City State of the World Emperor
City State of the World Emperor is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1980.
Contents
City State of the World Emperor is a campaign setting supplement which details the ancient city of Viridestan and its nearby area in three books: "City", "Shops", and "Guidebook to Map 6". The supplement presents the history, background, guidelines for rules, a new character class, and three maps, as well as game statistics for every non-player character in each location.City State of the World Emperor is a supplement that builds on the series of maps by Judges Guild that were meant to link together, describing the appearance, politics, and important non-player characters in a city state that can be used as part of adventures.
Publication history
City State of the World Emperor was written by Creighton Hippenhammer and Bob Bledsaw, and was published by Judges Guild in 1980 as 3 books, three large maps, and a cover sheet.A cumulative sales listing shows that City State of the World Emperor sold over 20,000 units by 1981.
Reception
Ron Pehr reviewed The City State of the World Emperor in The Space Gamer No. 34. Pehr commented thatPatrick Amory reviewed City-State of the World Emperor for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "City-State of the World Emperor is vast, its sheer bulk will provide years of play. The detail is tremendous, and far surpasses anything else on the market. It will, however, require much work on the GM's part to safely build it into a good campaign."
Lawrence Schick in his book Heroic Worlds states that "If you think quantity is quality, this is for you."