In the November 1987 edition of "Dragon" (Issue 127), Ken Rolston reviewed the regional adventure guide "Adventures on the High Seas", published in 1987, and found much to his liking: "The Palladium fantasy campaign world is full of magic and monsters, just like FRP campaigns should be, and this pack contains a little bit of everything, from orcs and lost temples to pirates and crazed cult assassins... What it lacks in organization and sophistication it more than makes up for in enthusiasm and imagination." Ten years later, in the December 1997 edition of "Dragon" (Issue 242), Rick Swan reviewed the second edition of "Adventures on the High Seas", published in 1996, and called it "another winner." He rated the book 5 out of 6, saying, "The seafaring stuff the best of its kind I’ve ever seen."