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== Real-World Examples ==
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
As mentioned above, the [[Ur Example]] is ''[[Dungeons & Dragons
* ''Axis & Allies'', the most famous [[World War II]] wargame franchise of them all.
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* ''Wizards & Warriors'' (not one of the real ones listed above), in [[DC Comics]]' ''Robin''.
=== [[
* ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/282766/ogres-and-oubliettes Ogres and Oubliettes]'', set in a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' universe.▼
* [[Firesign Theatre]]: Ah, I don't wanna play ''Dungeons & Vikings''!▼
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]/[[The Martian]]'' crossover fic ''[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396744/the-maretian The Maretian]]'' by Kris Overstreet, references ''Ogres and Oubliettes'' as a game played on the Pony homeworld.
▲* ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/282766/ogres-and-oubliettes Ogres and Oubliettes]'', set in a [[My Little Pony]] universe.
* ''Cities & Cyclists'', an RPG played in the ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover fic ''[[Big Human on Campus]]: After School''. The monsters try playing perfectly ordinary human beings going about their daily lives. It goes hilariously wrong.
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=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' had a series of strips where Jason and Marcus were playing ''Houses & Humans'', which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|pretty much what it sounds like]].
=== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ===
▲* [[Firesign Theatre]]: Ah, I don't wanna play ''Dungeons & Vikings''!
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* The Dungeon Master's Guide for [[Dungeons & Dragons|''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'']] actually parodied itself, with an insert cartoon showing several fantasy characters playing a "mundane life" RPG titled ''Papers & Paychecks''.
{{quote|''"We're pretending we
** ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' had a similar parody in one of its small in-between scenes.
** One college comedy magazine in the US had another "mundane life" RPG called ''Driveways and Desk Jobs''.
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