Citybook II: Port o’ Call (1984) tackles, you guessed it, waterfront businesses and locations. And in the case of several interesting boats, on the water as well. There is, of course, a light house. Also a bit different from the previous volume, this one has several encounters/short adventures at the back of the book.

I love seaside towns. My grandparents lived down the shore when I was a kid, so summer weeks were punctuated by seaside weekends. I’ve vacationed a lot up in Gloucester, Massachusetts, too. These places are sort of two ends of a seaside spectrum, but Citybook II captures aspects of both and the stuff in-between, too. I want to have a group of players loiter at Macauley’s Gambling House. Or get a boat and do some fishing and sailing! I love that Death on the Reik gives players a river boat and that changed my mind about a lot of waterborne RPG adventuring. This book supports that change of heart. So long as everything stays above the water.

This one is edited by Flying Buffalo mainstays Liz Danforth and Michael Stackpole. Danforth is joined by Steve Crompton and Dave Helber on the interior art. I am used to Danforth’s precise ink work, so her delicate washes here are a real novelty for me. Maps are pleasingly high quality as well.