[Game Mechanics/Green Ronin]Thieves' Quarter: opinions?

[Davelozzi]

Has anyone had a chance to check out Thieves' Quarter: A City Quarters Sourcebook? It's a Game Mechanics/Green Ronin release by J.D. Wiker and Christopher West*. I flipped through it in the store the other day and it looked pretty cool. From what I saw, it kind of reminded me of the feel of the old City of Greyhawk boxed set. At any rate, I was wondering if anyone has picked it up yet or had a chance to give it a more substantial perusal and might have any opinions.

*Of course Chris also did the cartography for it. Looks great, as usual:

 

[EricNoah]

I love the maps, and I like the product in general. Haven't had much opportunity to use it.

 

[Hjorimir]

The map is stunning. Where did you get it?

 

[Bill Scott]

The map is stunning. Where did you get it?

I think he got it off CW's website. here is the link http://www.velocity.net/~westwinds/

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I think it was up as a freebie at the TGM website.

 

[haiiro]

I bought it about a week ago, and I've read around half of it (I'm skipping around, and will eventually read everything). Thus far, I'd wholeheartedly recommend it.

The locations and characters are generally interesting, and there's plenty in there to cherry pick for your game (which is my plan). It's advertised as being easy to plop into any campaign as a complete district, and I think this is probably true -- there aren't any ties to the default setting that you couldn't tweak or replace with your own.

The maps are nice, and I love the layout of the city -- particularly the sea arch, and the placement of the palace. Most locations are easily usable on their own, and each usually includes a couple of really juicy ideas that can be used elsewhere. It's a good book.

 

[Piratecat]

This looks fantastic. I want.

 

[morbiczer]

The map looks really great, but the town seems to be quite small. It isn't crowded enough for my tastes. How many inhabitants does it say it has?

And does the "Thieves Quarter" title mean, that it details only one part of the city and tehre will be dfferent products for the rest? (Don't answer, I'll check out their website.)

 

[eris404]

Has anyone had a chance to check out Thieves' Quarter: A City Quarters Sourcebook? It's a Game Mechanics/Green Ronin release by J.D. Wiker and Christopher West*. I flipped through it in the store the other day and it looked pretty cool. From what I saw, it kind of reminded me of the feel of the old City of Greyhawk boxed set. At any rate, I was wondering if anyone has picked it up yet or had a chance to give it a more substantial perusal and might have any opinions.

I like it enough that I am incorporating most of it into my next campaign, which will be mostly city-based. Even if you don't use the whole thing, there are lots of nicely detailed and interesting locations (like inns and whatnot) that you could insert into your own world pretty easily. The maps are icing on the cake, of course. I recommend it.

edit: I forgot to mention it has nice city-based random encounter tables, detailed NPCs and a neat section on new poisons (from one of the shops). Does that sweeten deal?

 

[thundershot]

Wait... is Thieves Quarter in color? Just thought about that after seeing the map..



Chris