{"id":1139,"date":"2025-08-06T18:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:12:28","slug":"swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords &amp; Scrolls 023 &#8211; The Dungeons &amp; Dragons Adventure Ads from the 1980&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zenopus_Castle.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome Kevin Coffey of CritforBrains.com to the Land of Scrolls! We discuss a series of advertising pages for Dungeons &amp; Dragons which ran in various Marvel publications in the 1980&#8217;s. The comic strip ads tell various stories, with various adventuring parties. The ads and the creatives working on them face just as many adversaries as the heroes within the comics themselves. Quick! A Torch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit CritforBrains for all kinds of gaming goodness at  <a href=\"https:\/\/critforbrains.com\/\">https:\/\/critforbrains.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme Music by GNOLL, courtesy Heimat der Katastrophe. All rights reserved. <a href=\"https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMAIL ME BY GORM! swordsnscrollspod@gmail.com.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram: swordsandscrolls.pod<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Kevin Coffey of CritforBrains.com to the Land of Scrolls! We discuss a series of advertising pages for Dungeons &amp; Dragons which ran in various Marvel publications in the 1980&#8217;s. The comic strip ads tell various stories, with various adventuring parties. The ads and the creatives working on them face&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/goodpencil.com\/saspod\/S%26SPod_023.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"84.98M","date_recorded":"2025-07-22","explicit":"on","block":"","filesize_raw":"89103382","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[189,184,188,187,7,9,6,18,192,191,190,186,82,61,10,8,166,57],"series":[48],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/swordsandscrollspod-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/podcast-download\/1139\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/podcast-player\/1139\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s.mp3","audio_player":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1139-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/podcast-player\/1139\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/podcast-player\/1139\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s.mp3\">https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/podcast-player\/1139\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/feed\/podcast\/swordsandscrolls","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p9oPQ3Pww5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s\/\">Swords &amp; Scrolls 023 &#8211; The Dungeons &amp; Dragons Adventure Ads from the 1980&#8217;s<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/swords-scrolls-023-the-dungeons-dragons-adventure-ads-from-the-1980s\/embed\/#?secret=p9oPQ3Pww5\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Swords &amp; Scrolls 023 &#8211; The Dungeons &amp; Dragons Adventure Ads from the 1980&#8217;s&#8221; &#8212; GOODPENCIL PODCASTS\" data-secret=\"p9oPQ3Pww5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}