History GenreDeconstruction / TabletopGames

* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''TabletopGame/ViolenceTheRoleplayingGameOfEgregiousAndRepulsiveBloodshed'', a [[BlackComedy dark satire]] of [=RPGs=] which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept.

* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''TabletopGame/ViolenceTheRoleplayingGameOfEgregiousAndRepulsiveBloodshed'', a [[BlackComedy dark satire]] of [=RPGs=]) which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept.

* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_%28role-playing_game%29 Violence: The Role-Playing Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed]]'' by "Designer X" (pseudonym of ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'''s Creator/GregCostikyan), which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept.

* {{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.

* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_%28role-playing_game%29 Violence: The Role-Playing Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed]]'' by "Designer X" (pseudonym of ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'''s Greg Costikyan), which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept.

* {{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 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.

* In a more bad-tempered vein, there's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_%28role-playing_game%29 Violence: The Role-Playing Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed]]'' by "Designer X" (pseudonym of ''{{Toon}}'''s Greg Costikyan), which tears apart the whole DungeonCrawling concept.

* 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.

* By the one of the same authors, John Tynes, [[http://johntynes.com/revland2000/rl_powerkill.html Power Kill]] is a brutal takedown of ''the entire medium'' of Tabletop {{Role Playing Game}}s.

* By the one of the same authors, John Tynes, [[http://johntynes.com/revland2000/rl_powerkill.html Power Kill]] is a brutal takedown of ''the entire medium'' of Tabletop {{Role Playing Game}}s.
* Many elements of ''MagicTheGathering'' set up deconstructions of standard fantasy tropes. Among them is Urza, one of the original storyline's most prominent characters, who ultimately defeats the GodOfEvil known as Yawgmoth--after causing mass extinctions (twice!), delving deep into genetic engineering MadScience, ''literally destroying an entire universe,'' sacrificing eight of his god-like kin, and utterly destroying the lives and families of his closest friends.

* By the one of the same authors, John Tynes, [[http://johntynes.com/revland2000/rl_powerkill.html Power Kill]] is a brutal takedown of ''the entire medium'' of Tabletop {{Role Playing Game}}s.

* By the one of the same authors, John Tynes, [[http://johntynes.com/revland2000/rl_powerkill.html Power Kill]] is a brutal takedown of ''the entire medium'' of Tabletop RPGs.