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These tabletop RPGs [[Moral Guardians|get a lot of flak from society]] -- usually due to misinformation or simply misunderstanding. Common myths include: that roleplaying games lead to devil worship, that players (and not their fictional characters) carry out magical spells, and that players actually ''become'' their characters<ref>which isn't so farfetched; roleplaying games and mental instabilities do not mix well, and some unstable players ''have'' 'lost themselves' in the game, though the stories that are commonly spread are largely apocryphal</ref>.
Another subset of the tabletop games category is the [[Turn-Based Strategy|tabletop wargame]], of which the most common format is an area set up as a battlefield (which may have a background map or miniatures to represent terrain) on which counters or miniatures are placed representing combat units. Players take the role of generals and attempt to defeat their opponents. The game may have a [[Game Master]], or may rely solely on clearly defined rules. Historical and fantasy settings are most popular, the best known fantasy games probably being [[Games Workshop]]'s internationally successful ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and its sci-fi counterpart ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''. [[Chess]] could be defined as a simple form of wargame.
Tabletops games are [[Older Than Radio]] with ''Kriegsspiel'' ("wargame") being created in 1812 by Prussian Leutnant Georg Leopold von Reiswitz and used by Prussian officers for training. Reportedly the Kaiser and his Generals spent many long nights <s>playing the game</s> conducting exercises. HG Wells was also a fan, and wrote several books ("Little War" and "Floor Games") on the subject that have become iconic.
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