Thanks for the review Kenneth. We seem to be getting a nice assortment of supplements that work well with Birthright; Crime & Punishment, Empires, Dynasties & Demagouges, Magical Midevil Society, and now City Works.



Does anybody have any others that should be added? I haven`t gotten all of these yet but they are on my list.



Randy









> Fantasy Flight Games has put out a book on cities by Mike Mearls. Its

> called _City Works_ and does a nice job on governments, politics, conflict

> in cities, and constructing a city setting. Its a fairly weak on economics,

> many are not interested in the structures which enderlay a setting, but a

> small chapter on the economic function of cities as consumers of resources

> and converters of resources would have been nice. Social structures and

> politics are where the strength of this book lays and its well worth it just

> for that.

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> For Birthright, its easy to use holdings as a framework to construct

> specific cities which a DM plans to put front and center in their campaign.

> It can also be used more broadly to inspire social and political conflicts

> within or between holdings, not just within or between cities. This is

> especially useful for campaigns which put the players below the level of

> ruler of a whole domain, or is just detail oriented.

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> City Works include some of the standard elements found in a good number of

> sourcebooks, including classes, PrC`s, spells, and special equipment. These

> offerings are pretty light (26 pages out of 173) and are for the most point

> right on point. The spells especially seem to make the city setting more

> specific. For example, a 2nd level divination allows you to touch a

> building and know its floor plan and purpose. One PrC in particular stands

> out as especially intriging for both players and DM`s: the Kingpin. Its a

> crime lord type PrC which could be either an excellent rival for PC`s or a

> career path for them.

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> Overall, very high marks for City Works.

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> Kenneth Gauck

> kgauck@mchsi.com

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