Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria – The Bright Queen Limited Edition Hardcover

Great book, Great art, Poor warehouse storage

To start, the story itself is great, and the art is beautiful. I'm going to enjoy going back through it more slowly to see the little details I missed the first time. It's nice to see the Kryn Dynasty from a different angle. I definitely recommend it. The only issue I have is that this was clearly sitting in a dark damp place for a while. The book itself is undamaged, however the cloth portfolio that holds the commemorative lithograph print has some speckles of mold on it. (My copy of Vox Machina Origins Vol 3 limited edition hardcover has the same problem). I understand that CR can't control the standards of random warehouses across the country, let alone the world, but perhaps in the future they could either choose a different, more durable, less mold friendly material for the cover, OR find a way to make the packaging more waterproof. I'm knocking a star off for the mold, but otherwise I'm satisfied.

Manufacturing quality

I really do want to love this as much as the others in the collection, but the copy I got sent has some sort of mold-looking damage to the art folder. I ordered The Bright Queen and Vox Machina Origins Vol 3 at the same time, and the quality of Vox was fine. The rest of the book and the slip cover box of TBQ are fine, but the cloth bound part has these spots on it. I’m pretty disappointed with the quality on this one, as I love to have the piece as a collectors item.

I’m satisfied thank you