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Anything from Leader Games and illustrated by Kyle Ferrin (Root, Oath, Fort...) feels like cheating but still, I absolutely adore their art style
Everdell, Photosynthesis, Parks, look nice as well
I also bought an updated edition of Costa Ruana just because of the illustrations: https://www.pamwishbow.com/client-work/project-four-yjynj-pafyx
Probably Meadow. It is such a beautiful game.
Root for sure, but I agree that's almost cheating.
Second to that, Everdell. I pretty much bought it solely because how pretty it is.
Maybe I'm just a bird man but Wingspan is absolutely stunning. I bought second copies of the base game and addons to put cards into a binder
I was hopping in to comment wingspan and then immediately realized of course everyone had already been talking about how beautiful this game is
Probably Root, and Once Upon a Time. I love both games, and I think it's at least partly the aesthetic.
It's great playing other Ferrin games and seeing his range.
Great question!
I really like when the games art immediately pulls players in. Everyone wants to play Flamecraft because the art work is so damn cute. Players are already engaged with the.gsme, before it even started.
Everdell is great too!
I never heard of Flamecraft! It looks super cute 🥰
Mouse Trap
Brass: Birmingham - the art quality and dark Victorian aesthetic of the board and cards are evocative of the early industrial revolution. This game also gets the "most improved" award, when compared to the original edition. The add-on iron clays are fantastic. The other components are very average though.
War of the Ring - beautifully painted over-sized cards
Pax Pamir: top notch, unique components and a cool cloth board, but the card design could be better.
Everdell for the card art, of course. They give you the feeling that there is a story behind the game.
Beyond the Sun. Just kidding. It's a great game but the art is pretty much non-existent.
I have a soft spot for C1 Carcassonne. There's something very elegant in the simplicity of the tile art, and it's the version of the game that got me hooked in the first place.
Off topic, but what's going on with the feddit.de instance? The main site (usually) just says server error, but I still see occasional posts and comments from communities (such as this one) and users on that instance in my feed. Is there a meta community where this is discussed?
The feddit frontend has been offline for months, but the backend works just fine, so if you use another ui (such as an app) that instance can still be used. It's a mess.
When it comes to card art definitely Dixit. When I Dream also has really nice illustrations (and is pretty fun too).
dude, I LOVE When I Dream! Also the idea of putting the draw pile inside a bedframe and covering the unused top of the cards with a pillow is so genius and creative!
I'm right on board with you with Kyle Ferrin. I've spent... a lot of money on Leder Games games.
It's interesting how Kyle Ferrin managed to develop such a unique, recognizable and charming art style that I when I looked at OP's picture, I instantly thought "huh, the art style of the third board game reminds me a lot of Root"
Imma go with the suuper vanilla answer: Game of Life. I love the little hills and buildings you have to put on the board.
On the totally opposite spectrum of Nerdiness a full Board of Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition is a marvelous sight to behold