The Worst Board Game Box Art Ever
[Originally published on www.tabletoptribe.com]
Whoever said “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” obviously never saw this lot.
The tragic thing about these artistic abominations is that many of them are actually fine games. Some are even great games. Sadly some shoddy art direction (or complete lack of it) mean most aren’t given a second glance on the shelf.
[Thanks goes out to members of The Boardgame Group and /r/boardgames subreddit for their artistic sensibilities and uncompromising, scathing criticism in helping to compile this list.]
20. Great Western Trail (2016 — Stronghold Games)
No amount of facial hair, lack of a neck and surrounding steam is going to disguise the fact that two of these cowboys are the same guy. No, not the one on the right — he’s obviously a greying Dr Zaius from the original Planet of the Apes.
A damn fine game, packaged with dead, soulless eyes and a train that defies all the laws of drawing and physics.
