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== Real-World Examples ==
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
As mentioned above, the [[Ur Example]] is [[Dungeons and Dragons|''Dungeons & Dragons'']]. Other examples include:
* ''Axis & Allies'', the most famous [[World War II]] wargame franchise of them all.
* ''[[Bunnies and Burrows|Bunnies & Burrows]]'', where the player-characters are rabbits and hares.
* ''[[Castles and Crusades|Castles & Crusades]]''
* ''Chivalry & Sorcery''
* The superhero RPG ''[[Mutants and Masterminds|Mutants & Masterminds]]''.
** And the supplements for different comic book genres: ''Wizards & Warlocks'' (sword'n'sorcery comics) and ''Mecha & Manga'' (guess).
* The (unnecessarily complex, at least for this first-edition AD&D veteran) [[wikipedia:Powers & Perils|Powers & Perils]] fantasy role-playing game, published by Avalon Hill, if you can believe it.
* ''Starships & Spacemen''
* ''[[Tunnels and Trolls|Tunnels & Trolls]]''
* ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]'', one of the oldest superhero RPGs.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The computer RPG ''[[Might and Magic]]''
* Two unrelated video games titled ''Swords & Serpents'': one by Imagic for the [[Intellivision]], another by Interplay for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
* ''[[Wizards and Warriors|Wizards & Warriors]]'', a trilogy of video games developed by Rareware for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]].
* Another ''Wizards & Warriors'', developed by David W. Bradley for the PC in the style of his earlier ''[[Wizardry]]'' games.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Benders and Brawlers]]'', a [[Campaign Comic]] based on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''
* ''[[D&DS9]]'', a [[Campaign Comic]] based on ''Star Trek''
* ''[http://jutsuandjinchuriki.thecomicseries.com/comics/first Jutsu and Jinchuriki]'', a [[Campaign Comic]] based on ''[[Naruto]]''
* ''[[Wizards and Wands]]'', a [[Campaign Comic]] based on ''[[Harry Potter]]''
== Fictional Examples ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* ''Wizards & Warriors'' (not one of the real ones listed above), in [[DC Comics]]' ''Robin''.
=== Comedy ===
* [[Firesign Theatre]]: Ah, I don't wanna play ''Dungeons & Vikings''!
=== [[Fanfic]] ===
* ''[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.
=== [[Film]] ===
* A sketch in ''[[The Onion Movie]]'' featured the game ''Wizards & Warbeasts.''
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Rona Jaffe's ''Mazes and Monsters''.
* Neal Stephenson's ''The Big U'' explicitly compares the LARP ''Sewers and Serpents'', played by characters in the novel, to ''Dungeons and Dragons''.
* Esther Friesner's fantasy novel ''Majyk by Hook or Crook'' has a brief mention of a game called ''Palaces & Puppies.''
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* A fictional roleplaying game/laser tag hybrid called ''Aliens & Asteroids'' appeared in an episode of ''[[War of the Worlds (TV series)|War of the Worlds]]''
* ''Wizards & Warriors'', in an episode of ''[[Quantum Leap]]''.
** Yet another [[Wizards and Warriors (TV series)|''Wizards & Warriors'']] was a summer replacement TV series in the early 80s. It parodied many themes and tropes from fantasy stories and FRP games. One episode even featured the hero gathering a "Dungeons and Dragons"-style party of specialists to go on a quest.
=== [[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]].
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* The Dungeon Master's Guide for [[Dungeons and 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 are workers and students in an industrialized and technological society."''}}
** ''[[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''.
** ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has "Cubicles and Conference Calls".
* In ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', one rival to Black Dog Games' ''Talespinner'' system and ''World of Shadow'' setting (a [[Self-Parody]] of [[The World of Darkness]]) was the venerable ''Labyrinths & Lamiae'', formerly owned by LSD Inc, and later by [[Wiszards Of The Coast|Magicians of the Bay]].
** Black Dog themselves produced ''Axes & Arcana'', parodying [[White Wolf]]'s ''Swords & Sorcery''.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* "Grottos and Gremlins" from the video game ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.
* In ''Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls'', a group of students at Sorcerer University is always playing "Malls & Muggers".
** And they're still playing - with no evidence of having stopped at any point in the year between games - in the next game. One of the tasks that your would-be fratmates have to accomplish in order to get through hazing week (which you can watch) is to make them stop.
* ''[[Simon the Sorcerer|Simon the Sorcerer II]]'' features a group of characters interested in a game called "Apartments and Accountants". Since Simon the Sorcerer is a fantasy series, A&A simulates real life.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]''.
** Due to the [[Celebrity Paradox]], in the ''Darths & Droids'' universe, the makers of Darths and Droids are working on a similar comic about an RPG version of ''[[Harry Potter]]'': ''[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/wandsandwarts/episodes/0050.html Wands & Warts]''. Every [[Milestone Celebration|50 episodes]], they add a new burrow to this little rabbit hole.
** In the ''Wands & Warts'' universe, the makers are working on a screencap comic about ''[[The Sound of Music]]'': ''[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/notesandnazis/episodes/0050.html Notes & Nazis]''
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** [http://darthsanddroids.net/gags/0050.html Gags & Griswolds], based on ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'' {{spoiler|and ''[[Terminator 2]]''}}
** [http://darthsanddroids.net/elliotts/0050.html Elliotts & Extraterrestrials], based on ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
* The webcomic ''Dungeon Damage'' had a group of Dragons playing "Humans and Houses".
* ''[[Something Positive]]'' of course, has [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01142005.shtml its own take on it].
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* From the web series, "Gold": ''Goblins & Gold''
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* An episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', (Itself called ''D & DD'') features the titular character running a game of "Monsters & Mazes". Dee-Dee replaces him as the Game Master, with amusing consequences.
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:It eventually came to the fans' attention that while ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' had [[Dragon (magazine)|''Dragon'' magazine]] and [[Dungeon (magazine)|''Dungeon'' magazine]], one niche remained glaringly empty. Here you go: [http://www.and-mag.com/ ''&'' Magazine]!
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