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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tf360" data-source="post: 1866592" data-attributes="member: 2105">Personally, I don't think that I've been defensive at all. If there's valid criticism I'm more than willing to listen to it and do what I can to make changes. I believe that Steve and Kevin have pointed out that the art direction and design have changed since the original sourcebook, and the response that we've been getting recently has been very favorable. Torn Asunder won a silver Ennie. Arms & Armor has gotten a lot of very positive feedback and reviews, and to a lesser degree Mysteries of Arena has also done well (it already sold out). The art is far more realistic looking than in the earliest products, both cover art and interior art, and the layout has also improved thanks to feedback that we had received and responded to as well as software upgrades.</blockquote>Someone who I work with was asked by a friend to approach the Bastion booth at GenCon and talk about their playtest of Oathbound.  He told me he felt he was "sized up" and that Bastion didn't care to talk to him.[/QUOTE]I'm sorry if your friend felt that way. I spent a lot of time in the booth at GenCon and frequently heard the exact opposite from customers. Believe me, I'm a friendly and outgoing guy with a future career in preowned automobile retailing, (just ask Hal Greenburg and the Fiery Dragon guys). I saw a lot more smiles on people's faces around our booth, especially after I was pushing the give Hal a hug promotion, than at a lot of other places. More than one customer told me that some other vendors wouldn't even talk to him/her, let alone look at him until he opened up his wallet and handed the counter person his credit card or cash.   [/QUOTE]Anyways, I think that Bastion is doing some good stuff.  Their art is better, their borders are better (though I can't speak for the latest OB release).  The visual appeals of Doom Striders and Into the Blue are great and I love the cover for Wildwood.[/QUOTE]Thanks. The concept for Wildwood's cover was my idea. If only I draw something more intricate than stick figures I'd have a future as an artist.  [/QUOTE]I don't care for the curled leather (or is it flensed flesh?) of the former Bastion covers and 2/3 of the image being obscured by a plain background (even for Into the Blue and Doom Striders), so I'm heartened by the new look for Wildwood.[/QUOTE]Arena and Mysteries of Arena also used the full page image. I'm not sure of the terminology for the borders on those products.  [/QUOTE]I also thought the borders for former OB releases are too distracting and doesn't convey anything.  The borders are nice for Into the Blue and Doom Striders and each conveys the subject matter.  The borders for the OB line looks like a mix-matched pile of claws and...?  Is it supposed to be a Rorshack shape?  Regardless, it's clear that Bastion Press is making strides.[/QUOTE]Yes the interior borders for Into the Blue and Doom Striders are an improvement thanks to feedback and once again upgrades in technology.[/QUOTE]

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