Memetic Mutation/Tabletop Games



Tabletop role-playing gamers are also fond of creating their own memes, because that's just how they roll.

Please add entries in the following format:
 * Meme name: description of meme and how it's used.
 * Source of meme and usage in the form of a reference.

General

 * "magical realm"
 * Thin! Your! PAINTS!
 * Most common in wargames and specifically Warhammer 40,000, but the issue is widespread, so the theme is among the classics. "It started out as a halfling..."
 * "It [always] works in the movies." (Famous Last Words)
 * The famed Lesbian Stripper Ninja. For an explanation on that one, see here.
 * Which is also badwrongfun.
 * Fluff
 * Crunch

Warhammer 40,000

 * In the grimdark future of the grimdark grimdark, there is only grimdark. of the Warhammer 40000 setting, a variation on the most common Tagline of "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
 * In the Space Marine future of the Space marine, there is only Space Marine.
 * "HERESY!" *BLAM*
 * "DRIVE ME CLOSER! I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!"
 * The Imperial Guard: fighting alien monsters equipped with "flashlight and t-shirt".
 * The third item being "standard issue adamantium balls", or "a wheelbarrow for their pair of giant steel balls".
 * Just as planned!
 * Eldrad is a dick.
 * WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
 * Za Warudo!
 * "I DO COCAAAAAIIINEE!"
 * "DOOMRIDER! NA! NA! NA!"
 * DA RED WUNS GO FASTA!
 * "Purple is da sneekyest!"
 * WAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!
 * 'ERE WE GO, 'ERE WE GO, 'ERE WE GO!
 * More Dakka
 * Failbaddon the Despoiler is an incompetent fuckwit.
 * Abaddon has no arms. Speculated to have been removed by Eldrad.
 * Or stomped off by The Emperasque.
 * Dawn of War:
 * METAHL BAWKSES!
 * "SPESS MEHREENS, TODEH THE ENEMEH IS AT OUR DOAR! WE KNOW OUR DUTEH AND WE WILL DO EET!"
 * SPESS MEHREENS WE HEEV FEHLED THE EMPRAH
 * Vance Motherfucking Stubbs, who lost 100 Baneblades and still won the Kaurava campaign.
 * SINDRIII!!!
 * WE CAPTURED IT FOR KAY-OSS!
 * BLOODY MAGPIES!
 * Squad Broken!
 * Lucius the Eternal will penetrate the rear armour of anything with his Rod Lash of Torment. OH YEAH!!
 * Kharn is a hell of a guy.
 * IT'S MY DAY OFF
 * I'M THE NEW COMMISSAR NOW
 * I WAS TRYING TO DRAW A DUCK
 * KHARNE LOEV KITTEN
 * KITTEN LOEV KHARNE
 * Macha, the ever-virgin
 * ANGRY MARINES!!! ALWAYS ANGRY! ALL THE TIME!
 * ALL HAIL Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!
 * X FOR THE X GOD!! Y FOR THE Y THRONE!!
 * Harriers for the cup!
 * PORN FOR THE PORN GOD! SMUT FOR THE SMUT THRONE!
 * OMNOMNOMNOM!!!
 * Squats should be brought ba...
 * E.g. on moddb their images are named "squa [number] "
 * Turn Signals on a Land Raider used it here and "clarifies" the issue here.
 * "I move and shoot."
 * OH COME ON.
 * So there I was, editing TV Tropes articles, when I hear this weird noise, like a distant rumbling sound. Glancing around the room, I deduced it was coming from behind my monitor. I stood up, walked around my desk to get a better view, when suddenly a frakking Baneblade roars out from behind the monitor, crushed my chair, and gunned down my entire Tau army on a nearby shelf. How the hell can a 300 ton tank sneak into my room? Must have taken some kind of tactical geni- CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!
 * The Tyranid Swarmlord is able to outmaneuver none other than Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines, with an instinctive cunning that borders on tactical gen-SCREEEEEEEEED!
 * So, these Tzeentch cultists were about to perform the ritual sacrifice that would allow a demon prince to enter the world and plunge this planet screaming into the void. But then, a Baneblade emerged from the shadow cast by the main altar and began blowing holes in the walls, while Space Marines began emerging from behind the ornamental candelabra. And when the high priest tried to complete the sacrifice before the Space Marines could stop him, he discovered that a 100 foot tall battle cathedral had been hidden behind him without him realizing. How is this possi- CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!
 * TANKRED ENDURES.
 * SPESS WOLVES, WE MAKE PLANETFALL IN OUR WOLFPODS AND OUR WOLFSHIPS IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT WOLF AND OUR WOLF LORDS WHAT WIELD WOLF CLAWS. FOR THE WOLFTIME!
 * Yo dawg, I heard you like Wolves, so I put a Wolf on your Wolf so you wolf while you wolf.
 * "The best way to defeat a Space Wolf is to wolf his wolf. However, if he wolfs your wolf first, then your wolf is wolfed."
 * WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF
 * Leman Russ is often depicted as a female kitsune. More precisely, as Holo. The explanation for this is that ten thousand years in the Eye of Terror has caused some interesting transformations.
 * "IF YOU FUCKERS WAKE ME AGAIN, IT BETTER BE TO KILL SOMETHING OR ASK ABOUT ACTUAL HEROES, NOT BITCH-STEALING ASSHOLES".
 * Along with TANKRED (above) and No Indoor Voice feature, this contributed to "every Dreadnought is some sort of a Cranky Grandpa" notion in Fanon.
 * Blood Angels spawned a similar snowclone meme thanks to their codex using the word blood as much as Space Wolves codex uses wolf.
 * Once upon a time there was a Black And White Space Marine On A Black And White Bike...
 * It was then that Hive Fleet Kraken recognized that its true spiritual liege was not the almighty Hive Mind, nor the Hive Tyrants that lorded over them, but Roboute Guilleman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.
 * Everyone is Alpharius.
 * I'M ALPHARIUS!
 * No such Legion exists.
 * "FOR THE GREATER [insert]!"
 * "Yeah, we suck at close combat. It's a shame you'll never get there."
 * GIT TO THE CHOPPA!
 * CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT
 * Fucking Autarchs.
 * Pauldrons.
 * Cultist-chan.
 * Hwee ceptured eet for kay-oss! (see above)
 * Lolicron.
 * Ultra Smurfs.
 * Chaos Champions have one of two outcomes in life. They may either ascend as a Daemon Prince, to rule unholy armies and worlds for eternity, or to become a Chaos Spawn, a mutated beast that...no, wait, I GHRHADIOSJNSLKDMAPKF!
 * The PDF tried to respond but were killed to a man.
 * Tomb Kings IN SPESS!
 * Kroot Konga Line.

Warhammer Fantasy

 * Remove X, replace with Skinks.
 * Remove Skinks, replace with Skinks
 * DOOMWHEELS!
 * Malekith: ageless, undisputed witch-king of Naggaroth. Supreme commander over the Dark Elven hordes. Still lives with his mom.

Dungeons & Dragons
"Is it friendly? It's not friendly, Eric. It's a GAZEBO!"
 * Rolling Twenties
 * I'm attacking the darkness!
 * If there are any GIRLS there I wanna DO them!!!
 * WHERE'RE THE CHEETOS?
 * IT'S A GAZEBO!

"Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash. Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected."
 * Rogues do it from behind!
 * And paladins do it on horseback!
 * Samurai do it for their family's honor!
 * I Roll to Disbelieve!
 * Eberron: Loli-pope!
 * Bear Lore! Roll a Nature check:
 * DC15: Cave bears live in caves
 * DC20: Dire bears like to attack with their natural weapons
 * DC25: Bears shit in the woods
 * DC30: Everything's Worse with Bears
 * Alternatively, roll a Religion Lore:
 * DC15: Bears do not attend any continuous services of worship. They are ready to kill at all hours of the week.
 * DC20: They mysteriously vanish every winter, perhaps to give reverence to their perverse fertility goddess while gorging on the souls of men lost to famine.
 * DC25: Bear society has no visibly ordained clerics.
 * DC35: SHIT NEVERMIND THEY HAVE THEM RUN.
 * MY HAT OF D02 KNOW NO LIMIT!
 * Jack Chick was right!
 * "Blackleaf! NO!!!"
 * "I don't want to be Elfstar any more! I want to be Debbie!"
 * From a famous Dungeons & Dragons campaign, The Head of Vecna. It's even referenced in Planescape: Torment.
 * Tordek is in it for all the bitches.
 * You see, the thing about an immovable rod i-CLANG
 * WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?
 * Lightning Warrior was a class someone created on the WoTC fourms as a joke. It has a wizard's spells and a warriors fighting ability and asked if it was underpowered because it didn't have a familiar (an ability that is actually considered a disadvantage to use, as if the weak pathetic animal that grants you meaningless bonuses dies, you lose a giant chunk of XP) and is unable to specialize (a more legitimate weakness, but generalist Wizards are still Game Breaker class). The class is now a running gag when recommending a class, with notes that it "sacrifices power for flavor".
 * "Katanas are underpowered in D20"


 * I'm a monster! RAWR!
 * ACTION POINTS!
 * WEEABOO FIGHTAN MAGIC!
 * IRON HEART SUUUURGE!
 * Durr *CLANG*
 * I AM THE MOON. (he is the moon...)
 * Cats vs. Commoners.
 * Oh no! It's CoDZilla.

Exalted

 * WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN DEMETHEMANIA RUNS WILD OVER YOU!?!?!?!
 * Is the Exaltation of the Dragons, or from the Dragons?
 * WRONG!!!!
 * Chejop Kejak looks a bit like Sean Connery.
 * 2E MASK OF WINTERS IS ILLITERATE LOLOLOL
 * The Gods are World of Warcraft addicts.
 * The city of Gem is always doomed. ALWAYS.
 * There is no such thing as the White Veil Society. It does not exist. It not an absolutely awesome club, with the most facinating of members, and unlimited sources of the most sweet, delicious, euphoric tea and ice cream that they use to control the Scarlet Empire. Because that would be incredibly stupid. Nope.
 * MAGICAL. FUCKING. MOONPUPPIES.
 * It's a daiklave MADE OF CATS!!!!
 * Lyta X Peleps Deled, OTP.
 * In Soviet Autochthonia, Exalted serve you!!
 * Magma Kraken. It's the answer to everything.
 * Keychain of Creation: "Dodge Charms. DODGE CHARMS."
 * Heroin-pissing dinosaurs.
 * What the Christ are you talking about?!
 * The Lunar ate 54 cakes. She ate 54 cakes. That's as many as six nines. And That's Terrible.
 * Chicanery-No.

Magic: The Gathering

 * Needs more Goyf. Variations include -4 jank, + 4 Goyf.
 * Really, almost every Standard environment has a card like this. When Tarmogoyf rotated out, it became Needs more Blossom. In the past, it's been Clamp, Jitte, Manticore...
 * On a similar topic, "Tarmogoyf is the best Blue creature in the history of Magic."
 * "Ach! Hans, run!"
 * "Protection from [X]" and/or "Circle of Protection: [X]" (as in, "Protection From Editors" or "Circle of Protection: Tropers").
 * "Pithy fire related quotation!" -- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
 * Uncle Istvan, anyone? Whenever someone talks about bringing back old creature types, Uncle Istvans will inevitably come up. Sometimes still after the Grand Creature Type Update errata'd him out of having his own type.
 * Brushwagg has achieved similar popularity, with the extra benefit of actually retaining its ridiculous creature type.
 * ...But how's it play against faeries?
 * It dies to removal!
 * "Harrow." "Harrow, to you to."
 * "Why are you mana weaving?"
 * "No, no, I'm randomizing my deck now, so it's perfectly legal..."
 * "SO WHY DID YOU MANA WEAVE?"
 * Storm Crow, a rather average card, and Chimney Imp, a ridiculously underpowered one for its cost, are memetically popular on Gatherer as two of the best cards ever.
 * After Nicol Bolas turned out to be the villain in two consecutive sets, there are a number of players who assume everything is his fault now. This has even been referenced on an official Wizards column.
 * In the third, it's a minor variation: The Phyrexians do control Mirrodin, but they don't have a planeswalker.
 * Also stated as "BOLAS ALWAYS WINS!"
 * I know a great combo: Humility and Opalescence.
 * We've always been at war with Pokémon, I mean Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game.

Others

 * Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game):
 * SAN check.
 * All the dice.
 * No, not all your dice. 'All the dice.
 * Cthulhu: 1d6 investigators per round.
 * Get some Cubans
 * Rifts: Giga-Damage - set everything right.
 * Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG (various references)
 * Rocks fall, everyone dies.
 * Dogs in the Vineyard: "Go go Power Rangers, you Mighty Mormon Power Rangeeeeers!"
 * Paranoia
 * Trust The Computer. The Computer Is Your Friend.
 * Questioning the Computer is treason. Treason is punishable by death.
 * Only a Communist Mutant Traitor would question the Computer.
 * You do not have clearance for this article, citizen. Please report immediately for termination.
 * Please report immediately for termination. Failure to report for termination is grounds for termination.
 * New Settlers of Catan players will quickly become acquainted with "Wood for Sheep".
 * Busen Memo. On BoardGameGeek, anyway.
 * The standard response to meeting anybody or anything in an RPG? Kill them and take their stuff!
 * Conversely, if it's killed, someone must have taken its stuff. Whatever "it" is.
 * FATAL
 * Roll for Anal Circumference.
 * REALISTIC!
 * BELL CURVE!!
 * It's Cloaca Time!
 * RANDY GAY OGRES!
 * The most historically accurate game ever!
 * "Experience an accumulation of gas in their rectum."
 * Negative anal circumference.
 * Trenchcoat and katana.
 * Standard Old World of Darkness player: a gamer equivalent of a wangsty Goth in both look and attitude. He suffers on sessions and has problems with grasping the difference between game and Real Life.
 * RPG.net brings us Snake Gandhi and Killfuck Soulshitter.
 * The most common Famous Last Words of an RPG are "We're going in there."
 * Followed by "We're not going in there."
 * The GURPS 4th edition dildo gun.
 * Unknown Armies: COSMIC BUMFIGHTS
 * It's a common joke that Dark Heresy and Maid RPG are perfectly compatible with each other.
 * I actually played in a Maid RPG game set in the 40k universe at a convention. For bonus points, the PCs were based on the Sailor Senshi.
 * Screw it, ninjas attack!
 * [[media:problem capellan 8721.jpg|Problem,]] Capellan?
 * Lyran scouting party
 * TRUCK STRONG!
 * Murder Hobos, a.k.a. Captain Teflon Psychos
 * White Wolf has an official term for these guys: "Lone Wolves".
 * Aberrant: Divis Mal has arms?!