@SJohnRoss So I drank the Kool Aid... Fair comment. So who did defining a place in terms of people before Chicago by Night?

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@SJohnRoss My sense is that while the amount of detail lavished on NPCs waxed and wained between systems and modules, they were generally 'people in specific places' prior to CbN.

I will grant you that I am not sure WW realised what they had done and later By Night books (even the good ones) walked the idea back but I think it was a fresh approach at the time that has been half-forgotten since.

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@SJohnRoss @Taskerland Dud this include the Night City Sourcebook? Never mind the content, I think that's the worst user interface I've ever seen.

@SJohnRoss @Taskerland A question I want a city book to answer is "we are _here_: what do we see close by, and where's the nearest pub". Though for settings where it's important, "whose territory are we in and how far is it to someone else's" can also be relevant. Honestly I am inclined to feel the people and power structures are for a separate book rather than the one with the detailed geography.