The city and personalities of Sanctuary are described in great detail by this boxed sets 3 books. Book 1 is the players guide, book 2 the GM's and #3 contains the personalities. 3 maps, Sanctuary, The Maze and The Maze Underground, round out the material components.
The quality and depth of this supplement is without question, and definitely in keeping with Chaosim's reputation. You don't have to have read the novels to enjoy this lively city. Everything you need is in one of the 3 books: shops, streets, encounters, NPCs, personalities, etc. Although the inhabitants are all human, this is a place worth integrating into a campaign or creating one around.
The most amazing thing about this product is the systems it supports and the list of contributors. Full character and creature stats are provided for: AD&D, Adventures in Fantasy, Chivalry & Sorcery, DragonQuest, D&D, The Fantasy Trip, RuneQuest, Traveller and Tunnels & Trolls! An impressive list of games by an impressive list of writers (in fact even the non-system background material is the product of an impressive list of authors, I'm not listing so if your curious go find it). Using very little brain power a GM could use this product with other systems not listed: any Chaosim BRP based game: Hawkmoon, CoC, Stormbringer, Elfquest, Worlds of Wonder, etc), 5th Cycle (using DragonQuest stats), GURPS (using modified The Fandasy Trip stats) or any other derivative/descendant of the listed games (Megatraveler, 2300AD, etc).
If you can find it for under $20 I suggest you pick it up, pay no more than $22. The Thieves' World Companion contains the same depth, additional personalities, and religions, but only contains RuneQuest, RoleMaster and Middle Earth Role Playing stats. Games like Heroes of Olympus contain conversions for their own systems use with Thieves' World.
Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 4 (Meaty)
