You do understand that in the early days of gaming it wasn't a respected hobby right? The Satanic Panic was real. If you played D&D you were a nerd and subject to bullying. There wasn't a lot of money available to game designers so they saved money where they could.

>>98108252
Thats kinda just how small business works.
>hey son/daughter/bro/sis/grandpa im making a project and i need warm bodies to do some minor but essential task, want to trade three hours for some resume credit and a hot lunch?
And now his daughters can say "i was actually a model for a bit. I was on the cover of *cough*dragon*cough* magazine!"
You know who cant say that? Me

>>98108252
>having his daughters model
Daughter. Elise did modelling and that's who's in both of those photos. I don't recall any of the other daughters doing modelling jobs for TSR.

>>98108252
>Was he just being a cheap son of a bitch?
Yes, but also Gary Gygax destroyed his life and his reputation by being a fame-hungry faggot who thought he could become a hollywood big shot. He probably thought this was a way to get his foot in the door, as any hollywood big-wig that wanted to rape his daughter would have to contact him first upon seeing those ads.

>>98108252
>Was he just being a cheap son of a bitch
Yes

>>98110368
That because you have dicks where your brain should be

>>98108252
>looks decent enough
>in case she ever wants to get into modelling or similar line of work, that's already 2 positions for her portfolio
Unless she for some reason wasn't keen on doing this, I genuinely fail to see the problem.

How old do you think she was when she lost her virginity?

>>98111721
I think you should be killed for making this post.

>>98108660
>You know who cant say that? Me
Not with THAT attitude.

>>98108252
No industry is safe from nepotism

If the president of the US can do it, the president of TSR should too

>>98108660
>And now his daughters can say "i was actually a model for a bit. I was on the cover of *cough*dragon*cough* magazine!"
>You know who cant say that? Me
Weren't you on the cover of Dragon #156?

>>98108252
In the 1970s, if you had a chance to let your daughter model something and you didn't, that basically made you a piece of shit. So this >>98111244 basically.

>>98114366
No, that was me. They brought me back for the #162 cover too but I lost some weight in-between.

Was this before or after he left the Jehovah's Witnesses

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>>98108252

There is literally nothing wrong with this. Are you just actively trying to find things to bitch about?

>>98111733
Why?

>>98108252
>>98108252
????? What's the problem? This is normal modelling pictures for the time period, and she can say she professionally model for a few ads which gives her more of a chance to get a callback as she has a portfolio. I mean, you're acting like this was an onlyfans or something. Quit having a hate boner for Gygax. I mean, it clear you're trying to act like he abused his kid for letting her being in a D&D ad for his magazine.

>>98111733
You didn't answer the question.

>>98108252
So this is what they meant by Gygaxian.

>>98119652
What is normal about having a woman hump some nerd books? I could understand putting her in some Frazetta-esque pinup poses, sword in hand... But what the fuck is this supposed to be selling other than "we put a hot girl next to our product. Buy it. Buy it you worthless horny loser."

>>98124113
Dude, in the 70s 80s, every product was kind of treated like that. Also I don't think they had a real sword prop or anything fantasy that didn't look like a cheap Halloween costume. This looks dress in a outfit to mode, she does a few with the products and a few without so she get a few portfolio pictures.

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>>98114366
>>98114655

>>98124113
>What is normal about having a woman hump some nerd books?
Nothing I hope because I want to develop it as a a new kink to sell to the masses. Now where can I find a photo of a woman doing that so I can get some inspiration because op's photo is just a sexy girl holding a nerd book not humping the book.

>we put a hot girl next to our product. Buy it. Buy it you worthless horny loser
Correction, buy it everyone who gets horny, not just worthless losers. You yourself called it a woman humping some nerd books so you obviously thought she was a sexy woman older than the 16 years she was in those photos. She caught the eye of the target demographic and people looked at the photo and noticed the product. Sex sells. It's nothing new.

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>>98123978
Nah she also did it for Gamma World.

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>>98108252
>What's the deal
Why do you think it's strange?
Do you know Petty Girls? The artwork of George Petty. Every single WW2 soldier had one of these pinned up next to his cot. His daughter was the model. Why does this cause you anxiety?

>>98124113
This was in the days before feminists and microplastics turned all you zoomies into cucked faggots, something being sexy used to be equated with it being good by *everybody* not just "horny losers".

>>98124113
>"we put a hot girl next to our product.
Anon back in the day this was an absolutely standard marketing practice for literally any sort of service or product. Not even that far back, I remember lots of this sort of advertisement around even back in 00s
Was it primitive and retarded? I guess, but it was definitely not untypical

>>98125022
You're badly exaggerating a practice that was used for things like clothes, cologne, and booze, because those are products directly associated with try to get hot women to fuck you. And it's not like that practice has gone away at all.

>>98125193
I remember in the 90's seeing sexy adverts for, amongst other things: videogames, theatre productions, watches, cars, and fucking *yoghurt*. Anon is exaggerating nothing, you're just a sheltered prude and/or a zoomieunuch.

>>98125193
Anon, just within few minutes of googling I could find genuine commercials from my country with half naked sexy-bitches for, among other things
>construction grout
>floor tiles
>washing machines
>a marketing school
>a supermarket (Carrefour, to be specific)
>computers
>heating suppliers
>window shades
>fast foods
>pesticides
>bathroom installations
>home equipment stores
>car rentals
>language courses
And most of them are no older than 20 years. Hell, some commercials like that for most random of bullshit can still be found around my town, though fortunately much less than in the past.
I'll admit that many of those are trying to sell things that are more "male coded", but many of them not at all.
I am absolutely not exaggerating

>>98125540
>Carrefour
France is not the whole world.

>>98125582
And Carrefour is present in half of the world (although each national branch probably has its own marketing department), I'm not even from France, what's your fucking point?
>umm it wasn't that bad in every country
Yeah, possibly, I have no way of telling, but there surely used to be a shittonne of this, especially back then, especially in things marketed towards men (such as games), but often in completely ridiculous areas too. I really see no point in this revisionism.

This thread really didn't go how OP wanted it to.

>>98124997
>t. retarded and underage faggot.

>>98124113
Like pretty woman? Pretty woman with product! Like product! This is extremely effective by the way.