirmed as a campaign setting for this edition.

** Word of God is that the Old Man of the Hollow, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Abyss, visually resembles Euthanatos archmage Voormas. Rather disturbingly, the Old Man is ''a lot'' nicer than his inspiration...

* HoylesRulesOfDragonPoker was the third or forth attempt to complete the game. All previous versions, including the one from the [[MythAdventures books]] was woven into the back story the author created for the game.

** In ''Manual of Exalted Power: Alchemicals'', their [[BoringButPractical Excellencies]] (usually straightforward dice adders) are known as Augmentations because they were designed before the term "Excellency" was coined. The first edition Alchemical charmset was the one that first introduced the concept before second edition gave them to everyone.

* A literal mythology gag appears in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' -- Minotaurs are immune to the spell Maze, which traps its victims in a labyrinth.
* And ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4e loves tossing in shout-outs to settings that are not part of this edition's gameline. [[{{Planescape}} Sigil]] is once again center-stage at higher tiers, the [[TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}} Spelljamming Helms]] can be used to navigate the Astral Sea, and it's made throw-away references to defunct settings like ''{{Greyhawk}}'' and even ''DarkSun'' before it was confirmed as a campaign setting for this edition.

* In the early TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} supplement Realm of Chaos there were rules for ramdomly generating demons, one of the example demons was called Kweethul Gristlegut that was similar to the the Horned Rat, god of the [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]]. A later [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] army book briefly Kweethul as being a heretic.

* The Return of the Scarlet Empress book for ''{{Exalted}}'' had the Ebon Dragon construct an enormous [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Black Spiral]]. In addition, the entire world of Autochthonia is based on ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening''. These qualify as Mythology Gags because ''Exalted'' was originally supposed to be a prequel to the World of Darkness, which has more or less fallen off with subsequent editions.

* In ''VampireTheMasquerade'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.

** Previously, the 3rd edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' used exactly the same sample dungeon for its demonstration of game play as had been presented in the 1st Edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. (Lidda fared better against the ghouls than the original version's gnome, however.)
* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.

* The Return of the Scarlet Empress book for ''{{Exalted}}'' had the Ebon Dragon construct an enormous [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Black Spiral]]. In addition, the entire world of Autochthonia is based on ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening''. These qualify as Mythology Gags because ''Exalted'' was originally supposed to be a prequel to the World of Darkness, which has more or less fallen off with subsequent editions.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' has a giant worm-like entity known as [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Zmai]] who may or may not have something to do with vampires.

* The origin of the Free Council order in TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening occurred when they refused [[LesCollaborateurs the Seer of the Throne]] ministry known as the Union's invitation to unite and create a world-controlling [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Technocracy]].
* TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken has a giant worm-like entity known as [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Zmai]] who may or may not have something to do with vampires.

* A literal mythology gag appears in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' -- Minotaurs are immune to the spell Maze, which traps its victims in a labyrinth.
* And ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 4e loves tossing in shout-outs to settings that are not part of this edition's gameline. [[{{Planescape}} Sigil]] is once again center-stage at higher tiers, the [[{{Spelljammer}} Spelljamming Helms]] can be used to navigate the Astral Sea, and it's made throw-away references to defunct settings like ''{{Greyhawk}}'' and even ''DarkSun'' before it was confirmed as a campaign setting for this edition.
* In ''VampireTheMasquerade'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.
* The origin of the Free Council order in MageTheAwakening occurred when they refused [[LesCollaborateurs the Seer of the Throne]] ministry known as the Union's invitation to unite and create a world-controlling [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Technocracy]].
* WerewolfTheForsaken has a giant worm-like entity known as [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Zmai]] who may or may not have something to do with vampires.

* The origin of the Free Council order in MageTheAwakening occurred when they refused [[LesCollaborateurs the Seer of the Throne]] ministry known as the Union's invitation to unite and create a world-controlling [[MageTheAscension Technocracy]].

* In ''[=~Vampire: The Masquerade~=]'', the Camarilla was the ruling body of vampiric politics -- a worldwide conspiracy meant to keep the Kindred operating behind the scenes and [[{{Masquerade}} hidden from mortals]]. In the reboot, ''VampireTheRequiem'', the Camarilla was a vampiric body politic that stretched throughout the Roman Empire... and fell when it did, emphasizing the game line's shift from global to local politics.