''Deluxe City Campaign Set'' is a
role-playing game
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supplement published by
TSR in 1989 for the ''
Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game.
Contents
''Deluxe City Campaign Set'' is a campaign setting that describes the New York of the
Marvel Universe
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in great detail. One book (96 pages) covers what the
GM needs to know to run a campaign based in New York City; the second book (64 pages) contains several scenarios set in New York City.
In reference to real life, the
Guardian Angels
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have an entry in this campaign setting.
Publication history
In 1984, TSR acquired the license to publish a role-playing game based on characters from
Marvel Comics
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. The result was the very popular ''
Marvel Super Heroes: The Heroic Role-Playing Game''. This was followed two years later by a greatly expanded ''
Marvel Superheroes Advanced Game''. TSR published many supplements for this game, including ''Deluxe City Campaign Set''. This was published by TSR in 1989 as a
boxed set
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containing a 96-page book, a 64-page book, and four large color maps.
Reception
Writing in ''
The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR.
His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995.
Swan also wrote '' The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Pr ...
'',
Rick Swan
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR.
His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995.
Swan also wrote ''The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Pre ...
noted that this product "provides all the maps, encounters, and staging tips necessary for the putting together an extended campaign set in New York City." Swan went on to call this "one of the best treatments of a contemporary setting ever published."
In Issue 49 of ''
Casus Belli
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'', Frederic Blayo highlighted ''Deluxe City Campaign Set'' as "a box that describes the most important city in the universe: New York!"
References
Marvel Comics role-playing game supplements
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1989
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