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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 5738503" data-attributes="member: 1231">I like what jbear is saying. Basically the lesson to be learned boils down to, I think: The game should lend itself to being played in social and public places. That means it needs to be both portable and not too bulky or complicated to setup. If you only have two or three books, or a laptop, it is reasonably portable. But perhaps huge battlemats and tons on minis cut down on how reasonable it is to set up just anywhere. If presentation is important too, and it seems it might be, I guess the question is what sort of direction they should take with the art. When people say &quot; 4E mostly got the art right, &quot; what does that mean? 4E art is the most &quot; cartoonish &quot; (for lack of a better word) it has been in a long time. But is what is &quot; right &quot; or &quot; wrong &quot; about the art not so much about style as content? It might not be bad to take style back towards the more realistic style of 2nd Ed. (minus the ridiculous outfits, of course), or take it closer to the comics (but with better proportions, obviously). Maybe others could say more about the art. More active art would be nice as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 5738503, member: 1231"] I like what jbear is saying. Basically the lesson to be learned boils down to, I think: The game should lend itself to being played in social and public places. That means it needs to be both portable and not too bulky or complicated to setup. If you only have two or three books, or a laptop, it is reasonably portable. But perhaps huge battlemats and tons on minis cut down on how reasonable it is to set up just anywhere. If presentation is important too, and it seems it might be, I guess the question is what sort of direction they should take with the art. When people say " 4E mostly got the art right, " what does that mean? 4E art is the most " cartoonish " (for lack of a better word) it has been in a long time. But is what is " right " or " wrong " about the art not so much about style as content? It might not be bad to take style back towards the more realistic style of 2nd Ed. (minus the ridiculous outfits, of course), or take it closer to the comics (but with better proportions, obviously). Maybe others could say more about the art. More active art would be nice as well. [/QUOTE]

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