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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8552183" data-attributes="member: 18">Yes.That's where I like to see it, in those places.Honestly, if a game has good-to-great art and/or lots of it I will pay easily double over what I will for no or weak art. Sufficiently bad art will actively make me avoid a game unless I have direct strong recommendations from RL people I trust. No art is literally better than bad art or clip art. And I agree with those saying "pick a lane" re: colour or not colour. Most of the best TTRPG art is black & white, but there's also excellent colour stuff. Don't waste money on things like colour plates except maybe for maps.I would say cover is probably the least important for me, because, well, most covers suck, and I mostly buy books digitally now.Also with maps, please for god's sake go with function over form and clarity over detail. It's okay if the map is "in-setting" to have it pretty stylized, but it should be clear at least. I totally loathe ultra-detailed full-colour maps where you can barely make anything out or where 99% of the map is a distraction.The only other major point is, if you have a weird-looking or unusual monster, for god's sake illustrate it.</blockquote>