Thanks, kids! Z-Man asked me to do something other than the common "ship sailing away across the ocean while a man in period dress looks on" illustration, so I went for this idea of the game box being a weather-beaten map-case with the rolled-up maps peeking out. Hopefully it will give the sense of a globe-spanning effort awaiting the player as he/she opens the box.
Thanks, kids! Z-Man asked me to do something other than the common "ship sailing away across the ocean while a man in period dress looks on" illustration, so I went for this idea of the game box being a weather-beaten map-case with the rolled-up maps peeking out. Hopefully it will give the sense of a globe-spanning effort awaiting the player as he/she opens the box.
Smart solution. Great to see game boxes evolving beyond what they've been. Games from Germany in the great Euro invasion = brilliant. Game artwork in the great Euro invasion = in many cases either fugly or juvenile. And don't even get me started on the unfortunate wave of anime inspired illustrations in games.... (sound of me puking into bucket).
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The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally. -- Gary Gygax
