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    The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

    Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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    • Imperial Worldmap Of Arden By SchwarzkreuzImperial Worldmap Of Arden By Schwarzkreuz - (11 comments)
    • Diyun City Map By SchleyDiyun City Map By Schley - (23 comments)
    • Campaign Map In MS Paint By Blkstone1Campaign Map In MS Paint By Blkstone1 - (9 comments)
    • The Quary And Towne Of Lymeport By RobAThe Quary And Towne Of Lymeport By RobA - (1 comment)
    • The Butcher, The Baker, And That Other Guy By AscensionThe Butcher, The Baker, And That Other Guy By Ascension - (11 comments)
    • Featured Map: The City Of Castran By ZongFeatured Map: The City Of Castran By Zong - (7 comments)
    Imperial Worldmap Of Arden By Schwarzkreuz

    Imperial Worldmap Of Arden By Schwarzkreuz

    A recent member to the Guild, Schwarzkreuz has come on strong with his first sharing... is an extremely large effort (figuratively and literally) weighing in at a full poster sized 90x120 cm. T...

    Diyun City Map By Schley

    Diyun City Map By Schley

    Mike Schley is an artist whose work continues to amaze me. The map of Diyun city is excellent by itself with it's beautiful colors, line work, and an incredible amount of detail, but Mike...

    Campaign Map In MS Paint By Blkstone1

    Campaign Map In MS Paint By Blkstone1

    Microsoft Windows Paint I was originally drawn to this map because of the simplicity and old world feel as well as being hand drawn. What really inspires me about this map is not just the cont...

    The Quary And Towne Of Lymeport By RobA

    The Quary And Towne Of Lymeport By RobA

    GIMP This has always been one of my favorite maps here. The hand drawn style is just superb, as is the watercolor feel. This started with a simple doodle and turned into a really cool work o...

    The Butcher, The Baker, And That Other Guy By Ascension

    The Butcher, The Baker, And That Other Guy By Ascension

    Photoshop This map started as a way to create a hand drawn map and practice using various Photoshop effects in order to speed up the end result. After a number of uploaded works in pro...

    Featured Map: The City Of Castran By Zong

    Featured Map: The City Of Castran By Zong

    Photoshop and Inkscape City maps are two things: Time consuming to make and very difficult to get right. You can't hide behind colours and textures with a city map...if it's not convincing it wi...

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    Stumbled on this site http://subterraneandesign.tumblr.com/ on google+

    Worth bookmarking to check when seeking underground inspiration.

    Today, 07:32 PM by Jaxilon Go to last post
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    Fantasy Mancala

    Thread Starter: Bogie

    As I mentioned in Tilt's original post I am going to try to something with Mancala.


    It should be straight forward doing the game

    Today, 05:15 PM by Bogie Go to last post
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    Commission - Unnamed world

    Thread Starter: Ramah

    Hey there,

    It's been some time since I posted something new so I thought I'd show what I am currently working on. I have a few others that

    Today, 04:57 PM by Hai-Etlik Go to last post
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    Thread Starter: heavyrocks

    Hello everyone! I'm working on a strategy game that can be briefly described as chess around the surface of a cube. However, in keeping with the classic

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    Ruarigh

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    Thread Starter: Ruarigh

    We are planning on playing Starmada in the near future and I wanted a fancy playing mat for the game. The rules call for 40-50mm hexes and I thought I

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    Choice Map: Imperial Worldmap of Arden by Schwarzkreuz 

    Published on 02-06-2012 02:35 PM

    A recent member to the Guild, Schwarzkreuz has come on strong with his first sharing...The Imperial Worldmap of Arden is an extremely large effort (figuratively ...
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    October Challenge - They Draw and Travel 

    Published on 10-08-2011 10:56 AM

    This month we're running a challenge with a slight twist. There's a great site called They Draw and Travel that features ...
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    Campaign map in MS Paint by blkstone1 

    Published on 08-16-2011 08:08 AM
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    The Quary and Towne of Lymeport by RobA 

    Published on 08-04-2011 09:03 PM
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