Skirmisher Publishing LLC has released the first four volumes in its new City Builder series, a collection of 11 complementary books that will help guide Game Masters through the process of designing exciting and compelling urban areas and places within them for their campaigns. The series is not specific to any particular game setting and is designed to be compatible with the needs of any ancient, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, Renaissance, or fantasy milieu. It was created and written by authors Michael J. Varhola and Jim Clunie.

City Builder Volume 1: Communities includes an Introduction that describes the scope of the series and the contents of the upcoming volumes; a section on the Characteristics of Communities that examines small communities, towns, cities, and special-purpose communities like military bases and plantations, along with regional and racial influences on the development of communities; a section on Buildings; a section on the Physical Characteristics of Cities that includes discussion of fortifications, lighting, and conditions on, above, and below city streets; and a section on Disasters.


City Builder Volume 2: Craftsman Places includes an Introduction that describes this volume and how to use the material in it; individual sections devoted to detailed descriptions of Armories, Arsenals, Blacksmithies, Clothiers, and Jewelers; and one or more Adventure Hooks tying in with each described sort of place.


City Builder Volume 3: Entertainment Places includes an Introduction that describes this volume and how to use the material in it; individual sections devoted to descriptions of Carnivals, Menageries, Museums, Parks, and Theaters; and one or more Adventure Hooks tying in with each described sort of place.


City Builder Volume 4: Professional Places includes an Introduction that describes the scope of the series and how to use the material in this volume; individual sections devoted to descriptions of Guildhouses, Hospitals, Mages’ Lodges, and Training Halls; one or more Adventure Hooks tying in with each described sort of place; and an appendix on Guilds that describes such institutions and includes a series of tables for randomly generating their characteristics and specific regulations.

All of the currently available books in this series are available for download at DriveThruRPG and RPGNow. Coupon for reduced-price downloads of the books are available through the Daywalker Bonus Content section of the Skirmisher Forum (contents of which are visible only to people who are both registered on the Forum and logged in). All downloads in the series include both low-resolution screen-friendly and high-resolution printer-friendly versions of the books and their covers.