Quote from: Trond;1020932One of the D&D covers no doubt. I'm not a D&D guy really, but the first that comes to mind is the red cover with a guy fighting a dragon.

However, for Scandinavians here it is probably this one:

Translated that for the English speakers: "Edgar Winter: They Only Come Out at Night: The Roleplaying Game"

Quote from: Trond;1020932One of the D&D covers no doubt. I'm not a D&D guy really, but the first that comes to mind is the red cover with a guy fighting a dragon.

However, for Scandinavians here it is probably this one:

Probably, but to me it´s:
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I don't think there's such a thing as "most iconic" for all RPGs, but there would be at least one per RPG you're familiar with. (I don't think iconic-ness works as a one-dimensional measure; there's a cover that comes to mind for each game I think of, but it doesn't make me think of other RPGs.)

For 0D&D, I think of the cover of the first book, Men & Magic, with the guy in short-sleeve plate with a dagger in his shield hand.

For Basic D&D, I think of the blue box cover with the generic mixed-party adventurers and red dragon and the huge piles of gold coins.

I don't know for AD&D - I generically interchange the AD&D PHB and DMG covers.

For Traveller, yeah, the mayday text cover pictured above.

For TFT, the cover of In The Labyrinth which used the same art as the other advanced books:
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For GURPS, I tend to think of the 3e cover, though it's not as strong an association for me as it represents different types of characters in bubbles, and for me, GURPS isn't about using it for all sorts of settings (it's about ancient/medieval tactical combat and RP).

For Gamma World, I think of the original Gamma World box cover and the blank hex map inside.

For DragonQuest, I think of the white-background second-edition cover, which was what our local store had on the shelf forever:
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Quote from: Skarg;1020938I don't think there's such a thing as "most iconic" for all RPGs, but there would be at least one per RPG you're familiar with. (I don't think iconic-ness works as a one-dimensional measure; there's a cover that comes to mind for each game I think of, but it doesn't make me think of other RPGs.)

For 0D&D, I think of the cover of the first book, Men & Magic, with the guy in short-sleeve plate with a dagger in his shield hand.

For Basic D&D, I think of the blue box cover with the generic mixed-party adventurers and red dragon and the huge piles of gold coins.

I don't know for AD&D - I generically interchange the AD&D PHB and DMG covers.

For Traveller, yeah, the mayday text cover pictured above.

For TFT, the cover of In The Labyrinth which used the same art as the other advanced books:
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Though I also think of the cover art from Microgame versions I started with:[ATTACH=CONFIG]2155[/ATTACH]


For GURPS, I tend to think of the 3e cover, though it's not as strong an association for me as it represents different types of characters in bubbles, and for me, GURPS isn't about using it for all sorts of settings (it's about ancient/medieval tactical combat and RP).

For Gamma World, I think of the original Gamma World box cover and the blank hex map inside.

For DragonQuest, I think of the white-background second-edition cover, which was what our local store had on the shelf forever:
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Those are almost all the same first ones I got.

And a guy made that D&D cover out of Legos!

AD&D PHB. It's the only cover I've seen homages to in other media, most particularly comics

Quote from: cranebump;1020905AD&D 1E, big, red demon statue being pilfered, dead creatures nearby, party consulting map.

This cover is D&D for me.  The low light emitted by torches, rascals and rogues stealing everything that isn't nailed down and even the stuff that is. Classic.

Quote from: cranebump;1020905AD&D 1E, big, red demon statue being pilfered, dead creatures nearby, party consulting map.

Quote from: Baron Opal;1020906For me, a tie between AD&D 1e PHB, DMG

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1020912Yep.

Quote from: saskganesh;1020947AD&D PHB. It's the only cover I've seen homages to in other media, most particularly comics

Yeah, this.

The AD&D PHB and DMG covers.  I've seen more than a few homages to those.
The B and BX D&D Covers. I've seen more than a few homages to that.
The Star Frontiers cover.  I've seen more than a few homages to that.
The black Traveller covers.

Either Elmore's Basic Cover (mentzer edition) or the 1st edition PHB with the Demon idol.

You could argue that either the 1E PHB or the first basic boxed set (Holmes) basically created the hobby, in no small part because of what they looked like on a hobby shop or book store shelf. None of the others (including later BD+D boxed sets) come close.

For me it's the red box cover.  No contest.

See my avatar.

Red Box, iconic enough that they tried to re-vamp it for 4e. Occasionally I see eBay listings trying to pass off the 4e for the BECMI box. That's sad. The 4e version is a travisty.

I have a three-way tie.
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