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Just stumbled upon this, didn't see it posted anywhere else.. put it here instead of news since it's not minis .. anyways...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1388023634/dogs-playing-dandd-full-color-poster



Might be just the thing my game room needs...

That's great!

I'm glad to see they are playing a proper edition!

Very nice

 Monster Rain wrote:
I'm glad to see they are playing a proper edition!

I think you need new glasses or contacts, they have 3.5 up there.

That's just a paw use of kickstarter

 Ahtman wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I'm glad to see they are playing a proper edition!

I think you need new glasses or contacts, they have 3.5 up there.

I saw it, sir.

I saw it.

Now that the puns have started it may be time to pull the pug on this thread.

Aaand, I'm a backer.

Actually, 3.5 is my preferred edition of the game (although I also enjoy 2nd Edition). Never did get a chance to play 4th, so I can't really say much about it. Don't know anything about 5th.

 Monster Rain wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I'm glad to see they are playing a proper edition!

I think you need new glasses or contacts, they have 3.5 up there.

I saw it, sir.

I saw it.

Now that the puns have started it may be time to pull the pug on this thread.

I looked up "Wizard Pug" and whilst I came up with many images of pugs dressed as wizards, you're getting this:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I saw it, sir.

I saw it.

Oh I see, you were being sarcastic. Good one!

thats funny... i have the dogs playing poker painting, and the pimp in my army is named cassius coolridge

I kinda want one but am concerned that that image will look good at 19x27.

That's my concern too Pretre. I kinda want one for my man cave.....

Posted a question:
"Is there anyway to see a higher resolution copy of the image so we can get a feel for what it will look at when blown up to such a large size?"

That dew will kill those poor dogs :(

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
That dew will kill those poor dogs :(

Not if they roll well enough for their resilience.

It would be a pain to roll dice and look up rules

I have a print of Coolidge's "A Friend in Need" prominently displayed in the game room. This would make for a fine addition.

I backed it, though this does seem more like a pre-order then a kickstarter but who really cares

I already have one, it does not look exactly like that, but it is a Dogs playing D&D painting. I think it was a commission and not a mass production.

I've never gotten in on a kickstarter before, but I'm seriously considering this one.

All the cool kids are doing it. Come on.... It will make you feel good.

I got a message back from him.

"No, there really isn't.

If it helps, the native resolution of the image is 19" x 27" x 600 dpi."

I don't do much in the way of image creation/manipulation, but isn't 600 dpi a little low?

Like, personal laser printer low?

600 is fine, we've done banners/coverart at the DPI, as long as its not an upscale.

 daedalus wrote:
I don't do much in the way of image creation/manipulation, but isn't 600 dpi a little low?

Like, personal laser printer low?

No. Remember that this is a poster over two feet across. It doesn't need to stand up to someone combing it over with a magnifying glass, it just needs to look good while you're standing and looking at it, and 24 dots per mm is more than sufficient for that.

For a poster even 72-100 dpi, like on your computer monitor, can produce an adequate effect.

 daedalus wrote:
I don't do much in the way of image creation/manipulation, but isn't 600 dpi a little low?

Like, personal laser printer low?

600 should look great. You can print photos at around 300 dpi that look good, although I would try to avoid going lower than that for actual printed stuff. Even if it wasn't a large poster 600 dpi is pretty high quality.

Hmmm, I don't think so, maybe if the dogs were playing Shadowrun or Dark Heresy.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Hmmm, I don't think so, maybe if the dogs were playing Shadowrun or Dark Heresy.

For $400 they could be. The highest backer level lets you create a custom poster with your choice of game and you get 10 copies of the final product. If you had 9 friends who liked the same game as you that "only" breaks down to $40 per person (which is still high for a poster but it would be one hell of a game room decoration).

If anyone wants to get a 10-person group together for Dogs Playing Battletech PM me!