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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Less Demons, More Sales
Enworld reports that the "official" D&D 4 Player's Handbook cover is on the WOTC website. What made this interesting was that distributors shared their concern with WOTC about their original, demon-heavy cover artwork and WOTC changed it to the new one. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer the sexy cover.
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Ah-ha,
ReplyDeletebut which one is the sexy cover...
LOL, that was my first thought as well.
ReplyDeleteMan, I hadn't even thought of that. They're both kind of sexy now that I think about it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think either one is that great. Just don't like that style.
ReplyDeleteI mean, it's D&D - the "grandaddy" of fantasy roleplaying games. Why not go with a classic fantasy art style, like the Hildebrandts or something?
Or, have two different cover styles - one more traditional for mass market (book stores and such), the other, more "sexy" (and limited print run) solely for game stores.
Because we are not the target market. I personally don't like the art style, but they're hoping it attracts the average twelve your old boy. As a store owner, anything that brings in younger clientele is great. As a player, it does nothing for me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, D&D may be the granddaddy of fantasy RPGs, but D&D 4th isn't your granddaddy's D&D.
ReplyDeleteSo much has changed since 1st edition that aside from some terms that they have in common, they're hardly recognizable as being the same game.
Castles & Crusades is much closer to the original in terms of mechanics and background, and not coincidentally uses artwork much closer to it as well.