New Posts For Thread: Book Design and Formathttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_FormatI have been playing Dungeon and Dragons since 2nd edition and one thing that everyone I have ever talked to agrees with me on is that the 2nd edition monster manual did it right. Each creature should have its own page or two. On this page is shouldHonestly I hated the 3e 'tomb look'. It seemed contrived to me:4e layout - Handy but it does waste a lot of space in each book. I'd have to guess the per-page word density in 4e books is at best half of what it was in 1e and 2e books. Come on guys, thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_Format?post_id=519772861#519772861Honestly I hated the 3e 'tomb look'. It seemed contrived to me:4e layout - Handy but it does waste a lot of space in each book. I'd have to guess the per-page word density in 4e books is at best half of what it was in 1e and 2e books. Come on guys, tThu, 17 May 2012 07:36:09 -0500I don't really like the art style of the 4e books, but that isn't a huge issue. I would like the 5e books to use a denser text format. Not smaller text, but fewer sparse charts, smaller headers. Fill the books up with text and art, not white space anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_Format?post_id=519771059#519771059I don't really like the art style of the 4e books, but that isn't a huge issue. I would like the 5e books to use a denser text format. Not smaller text, but fewer sparse charts, smaller headers. Fill the books up with text and art, not white space anThu, 17 May 2012 06:31:32 -0500I like the idea of making the inside look like a relic of the D&D world, but I'd any tome cover to be highly illustrated, similar to the Labyrinth movie poster: An amalgam of dwarves digging maze-like tunnels at the bottom, a tower scaling one side whttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_Format?post_id=519766035#519766035I like the idea of making the inside look like a relic of the D&D world, but I'd any tome cover to be highly illustrated, similar to the Labyrinth movie poster: An amalgam of dwarves digging maze-like tunnels at the bottom, a tower scaling one side wThu, 17 May 2012 00:57:53 -0500Here are my ideas...ON BOOK DESIGN:I want the books to feel like journals, not tomes or manuals.Start by making them journal-sized, like the Essentials line. They were small and light weight, and were much more condusive for lugging books to the gamhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_Format?post_id=519762891#519762891Here are my ideas...ON BOOK DESIGN:I want the books to feel like journals, not tomes or manuals.Start by making them journal-sized, like the Essentials line. They were small and light weight, and were much more condusive for lugging books to the gamWed, 16 May 2012 21:13:57 -0500I have been playing Dungeon and Dragons since 2nd edition and one thing that everyone I have ever talked to agrees with me on is that the 2nd edition monster manual did it right. Each creature should have its own page or two. On this page is shouldhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29116571/Book_Design_and_Format?post_id=519660215#519660215I have been playing Dungeon and Dragons since 2nd edition and one thing that everyone I have ever talked to agrees with me on is that the 2nd edition monster manual did it right. Each creature should have its own page or two. On this page is shouldSun, 13 May 2012 21:39:44 -0500