Despite conventions, summer holidays and some nasty (fortunately well-healing) injuries at ProFantasy software, we are still hard at work updating all the CC3 material to CC3+. This month we have Symbol Set 2 – Fantasy Floorplans for you!

News

• CC3+ Update: The compatibility update for Symbol Set 2 – Fantasy Floorplans is here!
• The August Annual issue has been released to great acclaim (and some wonderful user maps) on our forum, and the September Annual is prepared to go next week.

Resources

• View July and August’s selection of user maps.
• Read this great tutorial on basic selecting techniques by community member RA Jacobs.

Articles

• Impressions from Gen Con 2015

We are still hard at work updating all the CC3 material to CC3+. This month we have Symbol Set 1 – Fantasy Overland ready for you!

News

• CC3+ Update: The compatibility update for Symbol Set 1 – Fantasy Overland is here!
• Two new Annual issues have become available since the last newsletter: June and July.
• CC3+ Update 2 is now available, fixing some bugs and preparing CC3+ for future add-ons. Log into your registration page to download it.

Resources

• User maps of May and June
• Ralf shares two large-scale battle maps from his ongoing 13th Age campaign.

Articles

• Simon previews the new style for the Source Maps series of map collections.
• Ralf takes a look at using different way to bring your battle maps to the game table.

The process of converting all our products to work with CC3+ continues. This month we have Symbol Set 4 – The Dungeons of Schley available in the updated version.

News

• CC3+ Update: The compatibility update for Symbol Set 4 – The Dungeons of Schley is here!
• The next Annual issue is available: May.

Resources

• User maps of April
• Installing Campaign Cartographer on a Mac by Steven Townshend

Articles

• GamerDad reviews CC3+ together with some other electronic resources for role-playing games.
• Simon previews the new large-scale icons for CC3+ which will make the interface more suitable for very high resolution monitors.
• Ralf takes a look at the upcoming “Dracula Dossier” floorplan style.

We’ve good news for the owners of CC3+ and City Designer, our most comprehensive add-on (CD3) is now available for CC3+ users.

News

• CC3+ Update: The compatibility update for City Designer 3 is here!
• The next Annual issue is available: April.

Resources

• User maps of March
• Multipolys by Joachim de Ravenbel

Articles

• Simon celebrates the release of City Designer for CC3+ with a collection of support material for CD3.
• The second part of the CC3+ user tutorial by R A Jacob.

It’s been a while since our last newsletter – we’ve been focused on getting CC3+ ready for release. This month features an exclusive offer on a great piece of map-making kit – The Noteboard, an update on CC3+ and video resources.

News

• CC3+ Update the latest on CC3+
• The August,  September, October and November issues of the Cartographer’s Annual’s are available
• The Noteboard Offer – not all maps need a PC
• Pelgrane, meet ProFantasy – maps for a tabletop RPG company
• ProFantasy Spiel’14 convention report by Ralf Schemmann

Resources

• User Maps – July to November amazing inspiration from CC3 users on the forum
• Video mini-Tutorials for CC3 and add-ons check out Ralf’s video tutorials
• Dungeon Designer 3 Battle Map Video Tutorial
• A map for 13th Age in the Mike Schley style The Mike Schley style is included in CC3+

Map-making Articles

• I Love Maps – by Benjamin Descovich using CC3 to create a map for a novel

Dear Cartographers, welcome to the April newsletter!

News

• Symbol Set 4 – The Dungeons of Schley has been released.
• The March and April issues of the Cartographer’s Annual 2014 are available.
• Artist and cartographer Mike Schley judged the January map-making competition for us and selected Christian Stiehl’s Cloiser Island map as the winner. Congratulations, Christian!
• We have opened an new map-making competition for April. Create a small cave, hide-out or lair to win a Unlimited Patron License.

Resources

• Browse through the beautiful user maps posted on the ProFantasy forum during Ferbuary and March.
• Want to see what amazing maps where submitted to our January competition? You can check them out here all side-by-side.
• See which drawing style you would like to use for your Dungeon Floorplans.
• Download one of many A1-sized battle maps from Ralf’s Deadlands campaign.

Map-making articles

• Winner Christian Stiehl sums up his thoughts on and experiences with the January competition.
• Read author Nat Russo’s excellent World Building Primer.
• Check out what Simon suggests if you need to draw an overland map for a fantasy novel.

Dear Cartographers, welcome to the February newsletter!

News

• We are announcing the Dungeons of Schley, a new symbol set in development.
• The February issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2014 is available, bringing you an in-depth look at creating paper miniatures with the help of Characater Artist 3.
• Profantasy’s January map-making competition is still open until the end of the month. Enter to win one of our Unlimited Patron Licenses by submitting your map on the forum.

Resources

• Check out The January collection of community maps, again including great artwork from our users.
• Download the Symbol Creation Guide for Character Artist 3. It provides a detailed tutorial on how to create and import your own bitmap symbols to use in CA3.

Map-making articles

• Read some wonderful feedback and see a gorgeous map from one of our users.

Dear Cartographers, welcome to the January newsletter!

News

• Enter our cartography competition and win a complete suite of software
• Character Artist 3 has been released and is receiving very good feedback. Get it here.
• The Cartographer’s Annual 2014 is available for susbcription. Check out the January issue.
• We released a new update for CC3: CC3 Update 11. It includes the free new mapping style CC3 Hex Overland.
• Subscribers for the Cartographer’s Annual 2013 got a bonus issue in December and can now download the full setup (including the bonus) from their registration page.

Resources

• The December collection of community user maps includes lots of great map artwork.
• Download free character standees created in Character Artist 3

Map-Making Articles

• Fractal Terrains developer takes on CC3+
• Enter our cartography competition and win a complete suite of software
• Ralf takes a look at the “Internationale Spieletage” (or “Spiel” for short) from the ProFantasy perspective.
• Simon explains the the process of creating a brand new mapping style for CC3+.

Dear Cartographers, welcome to the June newsletter!

News

• The June issue of the Annual 2013 has been released. Subscribe here.
• Check out a preview of the July Annual (by Pär Lindström).
• Character Artist 3 is coming together nicely. Here are some previews.
• Simon Rogers shows up new icon graphics for Campaign Cartographer 3.

Resources

• The June and May collections of community user maps include tons of gorgeous map artwork.
• Mysterious East meets Weird West in the Deadlands setting in this floorplan of a Chinatown block.

Map-Making Articles

• Master Mapper Joachim de Ravenbel has created a detailed tutorial on doing floorplans.

Dear Cartographers, welcome to the April newsletter!

News

• The April issue of the Annual 2013 has been released. Subscribe here.
• Kobold Press is offering a discount on its Kobold Guide to World-Building and other products for Profantasy customers. Check the details and read an excerpt of the guide here.
• ProFantasy will be at RPC Germany in Cologne (June 2nd to 3rd) and Origins Games Fair in Columbus (June 13th to 16th).

Resources

• Gweddyz’s Chatelet – Seven levels of gorgeous floorplans of a castle by community member Joachim de Ravenbel.
• Longhouse on a Clearing – more battle maps for Deadlands Reloaded.
• A parade of great user maps in the April round up from the forum.

Map-Making Articles

• Presenting new, clearer and bigger icons for Campaign Cartographer 3+.
• Three new video tutorials by Joseph Sweeney on old-school dungeon mapping.