regarding other player characters

[EmGee]

If you make more than one player character, does the character (or characters) have access to the same catalog as the mayor and the same encyclopedia, or do you have to start all over with them essentially?

 

[Loriii]

If you make more than one player character, does the character (or characters) have access to the same catalog as the mayor and the same encyclopedia, or do you have to start all over with them essentially?

Nope. They'll have their own catalog.