New Cover Pic

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by threedeesix

I was just on the Chaosium site and saw the new cover image

http://www.chaosium.com/article.php?story_id=246

Rod

I hope you don't mind Rod, but I'll edit your post so the thread can be displayed in the news module on the index page. Great find!

SGL.

[Lord Twig]

I kinda like it. Not so sure about the cloak on the "Fantasy" character, but overall not a bad idea.

I did like the World's of Wonder cover though. You can see a thumbnail of it on Pete's site.

http://www.maranci.net/rqpastold.htm

[Sorloc]

Looking at the cover for RQ2 gives me shivers. Guess I am a nerd.

As for the cover - the arrow is glowing...

And that damned comma is still there! "A Complete Core Rulebook" is correct English; "A Complete, Core Rulebook" is not.

I'm so picky... but I do know how important appearances can be.

[Simlasa]

Originally Posted by jarulf

I remember Lisa Free very fondly

Actually, I liked her stuff a lot as well... and in general I've always liked the art in Chaosium books (much more than in the older GURPS books!)... the stuff in the COC books has usually been really good too... but I don't think Chaosium has the reputation for lushly illustrated games/supplements the way some companies do... which I think is just fine. I really prefer not to have full color glossy pages with unecessary background art gumming up my ability to read the text.

[soltakss]

Spaceships, warriors, firearms and a temple - what more could you ask for?

It looks OK, but cover art has never, ever sold a book for me.

It looks as though they'll be pushing the D100 idea, which is probably a good thing.

[jarulf]

I haven't seen much of what Chaosium has done in the last 15 years or so and haven't played GURPS between the time it was still called The Fantasy Trip and 4th ed, so can't comment really.
As far as I can remember my impressions from that time though Chaosium's art was usually decent and occasionally wonderful.

As for lush art, I really prefer a book to read not something to put on the coffee table to brag about.

Should I say something about margin art and watermarks again? Nah, that horse is dead.

EDIT: I remember one cover I really loved, Questworld. I can't remember exactly what it looked like any longer (lost the box) except it was am aerial view of a huge forest and a small settlement. It really worked for me.

[The Tweaker]

Well... I think it looks a bit 'outdated'... like something just out of the 80s, same as the system (not that the system is outdated at all; just the cover). But that's part of its charm to me. Had I seen this cover in the shelf of a gaming store 15 years ago, I would have paid for it without a second thought and I would have been playing BRP instead of GURPS up until now.

Consider me even more sold. I've already preordered the book at Warehouse 23.

[Rurik]

I don't like it all that much. It's not horrible, but nothing great.

One thing that I don't like is how the different Grenre's seem to be interacting with eachother. It could give the impression the game has a kind of wierd lost world/sci-fi multi genre setting, rather than being a ruleset that can be used for multiple genres.

We of course all know what BRP is about, but someone just looking at the cover might get the wrong impression.

Perhaps a poll is in order...

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by Rurik

One thing that I don't like is how the different Grenre's seem to be interacting with eachother. It could give the impression the game has a kind of wierd lost world/sci-fi multi genre setting, rather than being a ruleset that can be used for multiple genres.

Exactly my thoughts (are you reading them?)! Guy shooting at a spaceship with a bow and arrow spells weird sci-fi, not fantasy or the other settings.

SGL.

[golden wheel dancer]

aha...I have just responded with the same thoughts on the poll thread. It is not clear what the game is about and the subject of the (nicely executed) painting doesnt dazzle me enough for that not to matter.

I like the fact they are saying chaosiums d100 system (if they drop the comma!)