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 are offering a new bundle on Bundle of Holding, collecting CC3+ and various add-ons in two different tiers that you can choose. Ten percent 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 Cartographer’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.

News

• The March issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2023 is available, providing a new dungeon-style for sewer maps.
• ProFantasy is looking for a Freelance RPG Crowdfunding Marketing Manager. See the details of the position here.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley add webs and giant spiders for your arachnid-infested forests.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for February, providing more ideas and inspiration for your own mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy takes a look at the technical map border in CC3+ and how leverage it for your map-making.

Reminders

• CC3+’s current version is 3.98. Check in Help > About and if your version is older, run Update 28 for CC3+ available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Freelance RPG Crowdfunding Marketing Manager

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…
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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.

The March Annual issue is available, and subscribers can now start delving into the new Sinister Sewers style by Sue Daniel.

Prepare to get your feet and hands dirty in thick sewage and sludge, as you navigate drains and pipes, and contend with carnivorous plants (those rats must be tasty) and tentacled monstrosities that creep up from the depth below. But at least the streets above are clean and people can blissfully ignore the horrors beneath their feet!

The March 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.

News

• The February issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2023 is available, providing a new parchment-look overland style.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley add glaciers, frozen lakes, caves and icy fortresses to your overland maps.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for January, providing more ideas and inspiration for your own mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy teaches us how to create a variety of shortcut keys within Campaign Cartographer 3 Plus.
• Christina showcases the October issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2016 with the “Horror House” style by Pär Lindström in her latest iteration of the All the Annuals series.

Reminders

• CC3+’s current version is 3.98. Check in Help > About and if your version is older, run Update 28 for CC3+ available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.