News

• The August issue of the Cartographer’s Annual is available, providing an black and white floorplan style for ruined settlements and outdoor locations.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley add theatres and arenas to the Symbol Set 6 Isometric Cities style.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for July, possibly providing some inspiration for your own mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy takes a loot at randomizing symbols and how that functionality can be leveraged for settlement placement.
• Christina Trani creates a map with the “1800s Floorplans” style in her quest to go through All the Annuals.

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.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on 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 is available, with an overland style by a new Annual contributor – Monkey Frog Studios.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley give you symbols for military encampments like tents and fortified trenches.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for June, possibly providing some inspiration for your own mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy dives into part 2 of his tutorial on how to draw tracks and rail lines, letting us swerve around in curves on our tracks.
• Christina Trani continues with her “All the Annuals” series going through all the Annual issues over the years. This time it is the “Temple of Bones” isometric dungeon style she is looking at.

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.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on 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 is available, with asymbol pack compatible with Dungeons of Schley, including trains, tracks, vehicles and lots of strange machinery.
• GenCon 2023 is drawing near and Profantasy will be there, at booth #515 of the exhibition all.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley let you populate your city streets with a variety of wagons and carriages.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for May, hopefully inspiring yourself for new mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy teaches us how to draw tracks and rail lines in his latest article. How convenient seeing the June Annual’s focus on trains!
• Christina Trani continues with her “All the Annuals” series going through all the Annual issues over the years. In this iteration she creates a map using the Empire of the Sun style.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on 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 is available, with a map pack of city block locations by Jimmy Medina, using Mike Schley’s Dungeons of Schley style.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley venture back into the Isometric Cities with a series of cliff symbols.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for April to inspire yourself for new mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy discusses splitting and joining polygons in his latest in-depth article on CC3+ techniques.
• Christina Trani is back with her “All the Annuals” series going through all the Annual issues over the years. In this one she maps using the Here Be Monsters style by Pär Lindström.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The April issue of the Cartographer’s Annual is available, with a brand new overland style by first time contributor E Prybylski.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley add horses and stable furniture to SS4’s Dungeons of Schley style.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for March to inspire yourself for new mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy covers the use and functionality of hotspots in CC3+ and how they can make your maps more interactive.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on 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 is available, leading you out into the snowy woods and unto the winter trails.
• Humble Bundle is re-running the Maps Bonanza Humble Bundle of 2021. Check out if you want to fill out your collection at a very affordable price.

Resources

• The latest free monthly symbols by Mike Schley add more isometric city symbols in the SS6’s Isometric City style.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for February to inspire yourself for new mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy discusses how to add and organize symbol catalogs to the toolbars in CC3+ via the symbol catalog settings.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on 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 is available, bringing you the new city and town style “Desert Oasis” by Pär Lindström.
• Last year’s Cartographer’s Annual (Vol 16) is now available as one complete setup.

Resources

• With the new batch of free monthly content by Mike Schley we veer for a bit into the Isometric City style of Symbol Set 6.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for January to inspire yourself for new mapping projects.

Articles

• Remy looks at the “Edge Fade, Inner” sheet effect and how it works with stacked entities in detail in his latest mapping article.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• Next year’s Annual subscription is now available and you can preview the content of the first three months.
• We have released the full version of Symbol Set 6 – Isometric Cities and it can be purchased through our web store.
• The December issue of the Annual 2022 is available for subscribers, along with this year’s bonus issue that expands the Forest Trail style.

Resources

• December’s free monthly content by Mike Schley leads you into a sinister prison.
• Watch or re-watch the recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for November to get inspired by the work of our awesome mapping community.
• The June issue of this year’s Annual subscription is now available for free as part of the Free Annual Sampler.

Articles

• Remy discusses how to customize drawing templates in his most recent article on the blog.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

News

• The public beta version of Symbol Set 6 – Isometric Cities with artwork by Mike Schley will be available later this week.
• The November issue of the Annual 2022 is available, with a new symbol set by Sue Daniel.
• You can now download the November free monthly content by Mike Schley, adding a set of dragon lair symbols.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for October to get inspired by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Fresh from the community, forum member EucalyptusNow teaches you how to create custom decorative symbols by tracing existing artwork.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear map-makers, welcome to the October newsletter. Let’s see what happened last month in our mapping community.

News

• The October issue of the Annual 2022 is available, with new look at the Jon Roberts Overland style.
• The new free monthly content by Mike Schley is available. Download the set to get a range of symbols for a high temple of the gods of light.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for September to get inspired by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Take a sneak peek at Symbol Set 6: Isometric Cities on the Cartographer’s Desk.
• Remy teaches you how to add your own buttons to the CC3+ toolbars.
• He also discusses how to do rectangles with rounded corners in CC3+.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.