Galitia Citybook

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Galitia Citybook is a supplement published by West End Games in 1994 for the fantasy-noir role-playing game Bloodshadows , using the generic role-playing rules of Masterbook .

Contents

Contents

The original Bloodshadows campaign setting (1994) was based in the city of Selastos. [1] Galitia Citybook describes the sister city of Galitia, with details of its thousand-year history, city districts, and notable people. The book also includes new monsters and some suggested adventure hooks, although it does not include a full adventure. [2]

Publication history

West End Games originally published the generic Masterbook set of role-playing game rules in 1994, quickly followed by the fantasy-noir Bloodshadows setting. The Bloodshadows supplement Galitia Citybook also appeared in 1994, a 128-page softcover book written by Teeuwynn Woodruff, with artwork by Tim Bobko, Tom O'Neill and Brian Schomburg.

Reception

In the March 1995 edition of Dragon (Issue #215), Rick Swan was ambivalent about the book, commenting "most of it's interesting, but there's nothing noteworthy." Swan didn't like the lack of a full adventure, and criticized the writing style as "awkward". He concluded by giving this book an average rating of 3 out of 6, calling it "an iffy buy." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Swan, Rick (March 1995). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon . TSR, Inc. (215): 85–86.
  2. "Galitia Citybook - RPGnet RPG Game Index".