The Art of Hearthstone: Year of the Mammoth

The paper quality and the artwork is awesome, but the book binding quality is not to good. Additionaly, Blizzard should include more artwork in the book which could reflect each expansion themes. Overall, if you are a hearthstone fan, you can consider to buy this book.

Yesss! This is the one guys! Ive reviewed the last two art of hs books and struggled with how to best review the books, but this one is definitely 5 stars. Very briefly - this book is awesome! The art is epic as always, and the printing quality is perfect - highly recommend! Lengthy review: As far as this physical qualities of this book, everything is perfect. The original Art of HS book had some binding flaws, mine has since fully fallen apart which is very disappointing. The binding seems nice and tight on this one, so thumbs up. I love the feeling of these books, they are hardbound but they have this sort of soft textured feel to them, feels great when you flip through the book and it gives it a light 3D effect. The pages are thick, glossy, and the printing is wonderful - it shows off the artwork very well. Per usual, the layout generally consists of a combination of a few two page spreads, a good number of full page spreads, and some that have two Or four cards per page. Its wonderful to see the art so close up so you can study the details and view subtle additions that are easy to miss on a mobile display while playing the game. As far as content, big step up! I love Hearthstone and as an artist, these are treasured additions to my collection. My biggest gripe in previous editions have been that there is a large lack of content. Generally there are an average of 30 some cards displayed per expansion, which is disappointing considering some of these expansions include over 100 unique cards in game, which leads to about a quarter of the artworks included in the book. I want ALL the art! I know that may put a strain on production costs and times but I feel like the audience this is targeting would appreciate more art. This release features an average of 70 some cards, which while still not the full amount, is at least doubling the content of previous editions. I can get behind that. I would love more, but I cant complain about progress. Hopefully if Blizzard ever reads these, they get the message (Hi Blizz, :D more art please!). Anyways this book contains the expansions Journey to Un’Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne, and Kobolds and Catacombs. I loved all three of these expansions and they brought some of the best artworks to the HS universe. Each chapter features a brief description describing the idea and concepts behind the expansion, some notes and sketches on the expansion playing board, general theme style guides, card packs, effects, etc. I didnt love these sections in the previous books, but these are brief and more concise and show some pretty quality work. There are also a couple short sections at the end of the book that go over Single Player Mode and the short animation Hearth and Home, and of course a section on card backs. Overall this is a excellent edition and I am glad blizzard is taking steps to improve their books and content with each edition. Honestly I only have one complaint on this one and it feels like a *facepalm* oversight haha. In the Frozen Throne section, the team describes the difficulty in recreating the Death knight cards for each character, and how they went about creating the new hero portraits, they describe the task and how happy the were with the end results, they then proceed to feature ONLY ONE death knight! I was so hyped to look over each one! Feels like someone dropped the ball on that one haha. Anyways, overall absolutely love the book, wish there was more art, cant wait till the next one comes out!

This one's the best because they actually provide all the juicy art, unlike year of the raven which wasn't formatted so generously in my opinion. Year of the dragon as well, again, my opinion. This one is so awesome, they really give you everything, every page has something awesome to look at! Never played hearthstone, just love fantasy art!! Art of Keyforge is next :)

Llegó en el tiempo esperado, sin ningún rasguño, y por supuesto que el libro está 100% recomendado para todos los artistas y fans de Hearthstone.

... innen wie aussen. Denn erstmal kam es einen Tag eher an als angesagt (was bei fast ner Woche nicht soooo viel ist :D ), dann ist es auch noch ein Klops von einem Buch. Hatte es nicht so gross und als Hardcover erwartet. Man sieht zwar die Zahlen in der Beschreibung, aber in es in echt zu halten, is schon was anderes. Dazu noch eingeschweisst, kam prima unbeschadet hier an... im Gegensatz zu einer anderen Bestellung, in der der Umschlag schon an zwei Seiten aufgerissen war und das Buch als Softcover ohne Einscheissfolie etwas gelitten hat. Dieses Buch ist aber toll, auch wenn ich aus Zeitgründen das Spiel nicht spiele, finde ich die Artworks wunderschön.

Klasse buch, für jeden heartstone Fan ein muss. 👍

Produto de alta qualidade, quem gosta de livros de art não irá se decepcionar

Muy bien libro para los fans del juego. Contiene imágenes de las cartas y artes conceptuales con descripciones. Está edición está en inglés pero vale mucho la pena.

Super pour les fan de hearthstone!