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| This year's RPGaDay (full text list here) |
A. King Arthur Pendragon 1st Edition
The first roleplaying game that stood out for me for its artwork was Pendragon 1st Edition with the glorious black and white images by Lisa A Free and evocative cover by Jody Lee. However, art needs to be shown in the right setting which is why the layout is just as important. I think that was Yurek Chodak. White space is important.
I'm not a huge fan of art over content and layout which means that some of the more art punk games really frustrate me, especially when they haven't put the effort into the rules and game mechanics around them. I do love the way that the *BORG series of games also tend to have the core rules in plain text as well.
I think I'll stick with the first game that caught my eye like this. I'm sad to say that none of the subsequent editions of the game have caught my eye in the same way.
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| Example page from Pendragon |
4 August 2024
Addendum: If I was going for something more modern it would probably be anything by Luka Rejec. Ultraviolet Grasslands, especially. His artwork really calls out to me and the layout makes it sing. Jason Behnke’s work for Liminal and Age of Arthur also stands out.
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