Hey, you! Wanna play a game? No, put those pieces away. We're gonna play with these... Snakes 'n Ladders? How about "Climb the Mountian of Madness"? Clue? How about "Mystery of the Dunwich House"? Monopoly? More like "Conquest of R'lyeh".
This is what it's all been building towards. A set of characters scaled down to the size of game pieces that you could use to replace the generic pieces to any board game you play.