Dear cartographer’s, we hope you are all safe and healthy. We at Profantasy are all fine and continuing our work through lockdown and times of social distancing. Let’s see what we’ve been doing last month…

News

• We have a new Master Mapper for 2019: Sue Daniel.
• Our efforts to support research on the current virus outbreak are ongoing.
• The April Annual issue – “Inked Dungeons”, a hand drawn-looking dungeon style – has been released

Resources

• We have started regular live-streaming sessions of map-making with CC3+.
• See the selection of Maps of the Month created by our users in March.

Articles

• Remy Monsen discusses hiding and showing objects on maps intended for virtual tabletop use.
• Ralf Schemmann presents the four drawing styles included in Update 25, and links to their mapping guides and examples.

Welcome to the March newsletter, dear cartographers! We hope you stay healthy (and at home if possible) in these times of pandemic. You could use the time to create some beautiful maps, for example in preparation for your games when all the current restrictions are lifted again, or for online games if you already do these or want to try them out. See our article by Remy Monsen on the topic below.

News

• The March Annual issue is available for download. Check out the Alexandria-class starship and it’s accompanying tutorial on bitmap fills.
• We have released Update 25 for CC3+, adding more city and dungeon capabilities to the base CC3+.
• Until further notice, we have halved the price of Campaign Cartographer 3+ to make it more accessible during the current outbreak.

Resources

• Remy Monsen explains how to prepare and export battle maps from Dungeon Designer 3 for virtual tabletops and then import them into MapTool, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds or d20Pro.
• Check out a sampling of user maps shared by the Profantasy community in February.

Articles

• Ari Gilder posted part 2 of hie article on city building and mapping with City Deisgner 3.
• The German online magazine “Teilzeithelden” (Part-time Heroes) has published a review of Campaign Cartographer 3+ (in German).

Welcome to the February newsletter! We have a first article in a new series on city building for you, a look at the cartographer’s desk, the latest update for CC3+, a way to create a spinning globe image and not one, but two Annual issues!

News

• Update 24, bringing CC3+ up to version 3.93, has been released.
• The February Annual issue – Ferraris Style by Sue Daniel – is available.
• The bonus issue for the Annual 2019 is available and can be downloaded for free by anyone.

Resources

• Create a spinning globe of your world with these instructions by Remy Monsen.
• Check out the community Maps of the Month of January.

Articles

• Ari Gilder starts a new series on designing and building cities with City Designer 3.
• Ralf takes a look at what’s currently on his Cartographer’s Desk.

A Happy New year and welcome to 2020! We hope you had great holidays and are as eager as we to start into a new year of mapping goodness. But let’s take a quick look back at December and what happened at the end of last year. We start out with the new Cartographer’s Annual, set a challenge to bring the Community Atlas to 400 maps, learn about the color palette and multi-sheet symbols and present beautiful user maps from the forum and Facebook communities.

News

• The Cartographer’s Annual 2020 is available for subscription and if you are quick, you can still catch it at the early-subscriber price.
• By now, the January issue of the Annual 2020 is available for download.

Resources

• Starting or re-starting your mapping in 2020? Check out these beginner’s resources.
• The Community Atlas Project needs more maps, and you can help by taking up the Winter Mapping Challenge.
• Check out December’s maps of the month by our community of mappers.

Articles

• Remy looks at managing the color palette in CC3+.
• In a more advanced article by Remy we learn about multi-sheet symbols and how to set them up properly.

Welcome cartographers, to the November newsletter. We have the big Black Friday sale for you, some wonderful community maps, a mega-export by Remy, more work on creating new styles by Ralf and a guest article by André Franke. We also invite you to visit us at Dragonmeet in London.

News

• The Big Sale! It’s Black Friday time and all our products including upgrades and bundles, are available at a 30% discount (Thursday Nov 28 to Monday Dec 2).
• ProFantasy will be at Dragonmeet in London the coming Saturday (November 30th).
• The November Annual by Sue Daniel is out and lets you produce amazing topographical maps.

Resources

• Guest writer André Franke presents his method of creating matching color palettes in FT3 and CC3+, as well as providing a selection of example palettes.
• Check out the November selection of user community maps in Maps of the Month.

Articles

• Remy explains how to create a mega-sized bitmap export of a map from CC3+.
• Ralf continues his series in creating a new drawing style in part 3.

Dear Cartographers,

Welcome to ProFantasy’s October newsletter! We present the monthly pick of user maps, including a more detailed article by one of the authors,dive deeper into coding add-ons, and present various options for virtual tabletop software.

News

• Update 23 is available, bringing CC3+ up to version 3.92.
• The October Annual presents Gary Warburton’s wonderful Mythic Maps as a new style among the overland selections.

Resources

• There is a new articles Remy Monsen’s series on developing add-ons for CC3+.
• Enjoy the selection of the community’s Maps of the Month for October.

Articles

• Grimur Fjeldsted walks us through the making of his awesome Duchy of Earlsdale map.
• Ralf takes a look at different options available if you are looking for a virtual tabletop software for your games, especially at it relates to maps.

Dear mappers, welcome to ProFantasy’s September newsletter! We have released an update for CC3+ including some beat new features and there is a two-part article on how to get the best of your FT3 map into Campaign Cartographer 3+.

News

• Update 22 is available, bringing CC3+ up to version 3.91.
• The September Annual adds Hans Anders Bergström’s Watercolour style to your array of tools.

Resources

• Remy Monsen presents the new tools and features of Update 22.
• Explore the community’s Maps of the Month for September.

Articles

• In part 1 of his article, Quenten Walker sets up the basics for exporting a Fractal Terrains 3 world in detail to CC3+.
• Part 2 of Quenten’s article looks at the climate and mountain ranges to complete the process of going from FT3 to CC3+.

Dear mappers, welcome to ProFantasy’s August newsletter! We have released Symbol Set 5 – Cities of Schley and some great articles for you this month.

News

• Symbol Set 5 – Cities of Schley is available for general purchase.
• The August issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2019 (Ancients Tombs Isometric) is available for download.

Resources

• August’s Maps of the Month showcase more amazing maps by CC3+ users.
• Remy Monsen explains symbols in CC3+ and how they work, giving you insight into an integral part of CC3+’s workings.

Articles

• Ralf Schemmann takes a look at the old Mappa Harnica fan-made toolkit, looking for ideas on how to bring it to CC3+, as well as highlighting the Cities of Hârn project by Columbia Games.
• Jason Payne talks about using CC3+ as your presentation tool at the gaming table.

Dear mappers, welcome to ProFantasy’s July newsletter! We have news on Symbol Set 5 – Cities of Schley for you and lots of beautiful maps to look at.

News

• ProFantasy will be at GenCon 2019. Find us at booth 1417.
• Symbol Set 5 – Cities of Schley is going into beta testing.
• The July issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2019 (Pär Lindström’s Renaissance City) is available for download.

Resources

• July’s Maps of the Month showcase more amazing maps by CC3+ users.
• Remy Monsen gives sage advice on managing your symbol catalogs in CC3+.

Articles

• Christina Trani talks about Craft Mapping, i.e. turning your digital maps into amazing props on the gaming table.
• Jason Payne has some interesting ideas on how to combine regional and battle maps into one cohesive endeavour.

Welcome dear cartographers, to the June newsletter! Now that half of the year is over, GenCon looms on the horizon.

News

• • The June Annual with Jean-Michel Bravo’s “Ancient Tombs” style pack has been available for download since the start of the month.

Resources

• • Use the Symbols in Area command (SYMFILL) to create drawing tools for scattered woods (as opposed to dense forests).
  • We have a new selection of Maps of the Month for June.

Articles

• Remy Monsen looks at “Entity Basics” in his new article on developing plug-ins for Campaign Cartographer 3+.
• Ralf continues the series of articles on creating your own map styles, looking at editing fill styles and creating new ones.