A common way to label maps is to place a number next to an important feature (building, room, prominent location, trap, etc). The advantage to just using a simple number is that it takes less space in the map, making it look less cluttered, something that is very helpful if you need lots of labels in a small space. Number labels also doesn’t betray any information by themselves, so it can be used on dungeon rooms without players knowing their meaning just from seeing the map.
These markers can of course be placed using the regular text commands, but one very easy way that are often overlooked is to use the Number Label command found in CC3+. This command is designed to make it extremely simple to quickly place multiple labels with automatically incrementing numbers.
The June issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is available, adding a large selection of new symbols and tools to the hand-drawn overland style published last month.
Resources
June’s free monthly symbols by Mike Schley contain a set objects you may find inn the study of a “man of science”.
Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
Welcome dear cartographers to the latest monthly community maps, i.e. the Maps of the Month from May. Thank you for all your great contributions to our forum and the Facebook group, I was really amazed how many maps I had to look though this month!
We start of with a map in the latest overland style from the Cartographer’s Annual (Handdrawn Fantasy). Ricko Hasche put together this lovely example map, thank you for that!
And then we have a second map from Ricko for the Community Atlas, using the Mike Schley overland style. Continue reading »
Mike Schley created another set of dungeon symbols for the free monthly content and your pleasure. This month the set adds lots of paraphernalia that you might find in the study of a “man of science”, like an astrolabe, brushes and an easel, a globe of the world and a telescope. And not to forget a staff and wizard’s hat!
Note that the example maps included with this free content make use of Symbol Set 4 to showcase the symbols in proper surroundings. If you don’t have SS4 installed, you won’t see these correctly, but you can still use the symbols on other maps. Symbol Set 4 – Dungeons of Schley is available for purchase here.
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 listed there. All the content of year (up to April 2025) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
If you’ve missed any of the live mapping sessions we do on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+, you’ll find them archived and organized into playlists on YouTube. Here are the most recent ones:
The June issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is now available. It expands last month’s Fantasy Hand-drawn style with lots more symbols, new drawing tools and a new fill style. You can build near-eastern and Egyptian settings with the oriental buildings included, put sea monsters and creatures into your oceans, and add many little details to your landscapes.
Last month, I had a look at how to embed notes into your map, and make clickable links to show these. Such notes are great, since they are embedded into the map and thus part of the map file itself. But they also have their downsides, one of them being that they only support plain text. What if you want rich formatted text, maybe with some images?
Well, we can’t embed that into the map, but we can make the same kind of clickable hotspots that can link to either websites or external files. The notes are no longer part of the map, but they can easily be accessed from it.
If you’ve missed any of the live mapping sessions we do on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+, you’ll find them archived and organized into playlists on YouTube. Here is the most recent one on the May Annual issue:
Welcome dear cartographers to the latest monthly community maps, i.e. the Maps of the Month from April. Thank you for all your great contributions to our forum and the Facebook group!
I always love maps with lots of forest on them, so let’s start with this great example by Ricko Hasche, using Mike Schley’s overland style. Continue reading »
A common way to label maps is to place a number next to an important feature (building, room, prominent location, trap, etc). The advantage to just using a simple number is that it takes less space in the map, making it look less cluttered, something that is very helpful if you need lots of labels in a small space. Number labels also doesn’t betray any information by themselves, so it can be used on dungeon rooms without players knowing their meaning just from seeing the map.
