I’ve been stuck in a limbo for way too long… maybe I’m anxious, or maybe my expectations are too high, but waiting for the second (and hopefully correct!) print proof of the Hackssential Rules has really thrown me off track.
Thanks for your opinion! I tend to prefer that one as well... i am still in doubt though: from the left one I simply love the people walking hand in hand with the skeletons!
The Bruegel on the right shares the color scheme with most of the other books in the VI•VIII•X series and is a fantastic image. Death rides rampant across the land. An army of undead pillage the countryside. In the bottom corner the skeleton shows the king his "time is up". I absolutely love the de Burchis on the left, however. Death has calmly usurped sovereignty from the Pope and Emperor, both lying in the sarcophagus beneath him. The nobility, as is their wont, believe their gold will save them. The commoners below dance lockstep with the dead, for what other choice do they have but to accept their fate? The only issue I see is the text is difficult to see due to the lighter background.
I prefer the cover on the right - more sombre colours and (to me) more macabre.
Thanks for your opinion! I tend to prefer that one as well... i am still in doubt though: from the left one I simply love the people walking hand in hand with the skeletons!
The Bruegel on the right shares the color scheme with most of the other books in the VI•VIII•X series and is a fantastic image. Death rides rampant across the land. An army of undead pillage the countryside. In the bottom corner the skeleton shows the king his "time is up". I absolutely love the de Burchis on the left, however. Death has calmly usurped sovereignty from the Pope and Emperor, both lying in the sarcophagus beneath him. The nobility, as is their wont, believe their gold will save them. The commoners below dance lockstep with the dead, for what other choice do they have but to accept their fate? The only issue I see is the text is difficult to see due to the lighter background.
Fair point with the scarce readibility on the second one… even if the walk hand in hand between humans and skeletons is really charming to my eyes…