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 cartographers to the May newsletter! We are busy with the travel preparations for the first convention of the year, but nevertheless have some goodies for you.

News

• ProFantasy will be exhibiting for the first time at UK Games Expo in Birmingham from May 31st to June 2nd.
• The May Annual with Sue Daniel’s “Beaumaris Castle” map pack has been available for download since the start of the month.
• What products are in the development queue? Find out where we stand with Cities of Schley and the second Token Set.

Resources

• We have a new selection of Maps of the Month for May.

Articles

• Remy Monsen explains the different options for units in the sheet effects settings.
• Ralf Schemmann starts a new series of articles on creating your own map styles, looking at basic considerations in the first installment.

Welcome cartographers to the April newsletter! Shall we have a look what is in store for this month? Of course, we shall.

News

• We have two new Master Mappers among our ranks: Joe Sweeney (for 2017) and Christina Trani (for 2018). Congratulations!
• The Tome of Ultimate Mapping has been updated with a completely revamped list of commands, and new sections on Dioramas 3, the Source Maps products and the Token Treasury.
• The April Annual with Pär Lindström’s Moody Mansions style is available for download.

Resources

• Remy Monsen starts a new series of articles for those who want to program add-ons for CC3+. Take a look, it’s easier than you think!
• We have a new selection of Maps of the Month for April.
• Want to create isometric maps with Perspectives 3? Get inspired by these examples from the user community.

Articles

• Sue Daniel shares some of her mapping secrets in this article on Special Effects with sheets.

Dear map-makers! Here is the March newsletter with the latest from your favorite mapping software!

News

• Take a preview of the upcoming months of the Cartographer’s Annual 2019.
• The March Annual issue SciFi Bases is available.

Resources

• Check out these highlights of the community’s maps in the Maps of the Month.
• Remy Monsen considers the use of CC3+ at the gaming table in his monthly column.

Articles

• Ralf Schemmann takes a look at the resources for the Traveller rpg that are available in Cosmographer 3.
• And in a second article, Sue continues here tutorial on how to create new house symbols for City Designer 3, including dynamic roof shading..

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Dear map-makers! Here is the February newsletter with lots of mapping articles and our latest products!

News

• The Token Treasury: Monsters, the first in a new line of products, has been released.
• Take a peek at What’s on the Cartographer’s Desk to see what we are up to in the coming weeks.
• The February Annual issue: Isometric Towns is available.

Resources

• Check out a selection of beautiful user maps in the Maps of the Month.
• Remy Monsen does some very cool stuff with interactive maps in CC3+, moving a party of adventurers (or more precisely their viewpoint) through a dungeon, opening doors and triggering effects.

Articles

• Sue Daniel describes her method of creating the Isometric Towns style from the February Annual issue.
• And in a second article, Sue starts a tutorial on how to create new house symbols for City Designer 3, including dynamic roof shading..

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Dear map-makers! Welcome to the first newsletter of 2019 and a new year of fantastic mapping. We have the latest Annual for you, very useful articles by Remy Monsen

News

• The Annual Vol. 13 (2019) has started and is available for subscription. The January issue can be downloaded from the registration page.
• Update 21 for CC3+ is available, fixing a long-nagging problem with cache use

Resources

• Get inspiration from more beautiful user creations in the Maps of the Month.
• Remy explains two very useful recent additions to the list of CC3+’s commands: Select nearby symbols and Delete nearby symbols.
• Another article by Remy Monsen looks at how to integrate macros with the drawing tools that CC3+ allows you to create for every style.

Articles

• Jay Johnson finishes his tutorial on how to create awesome cities with CC3+ and City Designer.
• Jens Fuhrberg continues the WIP report on his “Call of the Warlock” map.

Welcome, mappers, to the November newsletter. We have a focus on city mapping this month, with video tutorials by Joe Sweeney, an article by Jay Johnson and the topic of the November Annual.

News

• From this Thursday, November 22nd, until Tuesday morning, all of our cartography software is available at a 30% discount, including bundles and upgrades.

  Use this voucher in the checkout to take advantage of the offer: BLACK@30%.

  Get full versions in the store, and upgrades from your registered users page.

• ProFantasy will be at Dragonmeet in London, on December 1st.
• The November Annual is out with the wonderful Asian Town style by Sue Daniel.

Resources

• Here is another quasi-random selection of user maps in November’s Map of the Month highlights.
• Remy Monsen presents a variant of the Fill with Symbols and Symbols in Area commands that allows you to exclude entities from the area to fill.
• Joe Sweeney starts a new series of video tutorials on city mapping.

Articles

• Jay Johnson discusses the city mapping techniques he uses for his city of Melekhir.
• Jens Fuhrberg takes us along on his journey of creating a regional map for the world of Taranis.

Welcome mappers to the October newsletter: Germany’s big board game convention, Spiel, is only days away, but we take the time to give you, news and resources for your enjoyment!

News

• We have a new free Update for CC3+ available, including a way to re-size the drawing area in an existing map, improved texture selection many small tweaks and bug fixes.
• Profantasy will be at the Spiel games fair in Essen, Germany from October 25th to 28th.
• The October Annual issue is of course available.
• The October community map challenge still accepts submissions for village maps.

Resources

• We present another small selection of user maps in October’s Map of the Month highlights.

Articles

• Remy takes a look at how you can get more out of your fill styles you have available in a drawing style.
• Marilyn Velez shares a treasure map created with CC3+ and an accompanying and story pirates may be telling along with that map.

Welcome to the September newsletter. Here in the northern hemisphere the summer is drawing to a close and we are preparing for the second big convention of the year (Spiel in Germany) and busy autumn season.

News

• Find out what’s on the Cartographer’s Desk and what progress we are making on our next releases.
• Check out the August and September Annual issues.

Resources

• We’ve released a mini add-on for City Designer 3: The Celtic Village symbols by Scott Aniolowski.
• Remy takes a look at map notes in CC3+ drawings and what uses they have.
• The question of how to take a section of a regional map and create a local map from it pops up quite regularly on the forum and Remy gives you a more detailed answer than the CC3+ manual can.
• We present another small selection of user maps in August and September’s Map of the Month highlights.

Articles

• Joe Sweeney takes a stab at creating custom textures – and tiling ones at that – for CC3+ and presents his new repository for these.
• Josh Plunkett presents the Realmworks project for the CC3+ Community Atlas.
• Antonios S. reviews Dioramas 3, Perspectives 3 and the Annual Vol 11 on RPGNet.