The Cartographer's Annual 2020

January

For the January issue of the Cartographer's Annual 2019 we present a combined tutorial and style pack, importing maps from Watabou's amazing medieval Fantasy city generator into CC3+, applying a City Designer 3 style and expanding it with CC3+'s tools.

The pack Watabou Cities contains instructions on how to convert an svg file into an import CC3+ can understand, templates to import the into, and the intructions, tools and bitmaps to convert the result into a beautiful CC3+ map.

The style and tutorial pack Watabou Cities includes

1 new city drawing style
30 new drawing tools
2 new templates (imperial and metric)
50 bitmap fills
1 5-page tutorial and mapping guide
2 example maps (PNG and FCW format)
1 new effect setting

February

Sue Daniel has painstakingly recreated the style of early modern cartographer Joseph de Ferraris and we are proud to present it as the February Annual issue.

Dozens of beautiful fill styles and symbols in amazing detail define the first large-scake systematic mapping in Western Europe executed by Ferraris and you'll be able to draw your own maps in this unique style.

The style pack Ferraris Style includes:

1 new city (local area) drawing style
85 new drawing tools
2 new templates (imperial and metric)
34 bitmap fills
269 new bitmap symbols in 6 catalogs
1 12-page tutorial and mapping guide
1 example map (PNG and FCW format)
1 map legend part (PNG and FCW format)
5 new Symbols Along and Symbols in Area settings
2 new effect settings
1 new true type font

March

The March issue of the Annual 2020 contains a detailed set of deckplans for an explorer-type starship (Alexandria-class in Pelgrane Press' Ashen Star rpg) created with Cosmographer 3, as well as a large set of bitmaps for modern and sci-fi maps.

Each deck is rendered in loving detail and is accompanied by a description of the various features, functions and layout. The plans come exported in a variety of hires formats for immediate use at the table or in virtual tabletops, and can of course be edited and expanded upon in CC3+.

The map and tutorial pack Alexandria-class Starship includes

1 starship exterior drawing (FCW and PNG format)
1 starship deckplan drawing (FCW and PNG format)
1 6-page starship description
186 bitmap fills
2 bitmap fill overview/insertion drawings (imperial and metric)
1 4-page tutorial guide
1 new true type font

April

The April issue of the Annual 2020 contains a new dungeon style based on ink-and-paper cartography by the likes of Dyson Logos and MonkeyBloodDesign.

The style allows you to produce simple and effective but also beautiful black and white dungeon layouts. The included 6-page mapping guide takes you through the process of drawing a complete dungeon.

The style pack Inked Dungeons includes

1 new dungeon drawing style
36 new drawing tools
50 new vector symbols
2 new templates (imperial and metric)
8 new hatch styles
1 6-page mapping guide
2 example maps (PNG and FCW format)
1 true type font
2 new effect settings

May

The May issue of the Annual 2020 contains a new city style created by Glynn Seal of MonkeyBloodDesign, providing a wonderful new full color look for town and city maps based on this Ryecroft cemetery design.

The "Ryecroft Town" drawing style allows you to produce beautiful town and city maps, making full use of the city commands incorporated into CC3+ with the recent Update 25. And as usual the accompanying mapping guide provides a full introduction to using the style.

The style pack Ryecroft Town includes

1 new city drawing style
75 new drawing tools
2 new templates (imperial and metric)
86 new bitmap symbols
40 new bitmap fills
1 6-page tutorial and mapping guide
1 example map (PNG and FCW format)
2 new effect settings
3 new street settings
9 new house settings
18 new true type font by MonkeyBloodDesign (2 installed, 16 in Annual folder)

June

The June issue of the Annual 2020 contains a collection of five beautiful battle maps for you, created by Christina Trani, who’s freelance cartographer work has been featured in the Annual before. The maps ready for you to use, and if you own Symbol Set 4 to modify and expand at your leisure.

The accompanying 6-page mapping guide teaches how to use grids of any style and size on these or other battle maps, how print them to scale even on a small home printer, and how to export them to use in a virtual tabletop environment.

The map pack Crossroads Inn includes

5 battle maps by Christina Trani (FVCW and PNG format)
1 6-page mapping guide

July

The July issue of the Annual 2020 consists of a wonderful new overland style by Master Mapper Sue Daniel. Sue designed and rendered detailed models of mountains, trees and stuctures and turned these into symbols for CC3+.

Being a fully self-contained style and containing more than 150 symbols, it will still be expanded by second issue later this year. This will give you a comprehensive selection of textures, symbols and tools in a highly detailed bitmap style.

The style pack Spectrum Overland includes

1 new overland drawing style (Spectrum Overland) by Sue Daniel
2 new drawing templates (imperial and metric)
46 new drawing tools
169 new bitmap symbols
24 new bitmap textures
1 new effect settings
5 new Symbols in Area settings
4 new Fill with Symbols settings
3 example maps (PNG and FCW format)
1 5-page mapping guide

August

The August issue of the Annual 2020 consists of a new starship deckplan style inspired by the work of Free League Publishing (and used with their permission). The style lets you create small to medium starship layouts in a retro-look reminiscent of an old computer screen readout.

The style works independently of Cosmographer 3, and allows you to build great starships for for gritty, dangerous and fairly hard SF settings. The accompanying mapping guide takes you through the design process of such a deckplan.

The style pack Retro Starships includes

1 new SciFi deckplan drawing style "Retro Starships"
2 new templates (metric and imperial)
2 new example maps (FCW and JPG)
39 new drawing tools
22 new symbols in 1 catalog
3 new bitmap fills
2 new effect settings (metric and imperial)
1 5-page mapping guide

September

In the September issue of the Annual 2020 we present a set of symbols for easily drawing precipitous cliffs in your city maps. Sue Daniel created this catalog of connecting symbols along with special features like gaps, stack, ascending roads and waterfalls.

The symbols come integrated with the Jon Roberts Cities style, which is included in CC3+, but can also be added to any other city style easily. The accompanying mapping guide not only explains how to do that, but also gives a step-by-step overview of the workings of the connecting symbols.

The symbol pack City Cliffs includes

74 new cliff symbols in 1 catalog
10 New drawing tools
1 8-page mapping guide
1 FCW Parts file
2 Example Maps (FCW and JPG format)
2 upgraded Jon Roberts Cities templates (imperial and metric)
1 new catalog setting for Jon Roberts Cities

October

The October issue of the Annual 2020 includes a new style for Venice-like cities with lots of canalas and islands, based on the map of Serpentine by Jerôme Huguenin for the Swords of the Serpentine RPG by Pelgrane Press.

The city style uses vector house symbols and street styles for a dense tangle of roada and alleys, with symbols for bridges and boats to create that maritime atmosphere. The included mapping guide goes through all the steps necessary to create a Serpetine style city map.

The style pack Serpentine Streets includes

1 new city style with 42 drawing tools
2 new templates (imperial and metric)
136 re-worked vector symbols in 1 catalog
4 new bitmap symbols
1 5-page mapping guide
1 Example Map (FCW and PNG format)
2 new effect settings
1 new house setting
2 new random street settings

November

In the November issue of the Annual 2020 Sue Daniel expands the Spectrum Overland style from July with more symbols and tools in her beautiful and unique style.

The Spectrum style has been a fan favourite and we are happy to oblige its fans with more options for various additional climate types.

The expansion pack Spectrum Overland 2 includes

1 overland drawing style expansion (Spectrum Overland) by Sue Daniel
2 updated drawing templates (imperial and metric)
8 new drawing tools
228 new bitmap symbols
2 new bitmap textures
6 new Symbols in Area settings
1 example map (PNG and FCW format)
1 3-page mapping guide

December

The December issue of the Annual 2020 includes an isometric floorplan style by a new contributor to the Annual: Kawe Weissi-Zadeh of Westfalia Miniatures.

The Tagkrammer Isometric style is a clear and beautiful set of isometric bitmap symbols that let you build interiors of small and medium buildings.

This issue is available as a free issue and can be used by anyone with Campaign Cartographer 3 Plus. It is available as part of the Cartographer's Annual Free Sampler.

The style pack Tagkrammer Isometric includes

1 isometric floorplan style (Tagkrammer Isometric) by Kawe Weissi-Zadeh
2 new drawing templates (imperial and metric)
14 new drawing tools
100 new bitmap symbols
3 new bitmap textures
1 example map (JPG and FCW format)
1 6-page mapping guide

Bonus

The Bonus issue of the Annual 2020 includes two more connecting cliff symbol catalogs to go with the September issue "City Cliffs" by Sue Daniel.

City Cliffs 2 provides catalogs with limestone and sandstone cliffs, with each containing 74 unique symbols that connect to each other and form continuous cliff lines.

The symbol pack City Cliffs 2 includes

148 new connecting symbols in two catalogs by Sue Daniel
4 new bitmap fills (imperial and metric)
2 example maps (in JPG and FCW format)

Cartographer's Annual 2020 Content