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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* Fantasy Games Unlimited's ''Year of the Phoenix''. The players are told to create astronaut characters for a science fiction/space game. Partway through the first adventure the game suddenly changes to an [[After the End]] saga in Soviet controlled America 200 years later.
* ''A Lesser Shade Of Evil'' seems inordinately fond of this idea (non-[[G MsGMs]] are asked ''not to even read the book's introduction''), especially given that the "switch" happens during the first session. [[P CsPCs]] are asked to make [[Exalted]]-esque demigods in a [[High Fantasy]] setting... only to learn during a centuries-spanning fast forward that {{spoiler|there is no magic in this world, all their powers come from genetic engineering, the people who chose them for this duty are having a falling out, and the results of this falling out lead to an [[After the End]] setting in which the [[P CsPCs]] have mastered a variety of scientific principles and must use them to help humanity cling to life.}} Whew.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** Adventure S3 ''Expedition to the Barrier Peaks'' starts off as a standard "clean out the monster filled dungeon" scenario. After the [[PC|PCs]] enter, they discover that the dungeon is actually part of a derelict spacecraft and they're fighting alien monsters armed with high tech weapons.
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