Category Archives: Cartography

Map of the Month: Dungeons of Schley

For the past year, due to the Cartographer’s Annual Challenge, most of my personal mapping efforts have been directed at meeting the Challenge. As such, the Map of the Month column has suffered somewhat. So I’ve decided that from now … Continue reading

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The Annual Challenge: February Issue

Its the first of the month, and that’s Cartographer’s Annual issue date! For February 2014, the issue is all about the new Character Artist 3 (CA3) add-on, which was released recently. This product allows you to create character or monster … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: January 2014

The January 2014 Annual issue is a style for producing small-scale overland maps suited for early modern settings; the clue is in the name: “World War 2 Area Maps” 🙂 Once again, the question was how to use this style … Continue reading

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2014: A new Cartographer’s Annual Challenge!

Last week, I posted the final month’s effort for my 2013 Cartographer’s Annual Challenge, bringing to an end 12 months of enjoyable and productive mapping using the wonderful styles and tools provided by the folks at Profantasy. You can browse … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: December 2013

I’ve done it!! Slightly late as usual, but here is my offering for the final Annual Issue of 2013!! The style was named “1930’s Overland”, and is designed to mimic the famous Baedeker travel guide maps; not exactly intended for … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: November 2013

Yeah, yeah, catching up again I know!! November’s issue was a neat re-working of the standard CC3 overland style (i.e. terrain fills, bitmap symbols etc) in a hex-mapping style. Of course, if hex maps are the topic, what better subject to … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: October 2013

Well just in the nick of time, I’ve caught up in the Annual Challenge!! October’s issue was a Dungeon style, again by Pär Lindström, in black and white  designed to match with the Overland style from the July issue. If you … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: September 2013

Getting there, getting there… As mentioned, I’m behind in my Annual Challenge, but pushing to be up-to-date by the end of October!! So here is my effort for the September issue: another stunning overland style called ‘DeRust Overland’, based on … Continue reading

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Cartographer’s Annual Challenge: August 2013

I’ve definitely got behind in the Annual Challenge 😦 My target is to get caught back up as soon as possible, and definitely before the end of October!! Hold me to it, ok… 🙂 The Annual for August was a … Continue reading

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Map of the Month: Hex Map Coolness

Came across a post at Gothridge Manor, an OSR blog by Tim Shorts, with some wonderful old-school hand-drawn and coloured Campaign Hex maps on display. You should definitely go check it out!! Although I do all my mapping by computer … Continue reading

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