''Inside Ravens Bluff, The Living City'' is a supplement published by the

RPGA D&D Adventurers League (or simply Adventurers League for short) is the organized play association for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') roleplaying game which is officially administered by ''D&Ds publisher, Wizards of the Coast. It was rebr ...

in 1990 for their ''Living City'' shared campaign world set in the

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using the second edition of the fantasy role-playing game ''

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''.

Plot summary

''Inside Ravens Bluff'' describes Jack Mooney and Sons Circus, a traveling troupe that crisscrosses the Forgotten Realms. Many of the notable people of the circus are described, and many of the shops in various cities that they visit are detailed.

Publication history

was the tournament division of TSR, and had been quite popular in the early 1980s. By 1987, in the face of decreasing membership as ''D&D'' tournaments fell out of fashion, RPGA introduced a "shared" campaign setting called "Living City" that was set in the city of Ravens Bluff. RPGA members could submit their own material to be used by everyone. Some of these submissions were shared through a series of supplements; the second in the series was LC2 ''Inside Ravens Bluff, The Living City''. Members' submissions were compiled into a 64-page softcover book by

Jean Rabe Jean Rabe is an American journalist, editor, gamer and writer of fantasy and mystery. After a career as a newspaper reporter, she was employed by TSR, Inc. for several years as head of the Role Playing Game Association and editor of the ''Polyhe ...

, with cover art by Kevin Ward, interior art by Jim Holloway and cartography by Dave Conant. It was published by TSR under the RPGA imprint.

Reception

In his 2023 book ''Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground'', RPG historian Stu Horvath disparaged the cover art of the entire series of books, saying, "The covers are surprisingly second rate for what amounted to a new and exciting way to play ''D&D''." Horvath specifically called out Kevin Ward's cover art of ''Inside Ravens Bluff'', saying, "It's difficult to imagine Kevin Ward's bizarre cover art of a vagrant assaulting a minstrel ... inspiring any sales."

References

{{D&D topics Dungeons & Dragons modules Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990