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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3237416" data-attributes="member: 43146">Kam, take a look at the ages of the guys on the cover of the PH and DMG for 1E.&nbsp; These guys are dirty, grimey, bearded, and just tough mofo's.&nbsp; Lets face it, did kids (I mean 10 year olds) want to see exclusively old guy like this.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did, and my friends did (I'll bet alot of you guys as well...infact it looked darn dangerous to my young eyes), but the &quot;masses&quot; the ones that never did get into role play games, surely a more general appeal would have hooked them.&nbsp; I don't think Gary and Arney had the interest or finances to do any marketing.&nbsp; They stuck stuff on the covers they thought actually captured the &quot;feel&quot; and &quot;spirit&quot; of the game.&nbsp; It was an honest &quot;here is the game we love in picture form...we hope you love it too&quot; from the heart painting.&nbsp; And the rest is history.&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 years from now these original books and artwork will still be talked about.&nbsp; But I doubt 3E's interior art will be collected or remembered.&nbsp; Kam, I really don't see what your getting at.&nbsp; If your saying there are parts of 1E art taken from cartoons or covers of the Hobbit (I'm not saying there was) so what.&nbsp; That doesn't mean they show kids, or the stuff kids want to see, they were hardened and sullied.&nbsp; These guys in on the PH cover (and alot of the interior stuff) look more like Jethro Tull's &quot;Aqua Lung my friend&quot; then GQ underwear models (like the ones I'm forced to look at when viewing 3E art) or some kiddy super-heroes.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; If you think 3E is doing the same as Gygax and early TSR did, I think your fooling yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp; :\</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3237416, member: 43146"] Kam, take a look at the ages of the guys on the cover of the PH and DMG for 1E. These guys are dirty, grimey, bearded, and just tough mofo's. Lets face it, did kids (I mean 10 year olds) want to see exclusively old guy like this. I did, and my friends did (I'll bet alot of you guys as well...infact it looked darn dangerous to my young eyes), but the "masses" the ones that never did get into role play games, surely a more general appeal would have hooked them. I don't think Gary and Arney had the interest or finances to do any marketing. They stuck stuff on the covers they thought actually captured the "feel" and "spirit" of the game. It was an honest "here is the game we love in picture form...we hope you love it too" from the heart painting. And the rest is history. 100 years from now these original books and artwork will still be talked about. But I doubt 3E's interior art will be collected or remembered. Kam, I really don't see what your getting at. If your saying there are parts of 1E art taken from cartoons or covers of the Hobbit (I'm not saying there was) so what. That doesn't mean they show kids, or the stuff kids want to see, they were hardened and sullied. These guys in on the PH cover (and alot of the interior stuff) look more like Jethro Tull's "Aqua Lung my friend" then GQ underwear models (like the ones I'm forced to look at when viewing 3E art) or some kiddy super-heroes. If you think 3E is doing the same as Gygax and early TSR did, I think your fooling yourself. :\ [/QUOTE]

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