RPG Books with the Best Art

[Marc Radle]

Just curious … what current RPG book would you list as having the best art?

Current in this context means released in the last couple years.

Best art is of course highly subjective, so maybe what current RPG book would you list as having great / awesome art is a better question.

Any genre

Thanks!!

 

[The Soloist]

For me, the best art means the perfect adequation of the art style with the theme of the RPG. The One Ring by Free League is such a book. The grim and dark illustrations capture perfectly the Mordor gloom atmosphere of LOTR.

 

[BigZebra]

I love the art direction of Cubicle 7s WFRP line. The art in the first couple of pages of the core rulebok, which is full page art with some text describing the Empire and the Reikalnd really sets the mood.

 

[Marc Radle]

I love the art direction of Cubicle 7s WFRP line. The art in the first couple of pages of the core rulebok, which is full page art with some text describing the Empire and the Reikalnd really sets the mood.

Sorry, WFRP?

 

[The Soloist]

Sorry, WFRP?

Warhammer Fantasy RPG.

 

[Sacrosanct]

 

[Older Beholder]

Tales From The Loop.

 

[CandyLaser]

I've been enjoying Triangle Agency recently, and while I don't know if it has the best art it definitely has very evocative art that really gets the mood and tone of the game across. I'd also put Symbaroum in the same category.

Everything by 2 Little Mice also deserves mention - Household, in particular, is not just gorgeous but detailed and dripping with flavor.

 

[Marc Radle]

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Heh, the old First Edition book falls just a tad outside the “released within the last few years” parameters …

 

[Older Beholder]

Heh, the old First Edition book falls just a tad outside the “released within the last few years” parameters …

I missed that part too. Although, Tales From The Loop is pretty recent.
The Dark Souls book for 5E had some great art if you like darker imagery, to the point that it felt more like a coffee table book.