Hi Rob,

Sorry to hear about the site's difficulties. I donated this year for the first time and will continue to do so when I can. This is a fantastic community and I credit the Guild entirely for getting me started with fantasy cartography and helping me to develop my abilities.

For me, and many others, the forums are not only a great place to share our maps and discuss mapping techniques, but they are also one of the only places on the internet to advertise for fantasy cartographers. If the Mapmaking Requests forum was ever put behind a paywall or discontinued, I'm sure there would be a whole host of disappointed folks. I'm not saying you are planning to do that, I just wanted to express my thoughts.

A web store would be a cool idea. We could sell some items that could make great gifts, all showing off the Guild's excellent maps. Sites like Spreadshirt or Zazzle have been good for that in the past for my own projects, but I don't know how cost effective they would be. Maybe we could look at getting the site sponsored by someone within the fantasy arena? No idea of how such a thing would be done - sorry!

Anyway, really hope you get this sorted out. Hopefully we have given you some ideas

All the best,
James