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  1. Welcome!

    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.

    If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will have to register before you can post or view full size images in the forums.

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    Weekly Round-up - 7th May, 2018 

    Published on 05-07-2018 03:15 AM
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    ‘Magocracy of Tirasea’, by MistyBeee
    Winner of April 2018 challenge




    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.


    Challenge News


    April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm

    Congratulations to MistyBeee for winning April’s challenge with map ‘Magocracy of Tirasea’. Misty wins her second gold compass in a row, so double congrats! Honourable mention to nopkin who came second in a very close vote with map ‘The Kingdom of Noriande’.


    May 2018 Challenge : Create a set of stamps


    Our new challenge is up and running. Diamond writes...
     
    This month's challenge comes to us courtesy of ChickPea:
     
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    Weekly Round-up - 30th April, 2018 

    Published on 04-30-2018 03:15 AM
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    Border Tower 21
    by Larb




    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.


    Challenge News


    April/May 2018 Lite Challenge : Create a book cover

    Entries are coming in for Bogie’s latest Lite Challenge, where you’re tasked with making a book cover that includes a map of a shape provided. There’s more info in the intro thread, and the current entries are here. There’s still two weeks to go on this challenge, so plenty of time to enter.


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    Weekly Round-up - 23rd April, 2018 

    Published on 04-23-2018 03:15 AM
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    'The Fantastic Island of Guildia', by Nopkin
    Winner of the March/April 2018 Lite Challenge




    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.


    Challenge News


    March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World

    Congrats to Nopkin for winning the Lite Challenge with map 'The Fantastic Island of Guildia'. Nopkin wins a first silver compass, and I'm sure there will be more to come!

    Honourable mentions to runner-up ThomasR for epic hand-drawn map 'Stevensonia'.


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    Weekly Round-up - 16th April, 2018 

    Published on 04-16-2018 03:15 AM
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    Islands of the Sleepy Dragon
    by J.Edward



    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.



    Challenge News


    March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World

    At the time of publishing, voting is currently underway for the March/April Lite Challenge, so head for the voting thread and pick your favourites.


    April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm

    April’s challenge, using the ever popular Donjon generator, is another great one with over a dozen entries at the ...
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    Weekly Round-up - 9th April, 2018 

    Published on 04-09-2018 03:15 AM
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    The Big War of Resh in Frel & Floris
    by MistyBeee
    Winner of March 2018 Challenge




    Welcome to the weekly round-up. I took a break last week, so we’re catching up on two weeks’ worth of maps and news. Let’s dive in!



    Challenge News


    March 2018 Challenge : Map a Feud

    Congrats to MistyBeee for winning March’s challenge with map ‘The Big War of Resh in Frel & Floris’. It’s great to see a new member win with such a high quality map!

    Honourable mention to Greg, who came in second with map ‘The War of Olheim Stobir’.


    April 2018 Challenge : Map a Realm

    April’s challenge has started and we’re back with our favourite Donjon random generator. Diamond writes…
     
    This month we're going
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    Weekly Round-up - 25th March, 2018 

    Published on 03-26-2018 03:15 AM
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    Falls Park Greenville SC map 2016 [2018 edit]
    by J.Edward




    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.



    Atlas Awards

    Our Atlas Awards recap post is up. It lists all our winners, as well as some amazing maps showing the vote breakdown, courtesy of Ilanthar and J.Edward. If you haven’t had a look at it already, you can see it here.



    Challenge News


    March/April 2018 Lite Challenge : Map Guild World

    Our latest ...
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    Weekly Round-up - 19th March, 2018 

    Published on 03-19-2018 04:15 AM
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    Telvehr, by kacey
    Winner of Feb / March 2018 Lite Challenge




    Welcome to the weekly round-up, a summary of what’s happened at the Guild over the past seven days.


    Challenge News


    Feb/March 2018 Lite Challenge : Map My World!

    This was a fantastic challenge with over 20 entrants and some gorgeous maps. Our congrats go to Kacey for her map ‘Telvehr’, which won by a fairly significant margin. Check out Kacey’s WIP thread here. Honourable mention to runner-up Straf for his map ‘The Feuding States’

    And speaking of feuds….


    March 2018 Challenge : Map a Feud

    It’s not too late to enter March’s regular challenge ‘Map a Feud’. Diamond has a few suggestions in the intro thread, or you can map any type of feud you like, from TV, literature, comic books, or your imagination.
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