World's Largest City [Merged]

[Hierax]

Also, isn't someone working on a new version of Lankhmar?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Also, isn't someone working on a new version of Lankhmar?

Yep, it's a new Runequest setting.

 

[GQuail]

World's Largest Multiverse is going to rock on toast.

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I would buy this in a second.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I was thinking of Bard's Gate, Ptolus, Five Fingers and the English translation of Cadwallon, which some people apparently intend to use as a sourcebook, and not just a game on its own.

WLC is better off not competing with all of those head-to-head (and vice-versa).

I'm not 100% sure, but I was under the impression that World's Largest City was going to be quite a large book. Probably not as big as WLD (840 pages?) but quite sizeable nonetheless.

I know that Ptolus is over 600 pages (plus extras) and Bard's Gate is 224 pages but I don't know about the other 2. How many pages are they? If they are only the same size as Bard's Gate (or smaller) I don't know if they would be targeting the same market as WLC.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I dunno, I think most people thinking about buying any of those products, including WLC, want a big pregenerated city. While I'm certain there are people who have multiple giant city products, I bet they're in a serious minority. A few very different cities is one thing, but I think most of the current releases have a fair amount of overlap.

 

[trancejeremy]

I just hope they spend some time proofreading WLC. WLD was bad. Worse than Mongoose bad, even. I mean, how do you mislabel an entire chapter of a book? And maybe the WLC will do the OGL correctly (hah!)

 

[Dog Moon]

Vaporware - it would have to one hell of a product to compete with Ptlus (sp)

Ptolus. And after buying Ptolus, I'm not sure if I'd buy WLC. Of course, I still want the Iron Kingdoms new City book that apprently recently came out. With those two books, do I NEED the World's Largest City? Just cause it's the largest ain't gonna mean it's the best.

 

[DaveMage]

Ptolus. And after buying Ptolus, I'm not sure if I'd buy WLC. Of course, I still want the Iron Kingdoms new City book that apprently recently came out. With those two books, do I NEED the World's Largest City? Just cause it's the largest ain't gonna mean it's the best.

Ptolus has (IMO) just set the bar too high for any published city product to match. If you have Ptolus, you certainly do not need the WLC. The question will be, what unique properties does the WLC bring to the table?

Ptolus does not attempt to define every NPC within, as Monte (IIRC) does not see that as relevant to its usefulness as a game product. If (for example) the WLC does end up detailing everyone in the city, that would be unique (though its value is certainly going to be questioned).

 

[catsclaw227]

I am a sucker for these types of things, but Ptolus has set the bar really high and I already have information overload between that, CSIO, Bard's gate, Freeport, Bluffside and all the other city books I have.

Maybe I could used it for Viridistan in the Wilderlands.

 

[Dog Moon]

Ptolus has (IMO) just set the bar too high for any published city product to match. If you have Ptolus, you certainly do not need the WLC. The question will be, what unique properties does the WLC bring to the table?

Ptolus does not attempt to define every NPC within, as Monte (IIRC) does not see that as relevant to its usefulness as a game product. If (for example) the WLC does end up detailing everyone in the city, that would be unique (though its value is certainly going to be questioned).

With the Everyone Else .pdf I bought a while back, I have stats for mundane NPCs. Not sure I need more than that though. Although I am interested in what sort of uniqueness the WLC might have. So far, World's Largest City doesn't help describe any of the details we might want.