Qin is a 272 page hardcover with a sober dark red cover embossed with the drawing of an Oriental dragon. The inside covers display a detailed full-colour map of Ancient China. The content is two-colour processed on glossy sepia paper with a full-colour section depicting sample characters. Although I’m rarely one to pay too much attention to artwork, I must say that the graphical aspect of Qin is impeccable in taste, evocative and mostly beautiful. The layout is very dense, with probably more material in Qin than in most RPG books of equivalent thickness. Although I’m also not one to complain about having too much material, this density is sometimes a little heavy on the eyes and the brain, especially in the background section.