Thursday, August 11, 2011

An Appeal to the Internet Fount of Wisdom

Back in the late '70's and into the '80's there was a series of D&D ads that appeared in comic books and elsewhere.  I never paid much attention to them, but I know they were part of what got people into the hobby.  Now, however, I find myself curious about the ads and the characters depicted - for some reason, I associated them with Holmes and possibly Moldvay Basic - but I've been unable to find them on a quick Google-search, which is frustrating.  I know about the ads with Grimblade, Saren, Indel and Valerius, but I clearly remember a different set of characters in a different set of ads.  Can the internet Fount of Wisdom help me out here?

4 comments:

  1. These? http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=3151

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  2. Or maybe these? http://das-ubernerd.blogspot.com/2008/01/original-d-comics.html

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  3. Some Useless, Some Repeats, Some Worthwhile?
    http://www.retroist.com/2007/01/22/dungeons-and-dragons-ads/
    http://das-ubernerd.blogspot.com/2008/01/original-d-comics.html
    http://www.acaeum.com/forum/about4298.html
    http://www.mrsatanism.com/comics/dndprintads1.htm
    http://www.geeknative.com/21161/sexy-dungeons-and-dragons-ad-campaign-from-the-80s/
    http://kuronons.blogspot.com/2010/05/d-comics-review-part-1-cartoon-ads.html


    Random Google Image Search:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=dungeons+and+dragons+ads&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1236&bih=733

    For Levity's Sake:
    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/add-ads.php

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  4. The Kuronons link did it; the others I had seen before. Revisiting some of them was...mildly painful, though also quite funny.

    Lqqkout - thanks for the Something Awful link; I liked a fair number of them!

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