Assuming the site exits beta in a few months, what kind of logo should it have?.
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2\$\begingroup\$ Please suggest your stack of d6s so I can vote it up :) \$\endgroup\$– LeguRiAug 22, 2010 at 1:27
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\$\begingroup\$ +1 for the stack of d6. As Richard said, you should post it as an answer \$\endgroup\$– RMorriseyAug 22, 2010 at 4:34
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\$\begingroup\$ Is this question just for the logo, or does it include general look & feel of the site too. Just thought I'd ask, as I quite like the hand-drawn look it curretly has, links into RPGs for me. \$\endgroup\$– HeatherAug 24, 2010 at 13:41
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\$\begingroup\$ It looked like this was just for the logo, so I created a question about general look and feel, and put my idea there meta.rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/162/…. \$\endgroup\$– HeatherAug 24, 2010 at 13:54
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\$\begingroup\$ I was just curious about logo options. \$\endgroup\$– MaximillianAug 26, 2010 at 3:33
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4\$\begingroup\$ -1 for d6s. d20s say "RPG" so much better. \$\endgroup\$– IsziDec 5, 2010 at 0:00
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1\$\begingroup\$ There will be more to the design than just the logo. Shouldn't the logo exist in the context of a wider site design? \$\endgroup\$– Jon HopkinsJan 28, 2011 at 8:58
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\$\begingroup\$ @Jon: Indeed it should. \$\endgroup\$– AlticamelusJan 30, 2011 at 9:54
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If we've got room, I'm all for a toppling tower made from a full set of polyhedral die: d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, d4.
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How about just a d20?
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9\$\begingroup\$ Feels d20-system specific; a d6 is more ubiquitous and system-independent. \$\endgroup\$– LeguRiAug 22, 2010 at 13:06
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6\$\begingroup\$ Agreed with Ron. The d6 is too ubiquitous, stretching far and wide outside the realm of RPGs. The d20 on the other hand, is very recognizably an icon of tabletop RPGs. \$\endgroup\$– IsziDec 5, 2010 at 0:02
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2\$\begingroup\$ @Ron @TML @Iszi - Why not a
d8or ad10or ad12or any of the other non-d6dice which aren't the flagship symbol for systems our site is being too strongly associated with in the eyes of new users? \$\endgroup\$– LeguRiJan 30, 2011 at 4:58 -
\$\begingroup\$ The d20 feels more "iconic" to me, but I have no objection to any of the other polyhedrals except for the d6 - the d6 is far too generic to me. How about starting new "answers" for each of the various polyhedrals and we see which one wins the most votes? \$\endgroup\$– TMLJan 31, 2011 at 20:56
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(I like that stack of d6's.)
If it doesn't turn out to be that one, a die with a questionmark on the top face might be good.
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3\$\begingroup\$ I like the single d6 with a question mark - I think the stack of d6's might be a bit difficult to render recognisably as a logo. \$\endgroup\$ Aug 26, 2010 at 12:12
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\$\begingroup\$ +1 - I've already expressed an apprexiation for the question mark on a dice idea. \$\endgroup\$– LeguRiNov 17, 2010 at 13:51
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\$\begingroup\$ -1 for the d6s, +1 for the question mark. Net vote: 0 \$\endgroup\$– IsziDec 5, 2010 at 0:01
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A stack of d6s toppling over similar to the stackoverflow logo.
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\$\begingroup\$ +1 it makes sense. fits very well. \$\endgroup\$ Sep 7, 2010 at 21:51
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\$\begingroup\$ -1 if I could. You just can't fit a stack of d6 in a 16x16 icon. Even if you are using the larger icons, you need at least 9x9 pixels to represent a die face, more when you start rotating it. \$\endgroup\$– RonNov 8, 2010 at 16:55
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3\$\begingroup\$ -1 d6s don't really scream "RPG" so much as d20s \$\endgroup\$– IsziDec 4, 2010 at 23:59
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I think a dice-tower of assorted dice toppling could be more fun. But we don't have that many pixels to choose from.
answered Nov 16, 2010 at 4:23
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I think about Papers, pencil and dices.
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Not logo design, but: if the current look and feel with the graph paper just had a bunch of rooms on it... might be too D&D/fantasy specific, though.
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\$\begingroup\$ It's iconic and flexible. RQ and Call of Cthulhu have their fair share of connected-room scenarios, too, and they are used in wargaming. It's maybe got less in the way of a special D&D association than exotic polyhedral die. \$\endgroup\$ Jan 30, 2011 at 9:49
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Alternately, I could go for a hexahedron, tetrahedron and icosahedron (d6, d4 and d20) arranged like the boxes in gamedev.stackexchange.com's logo.
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I'm going to say a d6 being touched by a glowing wand. Yeah, the wand is fantasy-centric, but probably we can admit that so is the hobby.
Honestly, I would really rather the stack of different types of polyhedral dice, but this logo has to scale down to a 16x16 favicon. We have very little real estate to work with when you take that into consideration.