Masters of the Universe and Dungeons & Dragons in 1983
December 13, 1983. One thing about the Google newspaper archives is that the issues shown don’t always align with the date Google has stated. It can make research a little challenging at times — especially when the dates are off my months — but I have poked into the archives enough now that I am no longer surprised when there’s a discrepancy.
Anyway, all of that rambling nonsense vanishes the instant that you see this ad featuring both the Masters of the Univetse action figures and the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. I created a video showing the official Masters of the Universe RPG earlier this month, and seeing these two ad blocks together makes me wish that TSR had produced an official Masters of the Universe game using the D&D rules. That would have been amazing!