Humble Beginnings - an IFDB Poll

What are some games that start off with the PC in a regular situation but turn into something different? This would include a regular person finding a portal to a fantasy world, or a regular person already in a fantasy world abruptly becoming a central heroic figure, or the situation that the PC is in looking day-to-day at first but being more significant than expected.

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	Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 3 votes "You are a..." [+]"You are a tourist. But not for long." ( - Full review) --Simon Deimel... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --BlitzWithGuns... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry 3 votes "You start out as..." [+]"You start out as an ordinary office worker, until you discover weird goings-on in your workplace." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Shade, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Snoother... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Twine Story, by Mike69420666 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Snoother... Vote for this game

	Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	The House at the End of Rosewood Street, by Michael Thomét 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Floating Info... Vote for this game

	Shuffling Around, by Andrew Schultz (as Ned Yompus) 1 vote "Self-Vote" [+]"Self-Vote: There's nothing odd about you, but the coincidences in the first room hint at the game mechanic" --Andrew Schultz... Vote for this game

	Eurydice, by Anonymous 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Quit Your Job Simulator 2014, by Caelyn Sandel (as Colin Sandel) 1 vote "Going by the..." [+]"Going by the title, you'd think this would be another "my sucky office job" game, and it does indeed start out like that, but then..." --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game

	First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Curses, by Graham Nelson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --MattC... Vote for this game

	9:05, by Adam Cadre 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Snoother... Vote for this game

	To The Wolves, by Els White 1 vote "SEMI-SPOILERS!..." [+]"SEMI-SPOILERS! Exiled from their village, the player can choose to undergo a transformative process that gives them special powers. It also allows them to forge a new connection with the forest around them." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	City of Secrets, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	John's Fire Witch, by John Baker 1 vote "The game starts..." [+]"The game starts in a boring untidy apartment with empty beer cans and ends in a magic battle with an evil wizard. What's really noteworthy for such an old-school game is the smoothness of transition from mundane to fairy-tale: the Zork-like weirdness increases gradually." () --Sobol... Vote for this game

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Poll created on April 30, 2015