Channel specific and variant covers are fairly common in the
comic industry but extremely rare in the game industry. The only previous
example that comes to mind immediately (and please email if you can think of
other instances) occurred back in 2007 when Avalanche Press released its Rome
at War III: Queen of the Celts
boardgame, focusing on the Roman invasion of Britain. Avalanche Press released
a tame cover featuring a sword and shield and a more risqué cover, with a bare
breasted Queen Boudicca, with strategically placed hair,
riding a chariot into battle. Avalanche Press had released a number of
sourcebooks and adventures with similar pinup style cover art under the OGL
earlier in the decade, which, after the first couple, had not sold very well. Hence,
upon deciding the company wanted to use the same artist for Queen of the Celts, but
realizing a number of retailers might object to what it called the “pinup”
cover, it released a tamer cover as well.
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