Book of Cities?

[Caldavien]

Hello all, I hope this is the correct forum for this. Im starting a new campaign and Im having trouble building/finding generic cities for my campaign. I was wondering if any one was considering or would consider making a book of generic cities. Mostly maps with the varios buildings marked as residential or business, with important shops/buildings labeled. Nothing to indepth other than what kind of buildings are where and maybe even who owns them. So If my Players decided to get on a boat and travel to the next town on the coast I dont have to spend hours writing up a new town, nor do i have to by an entire suplement for each town filled with lots of history/organizations/royalty/prominent figures info I dont plan on using. Just maps with keys essentialy.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Seven Cities is a little more detailed than what you're looking for, but is a step in the right direction.

The old Flying Buffalo product MAPS: Cities, is probably more up your alley.

 

[Scorpio]

Food for thought, though....a 'City Atlas'....if a publisher wanted to do something like that, and needs some help, let me know.
Cheers!

 

[jgbrowning]

Hello all, I hope this is the correct forum for this. Im starting a new campaign and Im having trouble building/finding generic cities for my campaign. I was wondering if any one was considering or would consider making a book of generic cities. Mostly maps with the varios buildings marked as residential or business, with important shops/buildings labeled. Nothing to indepth other than what kind of buildings are where and maybe even who owns them. So If my Players decided to get on a boat and travel to the next town on the coast I dont have to spend hours writing up a new town, nor do i have to by an entire suplement for each town filled with lots of history/organizations/royalty/prominent figures info I dont plan on using. Just maps with keys essentialy.

This could help.

http://www.rpgnow.com/default.php?manufacturers_id=406

We've got a lot of material on cities and the best part is that the free preview is the section about generating cities. It would probably do what you need done. If you like it, the rest of the book talks about how cities work, kingdoms.. etc...

check out this review for a full description..
http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=active&reviewer=Simon+Collins&product=AMMSWE

joe b.

 

[Razuur]

Streets of silver.

That is what you want.

By Living imagination games. It is one city mapped out in its entirety fown to shops, buildings - even the buildings inhabitants, personalities, and histories.

Seriously Check it out.

Generic enough to place anywhere.

Razuur

 

[JoeGKushner]

If he was looking for one city, yeah, Streets of Silver, Freeport and Bluffside would all be no-braininers. He's looking more or less, for city maps with keys. Why I mentioned Flying Buffalo.

If he wanted to get creative, many parts of Bluffside can actually be used as mini-cities if you break out the wards. Still haven't dug into Streets of Silver yet so I don't know if it does double duty in this manner.