Dungeons and Atheists

This is a stealth version of Dungeons and Dragons. That is, the players believe they are playing the late Mr. Gygax's venerable RPG, but the DM has explicit instructions on how to direct the circumstances of play according to one simple principle: there are no gods, and there are no such things as magic, faeries, demons or other mythical creatures or other supernatural elements - they are all figments of vivid imaginations. The instructions of play maximize the players' continued superstition and beliefs through the use of the placebo effect, psychosomatic reactions and mass delusion, but in reality the magic items, spells, charms and curses are only of the effect that the player allows them to be, and even barely that. They will never encounter dragons, demons, wraiths, orcs, goblins or elves, though indications around them indicate that they ought to. If a player's charcter is elven, well then in reality he or she only believes they are. That kind of thing. Great fun for the first player that becomes "enlightened" to the reality and takes advantage of it!