Hi, I'm Chris, from Florida, USA.

[SeeThirty]

Hello. I've known about this community for a while, but since I've not really done much in the way of map-making, I didn't consider joining until recently. I love gaming, especially pen & paper RPGs. I'm 43, and been playing classic RPG games since before my teens. After 'growing up', I still play. In fact, I've been designing them as well. Nothing commercial so far. Mainly rough designs that I keep to myself or share with friends. I prefer sci-fi game settings, but I'm no stranger to fantasy and supernatural genres as well. Glad to be here.

Chris

[Chick]

Hello Chris, welcome to the Guild! You'll certainly find a lot of friendly fellow gamers here, including me

Are you planning to start some serious mapmaking now, perhaps something we can see when you are ready to share?

[Meshon]

Hi Chris, welcome to the guild! Glad you decided to join up. It is a really fantastic community of map-makers and related esotery. Being new to map-making is a great reason to join and I'm totally looking forward to seeing any maps you decide to work on here. The Work-In-Progress forums are a great place to take something from a sketch on a napkin to a completed map, so feel free to jump right in.

cheers,
Meshon

[SeeThirty]

Thanks, chick, and Meshon.

chick, I'm not really sure. I'm mainly going into more serious game design recently, and just thought being here would be helpful. I'm more of a writer than a mapper. The maps I've made before have been very, very simple.

[Chick]

Well, like Meshon said, there's no harm in jumping in and getting your feet wet

There are tutorials all over the place to help you get started!