Hello Cartography Friends! We are down to our last two sets….both Overland. Not my favorite, as you would know if you’ve been following along and have read my blurbs. However, I usually do my best work under pressure….I guess that’s why I trained as an Emergency RN as my nursing career choice, lol. Organized chaos is my Roman Empire 😊
Anyway, this style is one of three ins a set overland styles offered this year, along with Scorching Sun and Realms of Legend. All three of these sets, created by the talented TJ Vandel, were made to work alone, or in combination with one another. In this example, I’ve just followed along with the mapping guide, so as to decrease my stress of where I wanted things to go. It just flowed nicely. I really like the clean look of this map and decided to keep it simple and free of clutter.
About the author: Lorelei was my very first D&D character I created more years back than i’d like to remember. When I decided to venture into creating maps for my and others rpgs, I thought I owed it to her to name myself Lorelei Cartography, since it was her that led me to the wonderful world of tabletop gaming in the first place. Since then I have been honored to have worked with companies such as WizKids, Pelgrane Press, and ProFantasy.
For those of you who haven’t seen them, we do a live mapping session on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+. Here are the most recent Live Mapping videos, as archived on YouTube:
The Treasure Maps style is an older, but very easy and quick to use style from the Cartographer’s Annual:
I present the latest issue of the Cartographer’s Anual 2024 (April issue: Parchment City) in this live mapping session.
We’ve released a new bundle with Bundle of Holding, collecting CC3+ and a number of different add-ons in two different tiers of purchase. Ten percents of the proceeds go Water.org, a charity non-profit organization working to provide safe and water and sanitation world-wide.
The base level contains Campaign Cartographer 3+, Symbol Set 1 to 3, and the Tome of Ultimate Mapping. With the level up you add Dungeon Designer 3, City Designer 3, Fractal Terrains 3+, the Carotgrapher’s Annual 2022 and the two Token Treasuries to the set, all at a great price.
If you know someone who is interested in our products, let them know of this great offer. Or it can be a great way to expand into various add-ons if you’ve only gotten the base Campaign Cartographer 3+ so far.
We are very happy to have another beautiful style by Pär Lindström in this year’s Cartographer’s Annual, with this month’s Parchment City style. Based on Pär’s work on a 19th century map of Stockholm, the style is very easy and quick to use thanks to to whole city blocks and symbols. You can hen dive in and add special landmarks and individual pieces at your leisure. Of course the accompanying mapping guide tells you how to do all that.
The April issue is now available for all subscribers from their registration page. If you haven’t subscribed to the Annual 2024 yet, you can do so here.
When you start a new map in CC3+, you’ll find that there is normally 20 or so sheets in a map. One of the main reasons of these is to ensure the correct drawing order, that symbols goes atop the floor and not below it and the floor goes atop the background terrain, and so on. Most tools will select the appropriate sheet automatically to ensure things goes where they are supposed without the user having to micro manage everything.
Obviously, these sheets are named so their purpose is understandable by people so you can know what their purpose is, but there is also some interesting tricks when it comes to sheet naming that can be used with the tools. This is something to keep in mind when you create your own sheets, as following the appropriate way of naming can help greatly.
ProFantasy Software Ltd, a leading producer of map-making software for table-top RPGs, based in the UK, is seeking an experienced marketing manager to oversee the crowdfunding campaign for the latest version of our flagship software, Campaign Cartographer.
Start Date: mid-April – mid-May 2024 (exact dates to be confirmed)
Location: Remote, anywhere
Payment: $30 an hour, with a post-crowdfunding bonus depending on the campaign’s success.
Hours: 15 hours a week (flexible) with more hours during the campaign
Purpose of job
Gather data about our existing and potential customer base and market.
Devise and implement a marketing strategy to maximize net revenue from our crowdfunding campaign across multiple platforms, both in the lead up to the campaign and when it is underway.
Manage and implement advertising on social media within budgets agreed with management, analyze their effectiveness and adapt the campaign accordingly.
Work with management on creating suitable backer levels and messaging for the campaign.
Identify new marketing opportunities and analyze the efficacy of existing ones.
Create marketing graphics and social media images and videos using our existing art resources, commission new ones and maintain and cultivate our email list with targeted emails.
Enhance our existing ecommerce newsletter, promotion and content.
Work with journalists and bloggers to promote the campaign.
During the crowdfunding, proactively adapt the campaign to increase revenue and backer satisfaction.
Knowledge and Experience
Experience of previous large, successful crowdfunding campaigns.
Knowledge and experience in the TTRPG industry.
Experience of writing for digital platforms (optimizing SEO), in particular websites and e-communications.
Knowledge of creating content for digital purposes including graphic and audio-visual assets.
Knowledge of digital marketing and key trends in crowdfunding.
Significant marketing experience across all channels.
Good writing style and ability to adopt different tones.
Attributes
Able to work independently and without supervision.
Able to manage time, effort and resources between short-term tactical opportunities versus medium/long-term strategic opportunities.
Deadline-driven and adept at balancing competing priorities and managing complexity.
Good eye for design and detail.
Experience of using data to provide insights, using analytics to assess success or suggested changes.
Skills
A good working knowledge of Google analytics.
Familiarity with Meta advertising.
Solid Excel skills.
Knowledge of Backerkit.
Familiarity with adding content to WordPress.
This is a temporary freelance position, with the possibility of extension.
How to apply: Please email an expression of interest with your CV / resume as a PDF to Simon Rogers at profantasy@gmail.com by 12th April, including details of the crowdfunding campaigns in which you’ve been involved.
Direct any enquiries prior to your application to the same email address.
Deadline: Interviews to take place. Role will commence at the end of April, exact dates to be confirmed.
For those of you who haven’t seen them, we do a live mapping session on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+. Here are the most recent Live Mapping videos, as archived on YouTube:
The Overland Hex style from the Annual 2010 introduced the first style using the hex symbol functionality embedded in CC3+.
City Designer 3 can be used for many different styles of settlement. Here we showcase a Old West style town.
Remy Monsen demos the latest Cartographer’s Annual style (by Sue Daniel) in this video.
Time for another look at the maps the community has produced last month i.e. in February. Everybody has been extremely busy, so we’ve got a long list!
Julian Dracos created a map of the Dragonlance world in the Worthington Historical style, and I love it. Now what was the name of that world again? Trying to remember and too lazy to Google it right now… Continue reading »
A little warning this month: If you’re suffering from arachnophobia, take it slowly with this month’s free symbols. Mike has drawn some lovely web-cloaked woodlands, massive giant spiders to haunt your dreams and web and lairs to give them a wonderfully scary home.
To download the free content go to your registration page and on the Downloads tab, click the download button for Campaign Cartographer 3 Plus. Mike’s new symbols are the last link in the list. All the content of the current year (January to March 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
