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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. Your [[Five Man Band]] of [[Five Races|elves, dwarves and such]] all [[You All Meet in An Inn|Meet At An Inn]] where you run across some troubled soul that [[We Help the Helpless|you agree to help]] because you know that your karma is named [[Monty Haul]]. Yeah, it would be incredibly cliché if not for the fact that it singlehandedly both invented and completely drove nearly every RPG trope into the ground.▼
== Card Games ==
* ''[[Magic:
** ''Magic''{{'}}s dismissal as a Kid's Game has less to do with successor [[
== Tabletop RPG ==
▲* ''[[Dungeons
** Many, perhaps most RPG tropes are actually originally from Tolkien. ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' are basically prototypical D&D campaigns. And they may be even older than Tolkien, given how much he borrowed from even older sources.
** Many of the ''mechanical'' RPG elements that are tropes/clichés today, were also created or popularized by D&D. The [[Class and Level System]], [[Hit Points]] (arguably present in the tabletop wargames that preceded D&D, but named and popularized by D&D nonetheless), [[Character Alignment]], the "+ 1 magic sword," and so on.
*** D&D is very likely the single most influential game '''ever''', in terms of what it started and popularized, stretching even outside of the RPG genre. Its influence on video games was enormous and not to be underestimated.
** Conversely, more tropes in [[High Fantasy]] ''novels'' work as [[Trope Codifier|codified]] in D&D, instead of as seen in Tolkien. You're more likely to see [[Magic
▲* ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' single-handedly invented the [[Collectible Card Game]]. Games like ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' and ''Chaotic'' owe their very existence to a man named Garfield. Yet, because of those games, Magic is sometimes dismissed as a children's card game. This despite the fact that many big-time poker players began honing their skills on Magic, and a small but significant group of people make their livings out of tournament winnings and appearance fees.
== War Games ==
▲** Magic's dismissal as a Kid's Game has less to do with successor [[TC Gs]] and more to do with the fact that the vast majority of its players started as kids.
* For ''[[Warhammer
** Don't forget that the small army size and inclusion in every starter set ever also make them among the cheapest.
*** The large metallic surfaces of the power armor that the space marines wear is also a lot easier to paint than the flesh and bone of many of the other armies (imperial guard, orcs, tyranid, dark eldar).
** Admittedly the reason the Marines are comparatively kid-friendly is that no less than three of the other armies consider mass murder, and rape while torturing people, a fun way to pass the time.
** ''Warhammer 40k'' is also possibly one of the most prolific sources of inspiration for video game sci fi leading to many to think things it came up with as been done.
*** In fairness, virtually all of those things had been done, either by ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' or ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and other early [[Speculative Fiction]] stories.
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