The characters look like Disney refugees, and those shoulder pads on the box cover are insane.

What happened to Jesper Ejsing?  Unless I'm mistaken, he's done every other Terrinoth cover and really gave it some continuity.

 I prefer the new art.

 I would have to agree with your threat title, I do believe you're the only one who hates the art. I enjoyed the art from the original game but with new game mechanics and style, I feel new art helps keep the game fresh as well.

 Well, Shoulder Pads are Error :)

But rest of the artwork is not that bad. And you can always reprint your cards with new graphic if you dont like it. :)

No you are not the only one. You never are btw.

I do like the tiles (what I've seen of it anyway), but I am not too fond of the character artwork. Oh well…

Personally, I the think that the artwork is just fine.  Sure, it might be a little cartoonish, but who cares.  The only thing I think that will look funny is using the old artwork from the first edition with the new artwork from D2. 

Hate is such a strong word.

Here's a fun exercise:  Put five people in a room and pose the question - What defines good/great art?

See if you can get a straight answer out of any of them, let alone similar or unanimous answers.

I definitely prefer the old art to the new art, but I wouldn't say that I hate the new art.  I'll get over it.

So far, the only thing about 2e that makes me nervous is that Tomble guy in the newest preview.  I swear to God, he better not be a gnome.  If he's an onoit, that's fair game, but I still don't want to see too many of them… =P

Steve-O said:

Racist.

Steve-O said:

Are we talking about hating the "old school, dumpy gem chaser" gnomes from D&D 2nd edition, the "kender wannabes" from 3rd edition, or the "almost a fairy" ones from 4th edition? ^_^

Bleached Lizard said:

Fantasy-racist, perhaps.  My bigotry is firmly restricted to fictional realms, I'll have you know. =P

Besides, if it's only gnomes, that's really only like half-racism. =P

Proto Persona said:

Actually, the 4th ed gnomes were pretty bad-ass, I must admit.  Of all the gnomish incarnations I've seen in various high fantasy games over the years, that was the first one I could see myself respecting enough to occasionally use in a game.  I liked the all-black eyes they had going on.

Aside from them, though, all of the above.  My reasons for hating them so are many and varied, but the primary reason I dislike gnomes is the propensity for them to introduce technologies that have no place in a medieval fantasy world.  Flying machines, bombs, guns, etc.  The fact that they usually have ridiculously long and stupid-sounding names doesn't help, either.  Most fantasy worlds treat them as an entire race of comic relief monkeys rather than a serious culture I can use for telling compelling stories with, that's about the bottom line.

Tomble Burrowell (sp?) is a reasonable name, I think.  Like I said, as long as he's a halfling, it's all good.  Halflings are usually cool in my books.  There is a difference.

Steve-O said:

Is that a short joke?!  

Steve-O said:

My guess is halfling, there's already precedent with that Okuluk on wolf hero.

Doesn't do it for me. Prefer whomever does the WFRP art work.

+1 for WHFRP artwork… it is very, very nice…

I am not intimately familiar with the old artwork, but I am a fan of the new. I like the cartoony style…love the box art especially.