ProFantasy's Map-Making Archive

• The March issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2026 is available, presenting a map pack containting a fantasy town and the detailed floorplans of the Black Cat Inn.
• The free monthly symbols of March add Mesoamerican structures and settlements to the Hand-drawn Fantasy style.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for February.

Articles

• Remy has a few tricks up his sleeve on how to quickly rearrange symbols into custom symbol catalogs.
• Ralf talks about his latest hobby project in which he prepares to create a new hex mapping style for his new rpg campaign game featuring hexcrawl-style adventuring.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The January issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2026 is available, presenting the new Hand-drawn City style.
• The Cartographer’s Annual Vol 19 (2025) is now available as a one collected download and setup file.

Resources

• The January free monthly symbols add cliffs and seaside towns and cities to the Hand-drawn Fantasy style.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for December.

Articles

• Remy teaches you how to add some seasonal flavour to your maps by “winterizing” them.
• Ralf shares some thoughts on generative AI use in mapping and writing and calls out possible scams in rpg publishing.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• Humble Bundle is still running the Map-Making Mega Bundle. Even if you already own CC3+, this is an amazing way to round out your collection.
• The Cartographer’s Annual 2026 is now available for you to subscribe.
• The December and Bonus issues of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 are available, bringing you the second part of the hand-drawn dungeon style, focusing on the outdoor aspects, and adding random dungeon functionality to the style.
• The November free monthly symbols add more sea, ocean and coastal symbols to the Hand-drawn Fantasy style.

Resources

• The January issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 has been made free to download for anyone.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for November.

Articles

• Remy plays around with the Random Dungeon functionality in his latest article.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• Humble Bundle is re-running the Map-Making Mega Bundle. Even if you already own CC3+, this is an amazing way to round out your collection.
• The November issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is available, bringing you a a new, hand-drawn dungeon and floorplan style.
• The November free monthly symbols add more sea, ocean and coastal symbols to the Hand-drawn Fantasy style.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for October.

Articles

• Remy changes his mapping tactics and starts mapping on the fly in his latest article.
• A recent scientific project publishes an amazing zoomable map of the Roman road network. Use this as inspiraton for your maps.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

• The October issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is available, bringing you a detailed map pack of Delomoro Keep by Kevin Goebel.
• October free monthly symbols expand the Hand-drawn Fantasy style with dwarven and orcish settlements.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for August.

Articles

• The cartographer travels to into the past of his role-playing career with a weekend retreat and the Borbarad campaign.
• In his latest article of the “Informative Maps” series Remy explains the map index function of City Designer 3.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The July issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is available, adding a colorful overland style by Prajyot Kumar, a new contributor to the Annual.
• July’s free monthly symbols by Mike Schley are now available and provide assets to populate a nicely creepy graveyard map.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for June.

Articles

• Remy Monsen continues his series on additonal information in maps and discusses number labels and how to use them.

From the Archives

• Check out the in-depth article series on mapping cities by Pär Lindström.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The June issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is available, adding a large selection of new symbols and tools to the hand-drawn overland style published last month.

Resources

• June’s free monthly symbols by Mike Schley contain a set objects you may find inn the study of a “man of science”.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for May.

Articles

• Remy Monsen third article in his series about information in maps discusses links to external resourcesnotes from within CC3+ maps and drawings.

From the Archives

• Check out two articles on creating a new world in FT3 and exporting it into CC3+ by Bill Roach.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The May issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is now available, bringing you a hand-drawn overland style, by Profantasy’s own Ralf Schemmann.
• Humble Bundle has extended the map-making mega-bundle for a few more days, so you can still grab this amazing deal.

Resources

• April’s free monthly symbols by Mike Schley contain a set of thrones and royal chairs, both in pristine and broken versions.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for April.

Articles

• Remy Monsen second article in his series about information in maps discusses map notes, a CC3+ specific feature.

From the Archives

• Check out our series of articles on Castle Design, by none other than renowned fanatsy cartographer Jon Roberts.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The March issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is now available, providing a beautiful new overland style by Sue Daniel.
• The free monthly symbols schedule is back on track with the March set which provide height transition for outdoor maps.

Resources

• Mike Schley provides new dungeon symbols with the February free symbols.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for February.

Articles

• Remy Monsen goes in-depth by looking at the bitmap resolution formats in Campaign Cartographer 3+.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The February issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2025 is now available, providing a crossover FT3+ and CC3+ style.

Resources

• Mike Schley provides new dungeon and floorplan symbols with his latest free symbols.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping video from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for January.

Articles

• Christina continues her journey through the Annual 2015 in her All the Annuals series, with the Ancient Realms overland style.
• Remy Monsen discusses map views and what you can do with them in CC3+ in his latest article.

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.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.