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* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' deconstructs a lot of typical fantasy tropes. You are not the beloved chosen of an [[TheOmnipotent omnipotent]] [[TopGod sky-father god]], you are an autonomous hunter-killer weapon built to kill the creators of the world and left to run amok. You are not in charge because it is your [[DivineRightOfKings divine right to rule]] or because good always prevails, but because you're the most badass autonomous hunter-killer weapon around and you killed/dominated/enslaved/subverted all the competition. You win not because you're morally right, or because you believe with all your heart, you win because you have power, you use it intelligently and you're awesome: you can always define yourself as morally right afterwards, when you gain your own personal OmniscientMoralityLicense and propaganda machine set up.
* ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' is this for UrbanFantasy, by pointing out the various issues with human nature that would come up if the supernatural really existed in the modern day world. Violence, insanity, tragedy and anti-social behaviour is common in the occult underground.
* By the one of the same authors, John Tynes, [[http://johntynes.com/revland2000/rl_powerkill.html Power Kill]] is a takedown of ''the entire medium'' of Tabletop {{Role Playing Game}}s.
* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''TabletopGame/ViolenceTheRoleplayingGameOfEgregiousAndRepulsiveBloodshed'', a [[BlackComedy dark satire]] of [=RPGs=] which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept. Instead of a brave adventurer exploring a dark dungeon filled with monsters, you're a violent sociopath wandering through an apartment complex, killing the single mothers and impoverished day laborers in order to take their hard-earned possessions. The rulebook is one part game mechanics and two part AuthorTract against the type of players who are drawn to hack-and-slash games.

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