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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fred Delles" data-source="post: 421832" data-attributes="member: 3497">Re: er, "yes"I just want to note that magazines like Maxim have other women in the magazine, as well as more shots of that cover girl as well. Their purpose is that they are supposed to be men's magazines - and men very often think about naked or near-naked chicks. For fitness, isn't one of the main purposes of fitness is to get a sexy body? Hence, the muscleman and/or sexy, well-fit woman on the cover, and more of both in the magazine as well. In Heavy Metal, there is quite a bit of nudity in their stories.But then there's Avalanche. There is NO SEX WHATSOEVER in a historical fantasy. So stop it already, AP.Ok, my reply.As for me, I think (remember, I'm only thinking) that it doesn't help at all. Probably hurt (based on my hypotheses in the initial post) it as well.I'm guessing that Avalanche Press is egging the "bad" reviewers because their sales of d20 products (not sure about their historical war games) are sucking pretty bad, and that if they have any bad reviews, it would suck even worse. My guess is that the scantily-clad women are there just to sell something that is bad, but it seems that it makes people feel ripped off ("Hey, what's with that woman?"), and give a lower opinion of an otherwise decent product.Of course, some honestly like such books (good for them), but those covers put the content to a lower standard, and most consumers can see beyond the "mascot" barely covering her privates. So, sex does not sell RPGs.Anyone is open to correct me if I am wrong.</blockquote>

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