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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5083492" data-attributes="member: 957">So when you said "teens" in the OP, are we to gather that you did not mean to imply the factual definition of someone between 13 and 19, but instead meant to communicate the idea of an opinion spanning up through the age of 25?D&D has had fiction for many many years, as has been corrected well upthread, this fiction has (with a few exceptions non-withstanding) been marketed to adults.  And with the name "Dungeons and Dragons" right on the cover.It has been a long time, so maybe my memory is cloudy, but I seem to recall feeling like I was in on a secret with the vampire show.  I knew it was the RPG on screen, but they never made any reference to it in the show.  It wasn't so much an ad as a stand-alone attempt at a profitable venture.Now, certainly you could still say that a show about a vampire community IS advertising for a game about being vampires.  It certainly can't hurt.  But by that standard, Clash of the Titans was a adult targeted ad for D&D.  As far as comics go, your conclusion is simply based on an ill-informed opinion.  No question to your right to the opinion; but if the advertisers put them there because it was their opinion that it would reach adults, then the issue of targeting adults becomes a matter of simple fact.Realizing that they actually reached adults may or may not sway your opinion, but that is beside the fact.</blockquote>