1 | [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Board games meet Video games]]: |
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3 | !!Examples: |
4 | * ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea'' is ''Manga/OnePiece'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' crossed with a 17th century setting. |
5 | * ''[[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Albedo]]: [[UpdatedRerelease Platinum Catalyst]]'' is ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' (without the {{Mecha}}) meets ''VideoGame/RainbowSix''. |
6 | ** ''TabletopGame/AlbedoCombatPatrol164'' is ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. |
7 | * ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Rolemaster}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' with a pinch of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. |
8 | * ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''. |
9 | * ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' is ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' (without the Ice Zombies) meets ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' meets ''Literature/CrusherJoe''. |
10 | ** The Clans are ''[[Franchise/StarWars Mandalorians]]'' meets ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZAFT]]''. |
11 | ** The Word of Blake are ''[[TableTopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]]'' meets the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]]''. |
12 | ** Katherine Steiner-Davion is [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Cersei Lannister]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Martha Vist Carbine]]. |
13 | * ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' is ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' meets late-80's-to-mid-90's Main/{{Anime}} and Main/{{Manga}}. |
14 | * ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark'' is ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''[='=]s GaslampFantasy setting meets ''VideoGame/FallenLondon''[='=]s post-apocalyptic UrbanFantasy, meets ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''[='=]s walled-off-city setup, meets classic GothicHorror in the vein of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', meets ''TabletopGame/LadyBlackbird''[='=]s MediaNotes/{{dice}} mechanics, meets ''TabletopGame/ApocalypseWorld''[='=]s character-driven role-playing, meets ''VideoGame/SaintsRow''[='=]s urban crime sandboxing, meets ''Film/OceansEleven''[='=]s heist planning, meets ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist''[='=]s caper action, meets ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''[='=]s downtime and stress mechanics, meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''[='=]s Immortal Emperor protecting humanity in the backstory. The game has a ''lot'' of inspirations. |
15 | * ''TabletopGame/BlissStage'' is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
16 | * ''[[TabletopGame/BurningWheel The Burning Wheel]]'' is ''TabletopGame/TheRiddleOfSteel'' meets ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. |
17 | * ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'' is ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' meets ''Encyclopedia Dramatica''. |
18 | ** Alternatively, what would happen if ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and Mad Libs had a baby who was then raised by [[Creator/SethMacfarlane Seth MacFarlane.]] |
19 | * ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' is literally The Literature/CthulhuMythos meets ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest''. |
20 | * ''Cerebos: The Crystal City'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Heroine}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''. |
21 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}/Hero'' is ''TabletopGame/VillainsAndVigilantes'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' (especially the spaceship-building rules). |
22 | * ''TabletopGame/CityOfMist'' is folklore meets FilmNoir. |
23 | ** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'' meets ''Series/OnceUponATime''. |
24 | * ''Clue: Lost in Vegas'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' meets ''Film/TheHangover''. |
25 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Crimestrikers}}'' is ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', with a side helping of ''WesternAnimation/COPS1988''. |
26 | * ''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'' can very easily be summed up as "''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' meets ''Anime/RahXephon'' meets the Franchise/CthulhuMythos" as stated. This is a selling point. |
27 | ** [[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=378263 "Cthulhutech, by Hideaki Phillips Loveanno."]] |
28 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''. |
29 | * ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' was born when ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' was slammed headlong into ''Series/TheXFiles''-style UFO mythology and government conspiracies. |
30 | * ''Disney Lorcana'' is ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' meets the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon with some of the aesthetics of ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse''. |
31 | * ''The Doom that Came to Atlantic City'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' meets ''King of Tokyo'' meets the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. |
32 | * Most of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign settings can be described as the basic game rules meeting something else: |
33 | ** ''Al-Qadim'' is ''Dungeons & Dragons'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights''. |
34 | ** The ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting was described by some reviewers as "''D&D'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' and ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''." |
35 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets a whole load of other stuff. |
36 | ** Ravenloft is described as D&D meets GothicHorror, but it's more like D&D meets ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' and ''Film/HammerHorror'' with some ''Franchise/SilentHill'' elements. |
37 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' (on a [[FauxtivationalPoster demotivator]]) was once described as "''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]''. It's like porn for nerds." |
38 | ** ''Dungeons & Dragons'' itself can be described as the wargame ''Chainmail'' meets pulp fantasy like ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/TheElricSaga'', ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'', the collected works of Creator/PoulAnderson, and a variety of mythologies. |
39 | * ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' is ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' meets ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'' as written by outspoken anarchists. |
40 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', one half of fantasy fiction meets the other half. |
41 | ** Alternatively, TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} is Literature/TheLordOfTheRings meets Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann. |
42 | * ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'' can be summed up as ''D&D'' meets hardcore porn and math textbooks. But that's an insult to ''D&D'' and math textbooks, and most hardcore porn. |
43 | ** ''FATAL'' is European folklore meets untreated schizophrenia meets I'd really rather not think about what else. |
44 | ** ''FATAL'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' written by [[InternetJerk all the most bigoted, obnoxious white guys]] on Website/FourChan. |
45 | * ''TabletopGame/FinalGirl'' is ''TabletopGame/HostageNegotiator'' meets over a dozen horror movies and TV. |
46 | * ''[[https://penguinking.com/gone-to-hell/ Gone to Hell]]'' is ''Polaris: Chivalric Tragedy at Utmost North'' meets ''VideoGame/Doom2016''. |
47 | * ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{d20 Modern}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. |
48 | ** Or, perhaps, Website/TVTropes meets PointBuild. |
49 | ** ''GURPS Cthulhupunk'' is quite literally ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' meets ''GURPS Cyberworld''. |
50 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}''. |
51 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' with the cast from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. |
52 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' meets ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''. |
53 | * ''Lost Worlds'' (and its Japanese twin series Anime/QueensBlade) is TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons meets Franchise/StreetFighter, with a dash of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian and BloodSport. And FanService by the ton. |
54 | ** ''Anime/QueensBlade Grimoire'' is ''Anime/QueensBlade'' meets [[FairyTale fairy tales]] meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. |
55 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[BigBad Phyrexia]] is [[Franchise/StarTrek the Borg]] meet Creator/HRGiger (minus the sexual imagery, most of the time) meet TheLegionsOfHell meet UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. [[BlatantLies They're generally pleasant guys.]] |
56 | ** The Eldrazi were specifically designed as [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] meets ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. |
57 | ** The plane of Eldraine, setting for the set ''Throne of Eldraine'', was explicitly set up as {{Fairy Tale}}s meets Myth/ArthurianLegend. |
58 | ** The plane Ikoria is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
59 | ** The game itself can be described as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{UNO}}''. |
60 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Mekton}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', with optional rules adding ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' into the mix. |
61 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'' is Anime/MazingerZ, meets Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, meets Series/{{Ultraman}}, meets [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], and every other {{Kaiju}} stereotype thrown in. |
62 | * ''TabletopGame/MonsterOfTheWeek'' is ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and as many other shows of that nature they could find, run into a blender. |
63 | * ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (or ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'') meets Creator/DavidCronenberg, but [[SincerityMode far]], ''[[SincerityMode far]]'' [[SincerityMode stranger than you can possibly imagine.]] |
64 | *** Alternatively, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' |
65 | * ''TabletopGame/NightsBlackAgents'' is ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'', assuming you run a brief find/replace that replaces the word "alien" with "vampire". |
66 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' meets ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. |
67 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is described by its creators as Kafka meets Orwell meets the Marx Brothers. |
68 | ** Alternatively, ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Judge Dredd}}'' meets ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' |
69 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pendragon}}'' is ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' meets ''[[Literature/LeMorteDArthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]''. |
70 | * ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''hanafuda''. ([[OlderThanTheyThink In fact,]] Creator/{{Nintendo}} is still making ''hanafuda'' cards, including ''Pokémon''-themed ''hanafuda'' cards, but ''Pokémon TCG'' can be seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''hanafuda'' playing cards made by Nintendo.) |
71 | * ''TabletopGame/TheRiddleOfSteel'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Rolemaster}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest''. |
72 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''{{Anime/Robotech}}''. |
73 | * ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''. |
74 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' ''insists'' it's ''Literature/AmericanGods'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', actually ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'' (though multi-pantheon) meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' would be a much closer summary. |
75 | ** Or ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. |
76 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets the collected works of William Gibson meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets the collected works of Neal Stephenson. |
77 | ** Or ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'', with dash of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. |
78 | * ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. |
79 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Splicers}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Guyver}}''. |
80 | * ''Superfight!'' is ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' meets [[Music/LemonDemon "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny"]]. |
81 | ** With the "Not-4-Kids" Red Box Expansion, it becomes ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'' meets "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny". |
82 | * ''TabletopGame/TeenagersFromOuterSpace'' is ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell''. |
83 | * ''[=ToeShamBo=]'' is ''TabletopGame/TicTacToe'' meets RockPaperScissors. |
84 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is the original ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', Creator/GoNagai (especially ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''), ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', ''Franchise/{{Foundation}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'', and pretty much any science fiction, dystopia, or horror trope or story the current author feels like mixing in. |
85 | ** Alternatively, for non-fans and newer fans of the series, it's ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
86 | ** It could also be described as your StandardSciFiSetting [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs injected with a cocktail of every drug known to man]] and genuine lunar dust, stuck in a blender with ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''[[TabletopGame/BattleTech Mechwarrior]]'', ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and teeny, tiny sprinkles of ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', embellished with spikes and prayer scrolls, bathed in blood and turned up to EleventyZillion (and then [[IncendiaryExponent set on fire]]). [[CrossesTheLineTwice Twice.]] [[ChainsawGood With 8ft chainsaws.]] |
87 | ** Or ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock''. |
88 | *** [[TheEmpire The Imperium]] is [[Franchise/{{Dune}} House Atreides]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars The Galactic Empire]] meets [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire The (Late) Roman Empire]] meets UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition meets UsefulNotes/NaziGermany meets [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Russia]], with a bit of [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour The Party]]. Yes, it is [[CrapsackWorld that sort of]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou place]]. And they're the [[NominalHero good guys]], [[VillainProtagonist theoretically]]. |
89 | *** The God-Emperor of Mankind is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Sigmar Heldenhammer]] meets [[Literature/{{Dune}} Leto II Atreides]] with some elemets of [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]] and Myth/KingArthur. |
90 | *** The Forces of Chaos are ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/ContinuumRoleplayingInTheYet'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets [[Franchise/GreenLantern DC's Green Lantern comics]] meets ''Website/OrionsArm'' meets ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'' meets the ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' comics meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets [[Literature/{{Illuminatus}} The Illuminatus! book trilogy]] meets [[Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy the Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton]] meets [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein the collected works of Robert A. Heinlein]]. |
91 | *** The Eldar are the High Elves from Warhammer Fantasy crossed with {{Ninja}} and Samurai plus a whole load of xenophobia and giant mechs. |
92 | *** The Dark Eldar variety are the Dark Elves meet the [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Cenobites]] and [[Series/{{Firefly}} Reavers]] to the mix. |
93 | *** Meanwhile, the Exodites take the Wood Elves and [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'Vi]] path instead. |
94 | *** Orcs are ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' Orcs meets British football hooligans. Same in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, only [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]] and crossed with the villains of ''Film/MadMax''. |
95 | *** [[HordeofAlienLocusts Tyranids]] are [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]] plus [[Franchise/{{StarshipTroopers}} Arachnids]] plus RealLife hive mind type insects like ants or bees. |
96 | *** Necrons are [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} the Terminators]] meets the Tomb Kings. |
97 | *** [[SpaceMarine The Adeptus Astartes]] are [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the Marauders]] and the [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Sardaukar]] meet UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights and UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar. |
98 | *** The Imperial Guard is the [[Literature/StarshipTroopers Mobile Infantry]] meets ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}''. |
99 | *** The Adepta Sororitas are [[Franchise/{{Dune}} the Bene Gesserit]] with trappings of UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc. |
100 | *** Fulgrim is [[Manga/{{Devilman}} Ryo Asuka]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] meets [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] meets [[Franchise/TheKarateKid Terry Silver]]. |
101 | *** Horus Lupercal is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Archaon the Everchosen]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]. |
102 | *** Abaddon the Despoiler is Horus Lupercal meets [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Morgoth]] meets [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]] meets [[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra Commander]]. |
103 | *** Fabius Bile is [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] meets UsefulNotes/JosefMengele meets [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]]. |
104 | *** Ferrus Manus is [[Manga/{{Devilman}} Akira Fudo]] meets [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Sandor Clegane]] meets [[Characters/TheKarateKidDanielLaRusso Daniel LaRusso]] meets [[Characters/TheKarateKidJohnnyLawrence Johnny Lawrence]]. |
105 | *** Roboute Guilliman is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Karl Franz]] meets UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar meets UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} meets [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Aurelian]] meets [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi]] meets [[Literature/{{Dune}} Paul Atreides]]. |
106 | *** Jaghatai Khan is UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan meets [[Series/KamenRider Takeshi Hongo]]. |
107 | *** Leman Russ is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Wulfrik the Wanderer]] meets Thor (both the [[Myth/NorseMythology mythological]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson comic book]] one) meets [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]. |
108 | ** The Warhammer 40,000 [=RPG's=] are ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Sort of. For individual games: |
109 | *** ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''. |
110 | *** ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. |
111 | *** ''TabletopGame/{{Deathwatch}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen''. |
112 | *** ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' meets ''Literature/DarthBane''. |
113 | *** ''TabletopGame/OnlyWar'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{BattleTech}}'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
114 | * The original ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' is ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' meets ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' meets ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' meets ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' filtered through the satirical dark comedy of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and set in the 15th-17th century. |
115 | ** Alternatively for newer fans, it's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets 1980s British satire. |
116 | ** Malekith would be a cross between [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan]] and {{Satan}}, with a measure of Ferdinand Magellan thrown in, but he predates Revan. Alternatively, he's [[Film/ANewHope Darth Vader]] meets TheFairFolk. |
117 | ** Nagash is [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] meets the [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Lich King]] meets [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]]. |
118 | ** Sigmar Heldenhammer is UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}} meets UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} meets [[Literature/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Barbarian]] meets [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]]. |
119 | ** The Ogre Kingdoms are ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' meets the HordesFromTheEast with the gluttony and mentality (especially the gluttony) of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]''. |
120 | ** Archaon the Everchosen is [[Literature/TheElricSaga Jagreen Lern]] meets [[Videogame/WarCraft Arthas Menethil]]. |
121 | ** Balthazar Gelt is [[Literature/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]] meets [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge Mcduck]] meets [[Film/ApocalypseNow Colonel Kilgore]]. |
122 | ** Sigvald the Magnificent is [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Joffrey Baratheon]] meets [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Vega]] |
123 | ** Wulfrik the Wanderer is [[Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen Karsa Orlong]] meets Manga/ViolenceJack meets [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] meets [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas the Heroes of the Icelandic Sagas]]. |
124 | ** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' is ''Warhammer'' meets ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' with even more DungAges and GallowsHumor. |
125 | * ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' is basically ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. The setting has also been called Myth/NorseMythology meets the Franchise/StargateVerse. |
126 | * ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' might overall be best described as ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. As for the individual gamelines... |
127 | ** One may describe ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' as ''Film/JohnWick'' meets basically any kind of vampire media, but especially ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' |
128 | ** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' is ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' meets ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' [-[[RecycledInSpace AT THE END OF THE WORLD]]-]. |
129 | ** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' is ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' meets ''Website/SCPFoundation'' meets... well, we could be here all day. |
130 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' is ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. |
131 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Zombicide}}: Black Plague'': Zombicide meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. |
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