City State

Judges Guild City State of the Invincible Overlord
Sometimes it's fun to just wander the streets looking for trouble. A map, several NPCs and some random tables can be the making of many an evening of adventure and with City State that is exactly what you get...and more. Go wandering up and down the City State streets, spot an interesting sign above a door and step inside.  Maybe it is the shop of a carpet dealer who is cruel to his slaves, or a baker who has four lovely daughters and knows of a mead hall haunted by a barrow wight. If the City State guide hasn't already inspired your referee's imagination with these two random entries, there are plenty more. Making its first appearance in 1976, this is the city that set the standard for urban adventure. This referee's aid comes with 5 tan paper maps, two each of the city (one players' map, one referee's map) and campaign area (player and referee versions also) and one double-sided map of Thunderhold, Castle of the Dwarven King and a 92-page City State guide-book full of entries, NPCs, rumors, random tables, history and more. Wonder how the watch will react to the PC party wandering the streets, a couple rolls on the random tables may indicate they suspect the party of smuggling, or maybe the guards are just looking to squeeze some coin from the party to let them pass. Wonder what that pretty face is thinking of you as your eyes meet across the room...the random tables can help the referee handle dozens of potential encounters. If I sound excited about the City State of the Invincible Overlord, it's because I am...still excited after almost 40 years of familiarity! This product is that good. Judges Guild offers players of the White Box a real treat with their City State of the Invincible Overlord. Even the name is fun to say. Having spent many hours with the City State, both as player and as referee, I can honestly say no product outside of the game rules themselves has provided me with more fun. I have gotten rich, become famous, fallen in love, died muddy drunk and created more good memories in the City State than any other imagined place I can think of. Sometimes a product comes along that is just a veritable engine for the imagination. The White Box is definitely such a product in my experience. The City State complements White Box nicely and together they can inspire many (PC) lifetimes of fun and adventure.