Citi-Block

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Citi-Block is a supplement published by Games Workshop in 1987 for the near-future dystopian science fiction role-playing game Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game .

Contents

Publication history

Citi-Block was written by Richard Halliwell, Carl Sargent, Alan Merrett, and Graeme Davis, with art by Gordon Moore and Dave Andrews, and was published by Games Workshop in 1987 as a boxed set with a 20-page booklet and 12 color cardstock sheets (four pages of cut-out props and eight 11" x 16" floor plans.) [1]

Contents

Citi-Block contains full-color building floor plans marked in 25mm/1-inch squares, including rules for how to design typical Mega-City blocks, as well as rules for how to use the supplement with Warhammer 40,000 . [1] The floor plans include eight 11” x 17” layouts printed in full color on thin cardstock:

Also included are two 11” x 17” sheets of thicker card stock, printed with various cut-out details like desks, cars, plants, and phone booths.

Reception

In Issue 35 of Challenge , John A. Theisen called the floor plans useful for anyone who was having trouble visualizing a Mega-City Block, and found they were well-structured, easy to use and well-planned. [2]

In the July 1989 edition of Dragon (Issue #135), Ken Rolston called the floor plans "perfectly designed for role-playing displays." He liked the suggestion of "a worn, shabby future" and suggested they could be used for games outside of Judge Dredd, although their less-than-pristine look made them "less useful for far-future settings like the Star Trek game or Star Wars games, unless used for scenarios on backwater or frontier planets." He called the charts and guidelines for creating a Mega-City block in the rulebook "admirably detailed and specific, and are an essential supplement for anyone running a Judge Dredd game campaign." Rolston concluded, "As floor plans for role-playing displays, the Citi-Block pack is good-looking, utilitarian, flexible, and suitable for many near-future SFRPGs." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 51. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  2. Theisen, John A. (1988). "Reviews". Challenge . No. 35. p. 79.
  3. Rolston, Ken (July 1989). "Role-playing reviews". Dragon (135). TSR, Inc.: 73–75.
  4. https://archive.org/details/australian-realms-magazine/Australian%20Realms%20%2303%20August%201988/page/n3/mode/2up