What makes a good cover?

[Havenstone]

For those who missed it, this recent discussion covered a lot of ground on CoG covers:

Choice of Games Icons and Gender

Interesting question I’ve had for a while. A user just asked on the Undercover Agent thread whether you have to play as female. I assume they asked because the icon/splash shows a female figure. Our Choice of Games games are never genderlocked, so unless a genderlocked NPC is in the coverart, the art is a “suggestion” of the PC. Some games’ icons include male figures (Psy High, Deathless, Vampire 2, It’s Killing Time, Grand Academy, Moreytown, Ratings War, Hero Unmasked, Tally Ho), some include…

And I also prefer the atmospheric 80s book cover over the Generic Fantasy reprint.