Friday, September 14, 2007

Silly or endearing? You make the call!

Before YouTube this was all we had with which to mock the nerdier D&D nerds.  Lightning bolt!  Lightning bolt!
On the one hand, I'm glad they don't make a lot of RPGs with photos like this on the cover. On the other hand, I love this cover.

4 comments:

  1. I am in total disagreement here. I DEMAND more photo covers! It gives people something attainable to aspire to; "Go ahead, TRY and be cooler than this fat guy dressed like a seductive female barmaid!"

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  2. I remember that thing. When I first saw it my thinking was, "Can't you use a better camera?"

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  3. Silly is endearing :) And I've always loved that cover.

    Speaking of photos, I miss the Games Workshop tradition of including photos of supplement authors in the books. Nothing humbles a game writer more effectively than a mug-shot!

    On the other hand, that old photo of Sandy Petersen in CoC was downright eerie in a hokey way, what with the campfire-flashlight thing going on. :)

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  4. With this cover, you've managed to make me nostalgic about both tabletop D&D and my old LARP group...

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