"Cities without Number" is a RpG, more than 200 pages long for the free edition, by Kevin Crawford. Once again, the author confirms he's one of the most brilliant writers of RpG rules of the beginning of the XXIst century, even if people already familiar with his previous works won't be surprised by their new opus. The setting is cyberpunk, i.e. in a near future, when pollution and megacorps dominate the world while gangs roam the districts of sprawling cities. Unlike other "Sine Nomine" rulesets, there is only one character class, "operator", but it can be flavoured into different professions thanks various skills.
What realy shines are the rules for hacking and digital network in general, that any GM may like to adapt to any RpG in a modern setting. As always, the "king of sandbox" gives us tools to create our own cyberpunk city, with (among others) tables for world problems, rules to generate megacorps, gangs and misions. A pre-made setting, "New Chicago", is provided as well.
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