Campaign Cartographer
Campaign Cartographer is a Windows program created by ProFantasy Software originally in 1993, designed to draw maps for role playing and miniature war games.[1] The CAD engine is based on FastCAD,[2] although most of code is written by the publishers. It includes a variety of add-ons for different genres, including fantasy, modern and science fiction.[3] Campaign Cartographer 3, was released on 30 June 2006 and has since been updated 9 times. There are currently 9 add-ons for Campaign Cartographer; 6 drawing add-ons that add tools, templates, and symbol catalogs and 3 symbol set add-ons consisting of thousands of symbols. Campaign Cartographer has been used to illustrate novels such as Shades of Gray by Lisanne Norman, Le Temple Des Eaux-Mortes by Eric Ferris, and Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard.[4] The Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, published by TSR, Inc. in 1999, was likewise constructed using Campaign Cartographer.[5]
Add ons
The following are commercial add-ons available for the Campaign Cartographer tool.[6]
City Designer | This set is used to draw settlements. It includes approximately 2000 symbols, and several drawing tools for buildings and streets. |
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Dungeon Designer | This is used to draw corridors, caves and rooms of a dungeon map. It adds about 1,000 symbols for fantasy, modern and science fiction genres. |
Character Artist Pro | Used to create portraits of characters for role-playing games. |
Dioramas Pro | Create terrain and props that can be used to create three-dimensional models. |
Cosmographer | Create plans for science fiction games, including interstellar space, planetary systems, planets and starport plans for a game set in space. It can create linked, multideck drawings of starships. |
Perspectives Pro | Create 3D isometric views of floorplans |
Symbol Sets | These four sets add additional symbols. |
See also
References
- ↑ Fannon, Sean Patrick; et al. (2000), Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible (2nd ed.), Obsidian Studios, p. 161, ISBN 0-9674429-0-7
- ↑ Armintrout, Bill (March 28, 2002), "Making Maps with Campaign Cartographer 2", The Miniatures Page, retrieved 2011-11-29
- ↑ Milawe (2009-03-29). "Create Fantasy Maps on the Windows Platform with Campaign Cartographer 3". Bright Hub. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑
- Norman, Lisanne (2010), Shades of Gray, Sholan Alliance Series, 8, Penguin, p. 7, ISBN 0-7564-0199-2
- Ferris, Eric (2007), Le Temple Des Eaux-Mortes, p. 437, ISBN 0-615-14224-9
- Howard, Jonathan L. (2011), Johannes Cabal the Detective, Random House Digital, Inc., p. 5, ISBN 0-7679-3077-0
- ↑ "Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas", RPG.net, Skotos Tech, Inc., retrieved 2011-11-29
- ↑ Tresca, Michael (2010), "Campaign Cartographer 2", All Game, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 2011-11-29
External links
- ProFantasy website
- ProFantasy Forum
- Video Tutorials on using Campaign Cartographer
- Review of Campaign Cartographer at RPG.net
- Review of Campaign Cartographer at Bright Hub!
- Free Maps of Fantasy Worlds created with CC3