Freedom City is a fictional, city-based

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for the

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Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed t ...

''. It was designed by

Steve Kenson Steve Kenson (born June 16, 1969) is a writer and designer of role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction. Career Steve Kenson began working as an author and game designer in 1995. Kenson co-wrote the super-hero role-playing game ''Silver Age ...

Publication history

was working on ''

Silver Age Sentinels ''Silver Age Sentinels'' is a superhero role-playing game (RPG) published in 2002 by Guardians of Order, creators of ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'', an anime-themed RPG. History Guardians of Order moved into the d20 market beginning with their new ...

'' and pitched Freedom City as a setting for the game, but the game's publishers,

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, turned it down. Chris Pramas of

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asked Kenson to design a superhero role-playing game using the D20 System, so Kenson developed ''

'' in 2002 in part to get his ''Freedom City'' setting published, which ultimately happened in 2003. Green Ronin published a trio of books to develop Freedom City through three different eras of comic books, ''Golden Age'' (2006), ''Iron Age'' (2007) and ''Silver Age'' (2010). Starting in 2008, a series of ''Freedom City Atlases'' made an expansion to the Freedom City setting. A new third edition of ''Mutants & Masterminds Hero's Handbook'' (2011) established a new setting in the game universe, Emerald City, which debuted in a series of PDF ''Threat Reports'' (2011), while a full setting book was planned for release at

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44. Lastly, a third edition ''Freedom City'' book was published in October 2017 which advances the timeline and introduces new characters while retiring others.

Reception

''Freedom City'' won the 2003 Silver

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for "Best Art, Interior", "Best Graphic Design and Layout", and "Best Campaign Setting". ''Freedom City'' won the 2006 Gold

for "Best Campaign Setting/Setting Supplement".

References

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