Dear Cartographers, welcome to the July newsletter!

An update on CC3+, new issues of the annual, and great maps from our users are highlights of this month’s newsletter.

And for a limited time, we are offering our four symbols sets at chunky 25% off from the ProFantasy Store.

News

• The May, June and July issues of the Cartographer’s Annual 2014 are available.
• Artist and cartographer Pär Lindström judged the “Lairs” map-making competition for us and selected Gary Barker’s Lair of the Witch-King dungeon as the winner. Congratulations, Gary!
• Simon updates us all about the progress of CC3+.
• Ralf will be at the GenCon seminar on Cartography of Fictional Worlds hosted by Mark Richardson.

Resources

• Check out the user maps posted on the ProFantasy forum in April and May for some great inspiration.
• Make your own judgement of the “Lairs” competition, by comparing the submissions side-by-side.
• Need to choose a drawing style for your upcoming city map? See all the choices available in Simon’s list of city styles.
• Between Fractal Terrains 3, Cosmographer 3 and various Annual issues, our software contains many useful tools for Sci-Fi gaming. See them all here.

Map-making articles

• Do you need a map for a historical setting? Check out Simon’s selection of useful styles.
• Pär Lindström writes about his style for the June issue of the Annual 2014.