D&D (2024) What is your favorite standard 2024 cover?

[ezo]

Thanks for including a "None" option!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I voted all of them, but the fact that most folks picked the MM, I think partly because of Minsc suggests, that WotC confuses old with iconic. Minsc & Boo Iconic, Drizzt and the Companions of the Hall iconic, the main characters of the War of the Lance Iconic, Elminster Iconic, Strahd Iconic, The Brimstone Angels, Iconic, Everis Cale Iconic, Alice and Dragonbait Iconic, Gale/Wyll/Shadowheart/Lae'zel/Astarion/Karlach/Halsin/Minthara/Jeheira Iconic, etc..., toys from the 70s that sold poorly even back then, not iconic, just old. Not a big enough fan base.

Still like the cover though, looks cool.

Things can be different levels of iconic.

 

[payn]

Went with none, I like the alternate PHB best.

 

[Vael]

I voted MM, but tbh, they look great together, there's a cohesion and yet distinctiveness.

 

[Stormonu]

As much as I like Warduke, I had to go with none. I just don't like the art style. But then, I think the only covers to the core books I really like are the 1E Revised covers, and the original 3E covers because of the ingeniousness of the design (and they are pretty).

 

[Weiley31]

In order:

PHB--MM--DMG.

 

[DEFCON 1]

I went None. Not a big fan of the smudgy, not-terribly-detailed backgrounds of the three images, plus all the characters and figures being so proportionally smaller in the frame. There just seems like there's a lot of extra empty space around all the characters, all of which is just smudgy color. Not very interesting.

There's also the issue of the book titles being at the bottom of each book so that the 'Dungeons & Dragons' typeface logo can be at the top... which I'm also not a fan of. I find the narrow and outlined white typeface they are re-using for the three titles to be a much more eye-catching and compelling typeface than what they used for the logo, so putting that down below doesn't look as good in my opinion. The 5E14 books with the red 'D&D' logo image at the top and the bright white book title and red underline underneath it was a much better layout that what the new books have I feel.

It's no big deal... I don't hinge my enjoyment of a gaming product by its art... but if I'm going to vote since the poll is here, that's how I'd go.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Monster Manual is my favorite. I like the composition and all the fun monsters to look at!

Player's Handbook is number two. I enjoy the bright colors and the dragon designs.

Dungeon Master's Guide is definitely number three. It's a little too gray, I have no emotional connection to the D&D cartoon.

 

[Horwath]

I'm split between none and MM, but out of the lot, I dislike MM the least.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

MM, not close.

Exactly this - MM and not even close.

I like Venger on the DMG cover but the rest of the cover looks bad to me, especially Warduke, who looks like a dweeb. Like, I'm normally all for half-naked barbarian warrior types, but put a shirt on Duke! Bare chest does not work with that look.

I don't like PHB cover much, apart from that it dares to have more than one black character, but that's not really an aesthetic thing. But as I've said in previous threads, I've never liked a D&D PHB cover, ever. Not any edition. All the PHBs have covers ranging from "I guess if we must" to "Ugh hideous" imho.