ralf | March 27, 2025 | Mike Schley, monthly content, symbols

We’re back on schedule with the March monthly symbols! We are climbing up towards the light this month, instead of descending of the dark of the dungeon. Height differences are always hard to depict on a top down map, so Mike has produced symbols that help with that. The “Outdoor Heights” symbol pack contains cliff edges, slopes, and a variety of helpful tools to navigate them, from rope ladders to climbing poles.
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 (so far only January 2025) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | March 14, 2025 | dungeons of schley, free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, Symbol Set 4

Sorry for a little delay in getting the February symbols to you, but Mike was exceptionally busy. Hopefully we are now back on track and will get the March set to you this month. The February set brings you a colorful collection of mushrooms, fungi and lichen tp decorate the fungal caves of your mega dungeon. The monsters and other inhabitants do need something to eat after all!
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 (so far only January 2025) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | February 4, 2025 | Dungeons, dungeons of schley, free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, Symbol Set 4

As promised we start the new year 2025 with a return to free symbols for dungeon floorplans, specifically Mike’s Dungeons of Schley style. It looks like a summoning has gone awry here, with a demon and a fire elemental arguing over the dead body of the summoner. This month contains a set of symbols for your summoner’s lair, with summoning circles, summoned creatures and various paraphernalia and ritual props.
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 (so far only January 2025) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | January 10, 2025 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, overland maps

We are a bit late with the free December symbols due to Christmas and New Year commitments, but we didn’t want to skip them. So here they are! Mike created a set of map ornaments (borders, corner frames, scale bars and compass roses in two styles each) that complement all the overland mapping we’ve done over the year.
This set finished the current run of overland symbols and we’ll be looking at dungeon and floorplan symbols for the next few months. We are already looking forward to Mike’s work on those.
To download the latest free symbols 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 October 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | November 25, 2024 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, overland maps, symbols

Do you think cities, towns and villages are not enough to adequately depict the glory and splendour of an alien hive civilization? So do we! So Mike has drawn more structures from temples and workshops to brood halls and ruins and we’ve done a second set of hive settlements from them. We hope you enjoy them.
To download the latest free symbols 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 October 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | October 28, 2024 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, symbols

Do strange and alien civilizations exist in the lands you are mapping? Do hives of insectoid creatures dot the wasteland of your world? Then use this month’s free symbols by Mike Schley to put them on the map!
To download the latest free symbols 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 October 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | September 12, 2024 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, overland maps

Since towns, cities and villages are hardly enough to visualize the cultural splendor of a Mesoamerican civilizations, we expand the collection with a variety of temples, shrines and other structures.
To download the latest free symbols 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 August 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | September 2, 2024 | Annual, Mike Schley, monthly content, overlaand, overland

In the September issue of the Annual 2024 we take a look at, use and reference all the different free monthly overland symbols that have been released over the last two and a half years. There are 20 different sets now, and we thought it was high time to take a look at them as a complete package, how to they interact and also to give a way to look them up and find them more easily.
This Annual issue includes a large and detailed world map, that uses all the different monthly symbols, showcasing them per set. The accompanying mapping guide explains the sets and adds a little bit of background ideas and story seeds for the world shown, while a pdf reference guide serves as a look up.
The September 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.
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ralf | August 29, 2024 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, symbols

Mike Schley continues on his trip around the world and through the ages with the latest set of free monthly symbols. This time we stop in Mesoamerica with symbols depicting the iconic temples and plazas of those cultures. Marvel at their cities and towns and gape at the beauty of their architecture.
To download the latest free symbols 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 August 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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ralf | July 26, 2024 | free resource, Mike Schley, monthly content, symbols

You thought last month’s Viking-style symbols were great, but you wanted more? No worries, we’ve got you covered! Mike Schley has drawn longships, workplaces, holy sites, towers and great halls for you to embellish your maps with.
To download the latest free symbols 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 July 2024 so far) is included in the one download.
You can always check the available monthly content on our dedicated page.
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