D&D 5E Check Out Joy Ang's Alternate Covers for the D&D Gift Set

Next week's Dungeons & Dragons Rules Expansion Gift Set comes in at $169.99 and also includes a slipcase and a DM Screen. In addition to the standard version (featuring Grzegorz Rutkowski’s art on Modenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse) there will be versions with alternate cover art as a hobby store exclusive with art from Joy Ang.

 

[Stormonu]

I think that's about the "lippiest" beholder I've ever seen depicted. Throw on some lipstick and we're well into clown territory.

Johnathan

 

[Mercurius]

These seem to really accelerate the "cartoonification" of D&D and what seems a focus on capturing a younger audience.

 

[Morrus]

These seem to really accelerate the "cartoonification" of D&D and what seems a focus on capturing a younger audience.

I was that younger audience. I was 11 when I started playing, as were many of the middle-aged gamers still playing now.

 

[darjr]

This was the very first image of D&D I can remember seeing. It really made me want to find out more. I was ten.

 

[Mercurius]

I was that younger audience. I was 11 when I started playing, as were many of the middle-aged gamers still playing now.

I was too, although was never into cartoony or "kiddish" art. Oh wait, the Fiend Folio was pretty cool.

 

[bedir than]

These seem to really accelerate the "cartoonification" of D&D and what seems a focus on capturing a younger audience.

These two posts are back-to-back. They're a clear demonstration that we all forget our youth.

 

[Stormonu]

While I'll always prefer the more "realistic" art, I still appreciate the occasional humorous or whimsical take on the game. The cartoons in the 1E DMG are a good example of this, as well as things like Downer from Dragon and even some of the whimsy within Witchlight and Strixhaven. I'm among that crowd that got drawn in when I was but 10. Grim and gritty will probably always take second place to fantasical and imaginative images for me.

In the end these ARE alternate covers - if it isn't to you're liking that's okay, there's still the standard covers, which are plenty serious.

 

[darjr]

This was the very first image of D&D I can remember seeing. It really made me want to find out more. I was ten.

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A bit of background. I was in school and the others were playing during recess.

For decades I didn’t know where that art came from. It wasn’t until I finally looked at a copy of Holmes edition that I knew.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

These seem to really accelerate the "cartoonification" of D&D and what seems a focus on capturing a younger audience.

I think this is awful and compares terribly with most 5e art.

it’s awful not in the skill it takes but the tone. Talented artist but choices that don’t make sense to me.

guess they can’t all be brom dark sun….but just no

 

[Eyes of Nine]

A bit of background. I was in school and the others were playing during recess.

For decades I didn’t know where that art came from. It wasn’t until I finally looked at a copy of Holmes edition that I knew.

Tom Wham one of my favorite artists from that era. And he designed fun games too