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My Top 10 Favorite Game Art

theDL

updated 2 months ago | posted 5 months ago

This is basically 10 games whose art I really like. I didn't spend a ton of time coming up with it, so there are probably some I missed. By "art", I generally mean the cards, box, board, and sometimes tiles, though I guess some other small components could be included as well. Without further ado:

10. #Roam - no list about art without Ryan Laukat! I have not played this game, but I love the art.

9. #Wingspan - lovely birds, lovely boards, lovely box. What more do you want?

8. #Century: Golem Edition - awesome cartoony golem art

7. #Bruxelles 1897 - really cool Art Deco theme

6. #Tapestry - hard to argue with the aesthetics of Tapestry. I especially love the board, but the buildings are a really neat touch, price inflation aside.

5. #Irish Gauge - Ian O'Toole has made train games beautiful with this one and #Ride the Rails

4. #Nemo's War (Second Edition) - I love the look of old maps, and this game looks great all around. Ian O'Toole, yet again.

3. #Inis - this game has some insane Celtic looking art on its cards and I can't get enough of it

2. #Everdell - the most adorable anthropomorphized animals with an awesomely overproduced board and extra components make for one of the most eye-catching games you'll find.

1. #Oceans - is anyone surprised? This game is gorgeous. The watercolor art is super colorful and eye-catching, and the almost 90 cards in the Deep deck all have unique pieces of art on them. Amazing.

And that's it! What are your favorites?

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lanista Supporter5 months ago

Glad to see #Inis mentioned here! Did not know of #Oceans art, Interest peaked.

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theDL 5 months ago

Yeah I love the art in Inis. And the art in Oceans is so great. Even the less crazy "Surface" trait cards are really beautiful.

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Courageous Bob 5 months ago

Ooooh pretty, it is amazing how much artwork has improved over time in board games.

Oceans looks absolutely gorgeous! I really love the art for Odin's Ravens

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Courageous Bob 5 months ago

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theDL 5 months ago

Oh wow that is great!

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Skurvy5 Supporter5 months ago

Agree with most of your choices but I think#Scythe and #Root should be on here somewhere too

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theDL 5 months ago

The art for Scythe is excellent but it's too grim for my taste, haha. The board is really cool though

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Marshwiggle92 Supporter5 months ago

Nice choices. I would maybe replace Bruxelles with Pax Emancipation. But these are still beautiful games.

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theDL 5 months ago

I do like the art on that!

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R0land1199 Premium User5 months ago

Nice choices! My top game art would be:

1) #Brass: Birmingham and #Brass: Lancashire: I fell in love with it when I saw it in the kickstarter. One of the few times I was sold on something other than the game. Luckily they are amazing games too!

2) #Scythe Jostles with Brass for 1 & 2 regularly. I find the art really draws me in to the game and helps the game context make a lot more sense for me.

3) #Forbidden Stars From the box down to the lowliest Ork Boy this game exudes Warhammer 40K.

4) #Teotihuacan: City of Gods I just find this game gorgeous end to end. It can be a tad busy initially but the artwork is great.

5) #Kingdomino The art isn't epic or anything but it is simple yet varied enough to fit the game perfectly. I couldn't imagine any other art with this game.

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theDL 5 months ago

I do really like the look of #Teotihuacan: City of Gods. That's a game I hope to try some day!

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R0land1199 Premium User5 months ago

I highly recommend it!

It's on tabletopia if you want to give it a whirl.

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