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Funny Old D&D Ads

Post by Harroghty » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:28 pm

Hopefully you get a more heartening laughter from anyone nearby who sees this. My wife looked at the first one, laughed, patted me on the shoulder, and left the room.

http://www.gamersandgrognards.blogspot. ... d-ads.html
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Post by Jeanne » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:49 pm

I wonder exactly who they thought this of:

"Hmmm...they're rabid gamers, and they'll want this 'Monster Manual'...BUT...only if we have a model holding it seductively."
"This girl is...remarkably prudent...sheds many tears; has a happy expression..."

Duh Duh Duh DUT *ChickChick*

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Post by Arda » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:33 pm

Jeanne wrote:I wonder exactly who they thought this of:

"Hmmm...they're rabid gamers, and they'll want this 'Monster Manual'...BUT...only if we have a model holding it seductively."
Teenagers who want to be where the action is, obviously.
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Post by Casamir » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:03 pm

Another site with amusing critiques on older DND and other RP products. Be forewarned some of the articles can get NSFW.
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Post by Raona » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:51 am

Casamir wrote:Another site with amusing critiques on older DND and other RP products. Be forewarned some of the articles can get NSFW.
Heh...I remember playing "Queen of the Demonweb Pits!" Ah, those were happy days...
Harroghty wrote:Hopefully you get a more heartening laughter from anyone nearby who sees this. My wife looked at the first one, laughed, patted me on the shoulder, and left the room.

http://www.gamersandgrognards.blogspot. ... d-ads.html
How did I miss these the first time around?!? This was my era! It makes me wonder that D&D ever took off. Clearly the product made up for what was lacking in the advertising.

Thanks for sharing, that was a good yuk!
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Post by Jeanne » Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:47 am

Heh...I remember playing "Queen of the Demonweb Pits!" Ah, those were happy days...

That's nothing, I remember playing "Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves" on an Atari 800 :)

Ummm...and Zork, of course. And who could forget...that game where you wander around and fight letters? Some big, some small!
"This girl is...remarkably prudent...sheds many tears; has a happy expression..."

Duh Duh Duh DUT *ChickChick*

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Re: Funny Old D&D Ads

Post by Lirith » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:21 pm

We had a 2600 and it was a beautiful beautiful thing.
I still blame my dad to this day for bringing that home and addicting me to video games for life.
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Post by Lathander » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:58 pm

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Re: Funny Old D&D Ads

Post by Tamryn » Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:11 pm

Casamir wrote:Another site with amusing critiques on older DND and other RP products. Be forewarned some of the articles can get NSFW.
I just spent the entire weekend reading everything posted there. Thank you ;-)
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Post by Vibius » Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:03 am

This was funny.
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Re: Funny Old D&D Ads

Post by Xryon » Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:36 pm

Tell me that was an ADoM reference.
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Re: Funny Old D&D Ads

Post by Rhangalas » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:07 pm

Harroghty wrote:My wife looked at the first one, laughed, patted me on the shoulder, and left the room.
Oh man... the guy in overalls does us absolutely no justice. LOL!
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