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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5078435" data-attributes="member: 22779">Really?In two separate threads right now I've seen claims that older versions of D&D were marketed as adult games, not as games for teens.  My question is, when has D&D ever been anything but a game for teens?I mean, the Basic/Expert sets were for 10 or older.  AD&D was sold on the back of comic books back when comics sold for a quarter (or so) and were pretty much the sole domain of teens.  Or, a Saturday morning cartoon, back before cable cartoon networks and before watching Saturday morning cartoons was something anyone other than teens did.  Every fiction line for D&D in any edition has been pretty solidly Young Adult fiction.Every setting has buried things like alcohol, drugs, sex or pretty much anything else that you might find in an adult themed game.I can't think of a single module that isn't PG, maybe PG-13 at the absolute outside.I can't think of a single D&D video game that would rate an adult ESRB rating.So, exactly when was D&D marketed to the 20+ crowd?  When has D&D ever been an adult game?</blockquote>