Quote from: Skywalker;515739My favourite series of RPG covers is Dragon Warriors, which include:

I like all of those Dragon Warriors covers because they all show an adventuring group in the thick of things, which is my ideal.

I liked most of the Exalted book covers, including the interior art.

Quote from: ColonelHardisson;425461Originally a Dragon Magazine cover. I can't recall the issue number. Dragon Magazine has an amazing number of covers that were "done right" back in the early-to-mid 80s. For that matter, there were plenty of Dragon's covers that were "done right" throughout its entire run.

Also used as the cover for Dungeons & Dragons:Warriors of the Eternal Sun for the Genesis game console, one of the AD&D Book of Lairs, and probably numerous other things.

Quote from: JongWK;515224Cyberpunk has some great covers:

I definitely agree with this one.  A really strong image which screams of what the game is trying to convey.

Quote from: Reckall;515249DL 8 - Dragons of War by the late Keith Parkinson.



To me it is still THE defining "epic moment" in any D&D campaign. When I saw this cover in my LFGS, the module walked to the counter and paid the cashier by itself. It took me a few hours to exit shock and realize that it was part of a series.

Yes.  This is one of my favorite Dragonlance and fantasy images.  It was the one I'd always show to people and say "THIS is Dragonlance."

Quote from: John Morrow;515744I like all of those Dragon Warriors covers because they all show an adventuring group in the thick of things, which is my ideal.

I like how Friends and Foes shows the PCs recruiting a new knight PC after the events on the Bestiary cover

Quote from: Skywalker;515739My favourite RPG cover, though less for the art style and more for the message it gave was Exalted's First Edition cover:

Damn, I remember this one. It actually makes me sad. So much promise...

Quote from: Skywalker;515739My favourite series of RPG covers is Dragon Warriors, which include:

The artist, Jon Hodgson (who happens to lurk around here), is one of my current favorites in the industry. I don't have the link right now (I'm at work), but look for a YouTube video in which he details his research and ideas for the One Ring RPG art. Just goes to show that it takes a bit more than sheer techncial proficiency (which I, as a layman, feel he's got in spades) to crank out great art. This guy is one clever cookie.

I nominate this:



It puts into shade all other covers. It tells you exactly what the game is about, jumps out at you and says 'buy me' and the quality continues inside, with:



and



amongst others. When you spend all your meagre budget on other stuff and don't have enough for art that might, you know, sell the book, you can always fall back on cheap Rob Liefield knock offs with strange proportions. Stuff that even Liefield himself might say "Did someone draw that crouched over with a pencil jutting from their anus?" before realising that it was a reasonable copy of the shit he turns out. At least there wasn't a over-abundance of pouches, spiky hair and people with no feet, even if they were stretched to look like they were on stilts. Saying that, there might be. My eyes can't stand the strain of looking for too long at the book, knowing that I have a couple of copies of DC heroes 2nd and 3rd edition that will do the job and relegate this to book end.

Clearly, Blood of Heroes showed you can never have enough Cyborgs, Voodoo Witch Doctors, Bondage gear clad women, Ninjas and secret agents on the cover of your superhero book. No actual superheroes, mind, but what the fuck, let's run with it anyway as its better than the shit we're putting inside the covers.

*sigh*

MEG system, rest in peace.

Mekton II did have a very good cover.

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The New HackMaster PHB gets it right, IMO;

That's nice. Is it actually out yet?

It is in RC2 state, meaning that they are in the middle of layout and final tweaks. The deal that they have is going to end soon. So right now you can buy it and get the physical book and the PDF for the price of just the book. Supposed to go to the printer in the next week or so(maybe this week).

Keep in mind that brown around the pic in the middle is going to be a faux-leather cover like the HoB and A&8's...

I really like the cover of the first edition of 'Werewolf: The Apocalypse', with the slash-mark cut-outs revealing the peaceful sylvan scene underneath the toxic waste-coloured cover.

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I thought it was a nice idea as well, though less so in the softback version

and the "bullet hole" through the entire book for werewolf:wild west