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* In Monte Cook's ''[[Ptolus]]'', a setting revolving entirely around the titular city (and, incidentally, one of the fattest roleplaying books ever published, at 672 pages).
** The city is built around [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] and on top of multiple layers of [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], and (mostly unrelatedly) is home to several men who are, or can at least get away with claiming to be, emperor. The evil is leaking, the cans have become something of a tourist industry, and the political tensions are on the rise. Yes, there are some explanations.
* [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] has [[Mordheim]], a warband setting that takes place in the titular City of Adventure and puts [[Black and Grey Morality|its]] [[Crapsack World|own]] [[Gallows Humor|unique]] [[Low Fantasy|perspective]] on it. The city was levelled by a meteorite of Warpstone, a substance that has tremendous value for magical experiments and is a vital ingredient in the Philosopher's Stone- that is, an alchemical concoction that can change "base" metals into pure gold. So, naturally, the city is swarming with violent, opportunistic mercenaries and treasure hunters. Of course, Warpstone is also [[Toxic Phlebotinum]], or perhaps [[Psycho Serum]] would be a better descriptor, as it causes physical, mental and spiritual corruption. So, naturally, the city is also teeming with all manner of horrific monsters...
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' Universe, Millennium City gets far more superhuman action than you would expect for Detroit Redux. Partly justified due to its The City Of The Future meme.
* Similar to the [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] example above, Warhammer40000 has ''[[Necromunda]]'', its equivalent of Mordheim. Taking place on the [[Single Biome Planet|Hive World]] of the same name, it's justified in that, like all Hive Worlds, the actual planet has been polluted so terribly by eons of industrial production that humans now live in tremendous ant-hive like buildings that serve as the new equivalent of ''continents''.
* [[Shadowrun]]'s Seattle Metroplex.
* Arkham in ''[[Arkham Horror]]''. Home to a number of cults, the infamous [[Cthulhu Mythos|Miskatonic University]], and far too many eldritch secrets. Most of the expansions add to the madness and make Arkham home to things like a cursed museum exhibit or the only attempted performance of a [[Brown Note]] play. A few involve mysteries outside of Arkham and add [[Adventure Towns]] to the game.
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