Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Back In The Swing

So I've finally managed to recapture some of the creative juice I needed to work up v2.0 of The Last Supper. I think - as far as one can tell - it's lookin' good. Full text, drafts of all the cards, a little math to figure out how to get it roughly comparable for three Apostles as for twelve... and a set of bleedin' eyes hunting down Old Masters and other public domain art. Over sixty pieces so far, of varying quality.

Thinking about covers, in my opinion two of them particularly stand out. I'd like some opinions, if folks are willing to provide 'em. Images are large so I'll link instead of putting them inline here; view and resize as you see fit.

One is a stark woodcut by Gustave Dore. Nice fit for 8.5x11", too. Obviously I'd strip the text at the bottom.

The other is a surprisingly gripping painting by Simon Vouet. Somehow I find this piece extremely compelling, of all the ones I've looked at tonight. Pretty good fit for 6x9", which is my other likely size of choice.

Any thoughts from the peanut gallery on the choice?

I'm going to try and get a really serious playtest draft out by the middle of next week; that's my target. At that point I'm going to be in a scramble for playtest groups, and willing to bribe hard to get 'em. Sing out if you're willing... I do really good backrubs, among other things.