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    Our House by djan

    January 2017 Mapping Challenge

    A new year and a new regular challenge. This time, Guild members were asked to 'Map a Song'. ChickPea wrote...
     
    This month, your challenge is to map a song or piece of music. The map can be in any style or genre.

    You can simply use the song title alone as the inspiration for your
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    Published on 01-25-2017 07:47 PM
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    Evil Lair is Evil by Poison


    Dec 2016 / Jan 2017 Lite Challenge Results

    Our latest Lite Challenge was 'Map a Dangerous Place'. Bogie explained...
     
    This is as wide open as it gets, Map someplace Dangerous. Now, you can take the straightforward approach and map a Swamp, a volcano, a Comet, a raging river, a valley full of cannibals, Kong Island,
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    Published on 01-16-2017 05:33 PM
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    Voting on the name of our annual awards ended at the weekend. We had some great suggestions from the community, and the winner- by a comfortable margin - was the Atlas Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted.

    Now that we've settled on a name, it's time to get down to the serious business of nominating maps for the 1st Atlas Awards.

    We've got ten categories, covering all sorts of mapping styles and genres. We ...
    Published on 01-11-2017 08:08 AM
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    Castle Siege by - JO -


    December 2016 Challenge Results

    December's challenge was 'Map a Siege'. Diamond wrote...
     
    To wrap the year up, let's all map a siege, shall we? The focus can be as broad or as narrow as you want, and in any genre. Some examples include:

    A Naval Blockade
    The Alamo
    The Siege of Stalingrad
    A traditional medieval siege, on as small
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    Published on 01-09-2017 04:48 PM
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    In the excitement of the Guild City project, you may have overlooked the small matter of the Annual Awards, our very own Oscars for mapmaking.

    Very soon we'll be announcing ...
    Published on 12-19-2016 08:19 AM
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    Dyson's Floating Isles by Dyson Logos


    November/December 2016 Lite Challenge Results

    Last month, for the Oct/Nov challenge, we went underworld. This time, Bogie challenged Guilders to take to the skies and 'Map a Flying Island'. Any style of map was acceptable, so long as ...
    Published on 12-12-2016 05:46 AM
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    Abu's Abandoned Mesa Outpost by Abu Lafia



    November 2016 Mapping Challenge Results : Roll For Your Lives!

    We've had a few 'random generator' challenges recently, and they've proved very popular, so if ain't broke....

    Our theme for November was dungeons. Diamond wrote...
     
    This is a semi-dungeon-mapping challenge, so if you're not into that, just know what it is, going in. The idea
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