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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 3963669" data-attributes="member: 31898">Believe it or not, that's still not as crowded as historical towns would get. Figure the same population in about half to 1/3 of that area. Medieval urban populations density was about 30,000 per square mile. Yes, that meant people living on top of each other and essentially in each other's filth.Just to be clear, I not singling out WOTC here. Almost all American game companies get their urban maps wrong, and TSR was no better. In fact, I believe the original map of Saltmarsh was much less realistic than the new one.The reason I seem to be harping on medieval Europe so much is that medieval Europeans actually thought there were monsters and marauders everywhere outside the settled areas. They built accordingly.My point is actually that the Points of Light idea is a good one, and that if WOTC looks to actual history they will find real models for what settlements look like when people feel afraid of their surroundings. My fear is that WOTC will mess up their good idea by failing to understand that history has already done the work for them!</blockquote>