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Even casual comic fans are probably familiar with the “What If…?” format: change something and see what else changes because of it. Kind of like a lot of RPGs (“it’s like our world except…”). These tables give you some “What If…?” scenarios that you can use as a starting point for a modern-day game premise (or add to your existing game, if your game’s weird enough). The first table tells you who is different, the second table tells you how.
What if…
- Barack Obama
- Rupert Murdoch
- Lady Gaga
- Glenn Beck
- Bill Gates
- Stephen Colbert
- Sarah Palin
- Oprah
- Ron Paul
- Alan Moore
- Ringo Starr
- Richard Branson
- Tim Tebow
- Vladimir Putin
- Harvey Weinstein
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- The Pope
- Warren Buffett
- Hillary Clinton
- Mark Zuckerberg
Was Secretly…
- An elaborate prank by Andy Kaufman
- Jesus
- Planning a real-life Project Mayhem
- A time traveler
- Building a mind control ray
- A shape-shifting space lizard
- The leader of Anonymous
- A Bond villain
- Controlling the weather
- Planning to take over the world
- A powerful wizard
- A super-hero
- A super-villain
- Building a moon base
- A cult leader
- Raising an army of undead
- Building a real-life Jurassic Park
- The head of the Illuminati
- The next step in human evolution
- The Devil
