Line #2 BlackComedy/TabletopGames


1	* When it was released at the height of the Cold War, the ''TabletopGame/NuclearWar'' card game was seen as an example of this.
2	* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', particularly the Straight and Classic play styles [[note]] The Zap style is too busy committing more cartoonish violence[[/note]]. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic UndergroundCity run as a death trap by an insane Computer[[note]]Slander is [[AllCrimesAreEqual treason]]! The Computer is your friend! Report to your nearest Termination Booth immediately![[/note]] peddling RedScare propaganda long after the end of the Cold War. The players are lowly Red-clearance Troubleshooters: [[MeaningfulName they find trouble and shoot it]]. Every mission is destined for failure and will result in either a BlameGame or a TotalPartyKill and players are encouraged to {{Back Stab}} each other. You're already doomed, so have fun!
3	* Another game from the creator of ''Paranoia'' is ''TabletopGame/ViolenceTheRoleplayingGameOfEgregiousAndRepulsiveBloodshed'', a dark satire of hack-n-slash [=RPGs=] and violent video games. Although there are rules and skills and tables, the author brazenly admits that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he's only writing the game for a quick buck]], and the majority of the rulebook consists of [[TakeThat potshots at violent players]] who see [=NPCs=] as walking treasure chests.
4	* The orcs and goblins in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy''. These are creatures that live for killing things - goblins even commit suicide just to kill enemies. These are the most humorous in the setting. And [[XtremeKoolLetterz da Orkz]] in its sci-fi counterpart ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. These are creatures who can get anything to work by simply [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believing it will work]], and with the Grots, the local flavor of the goblins, being the ultimate kind of ButtMonkey to the Orks in the setting - and not caring. Where any other army is based on a major civilization or a well-known historical army, the Orks are based on British [[FootBallHooligans soccer hooligans]], clearly cementing them as comic relief despite being a race that is literally incapable of thinking that others might want peace because they are a rogue LivingWeapon. The ''40K'' setting is so dark, grim, and cynical that it is almost taken to levels of self-parody, something many fanfiction writers embrace to a strong degree, and even some official book series, such as ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'' and the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' ('''[[FakeUltimateHero HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]]''') series.
5	** Their more trademarkable counterparts the Orruks from ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' are somewhat less played for laughs, especially in the tie-in roleplaying game "Soulbound", but even so, this element is still there. In particular, the Bonesplitterz and the Gloomspite Gitz are outright called out as amusingly eccentric.
6	* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' has Kobal, Demon Prince of Dark Humor, and his servitors, who work to turn existence into black comedy.
7	* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', full stop. The dark humor in the setting is a huge deconstruction of the typical ''D&D'' heroic fantasy.
8	* Rule of thumb in ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'': If you aren't putting together horrible jokes with your cards, you're doing it wrong. Possible question/answer combinations include "I got 99 problems, but ''being on fire'' ain't one" or "Why do I hurt all over? ''Scalping''".

Context BlackComedy / TabletopGames