Mapping

OK I'm determined to start posting to this more often... There's probably nobody reading this but quite frankly I don't care.

I'm a huge fan of roleplaying games (the book/dice variety, not the computer variety) and recently had occasion to buy some pretty amazing software which I thought I'd share here. Campaign Cartographer is basically a full suite of mapping products for creating maps from continent to dungeon level and after a bit of experimenting it is actually really easy to use and incredibly powerful.

The above map is "Willow Creek" which I have just completed for a game my friend Jeff is running. After a few false starts I'd say I managed to do this in about 3 hours or so (plus a bit of mucking around time at the end to get it exported). I think it looks really good and thought I'd share it, not to blow my own trumpet about how great a map I've drawn but to show how easy it is for someone with very little artisitic talent to create something quite professional looking. Here's a link to a bigger version.

If you're interested in having a go yourself I suggest you high tail it over to Profantasy's website and buy the software. The basic mapping version is only 30 quid but there are a few nice add ons that allow you to do more in depth dungeon and city mapping.

I recommend watching some of the YouTube tutorials before buying it though as it'll give you a much better idea as to how it works.

Enjoy!