mhd Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Is there some trend I'm missing? If I look at e.g. the current D&D PHB or the Patfhinder core book, I'll see rather serious battle scenes. Same goes for other popular games like Shadowrun (or the current FH version). Most video game art goes in the same direction. This isn't weird enough for the Otus-OSR crowd or cartoony for the Munchkin-fans, either. IS FH selling a lot in Colorado? Okay, there's one similar recent pic that comes to mind, that being the revised cover of the next edition of Germany's incumbent top selling game. They went from this first attempt to this. Which kinda-sorta is a "looting party picture", too. Although quite a bit less surreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 That's what I'm thinking; the cover is to get new buyers. Hero core fans will pick up FH anyway, this should attract attention and get conversations going with other people. I like it, its a fresh approach but still hits all the right notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrandom Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I feel that the joke is going to be on me when I buy the book......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus40218 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Is there some trend I'm missing? If I look at e.g. the current D&D PHB or the Patfhinder core book, I'll see rather serious battle scenes. Same goes for other popular games like Shadowrun (or the current FH version). Most video game art goes in the same direction. This isn't weird enough for the Otus-OSR crowd or cartoony for the Munchkin-fans, either. IS FH selling a lot in Colorado? Okay, there's one similar recent pic that comes to mind, that being the revised cover of the next edition of Germany's incumbent top selling game. They went from this first attempt to this. Which kinda-sorta is a "looting party picture", too. Although quite a bit less surreal. Yeah...the first attempt is pretty plain with no real "action". While the second doesn't depict a great deal of action, the characters in the forefront at least appear realistically serious and engaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Do any of you have women in your gaming groups? I can tell you that the women in my gaming group like the cover. 50% of the people in world are women. How many are playing RPGs? How many would play if the people creating the games, art and miniatures would take into account their tastes and sensibilities? I can tell you that the women gamers in my group want to have fun... Killing things isn't that much fun for them. They like a good combat. But they love a good swindle, joke, and chance to outsmart their opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes, but the woman we pay with likes "classy sexy" images for females so this is not her style. My wife thinks it is cartoony but that is only two answers from women I know. Personally if I saw that cover, I would not be inclined to look at it or buy it. I prefer serious art. And I love hero, so much so that I ordered book 1. I will buy every Hero Games product because I love Fantasy Hero so much.So I guess they do not have to impress me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes, but the woman we pay with likes "classy sexy" images for females so this is not her style. My wife thinks it is cartoony but that is only two answers from women I know. Personally if I saw that cover, I would not be inclined to look at it or buy it. I prefer serious art. And I love hero, so much so that I ordered book 1. I will buy every Hero Games product because I love Fantasy Hero so much.So I guess they do not have to impress me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Do any of you have women in your gaming groups? I can tell you that the women in my gaming group like the cover. 50% of the people in world are women. How many are playing RPGs? How many would play if the people creating the games, art and miniatures would take into account their tastes and sensibilities? I can tell you that the women gamers in my group want to have fun... Killing things isn't that much fun for them. They like a good combat. But they love a good swindle, joke, and chance to outsmart their opposition. We have 5 women in our group (not all of them play in all games, though). And of those 5 ,,, 4 prefer playing hard-hitting warriors and like plenty of combat. In my experience, women gamers are as diverse as men, and the only thing I think that's gender-specific is a dislike of the chainmail bikini. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Female gamers tend to like the idea of the "strong female" character, particularly in fantasy. They don't want the girl to be a princess cowering from the dragon as the knight saves her. They want her to be right in there doing the saving, so this image should appeal to them at that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 one can have hard hitting warrior women wothout it looking like everyone ncluding the dragon is laughing at a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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