Fantasy Mapmaking 101
fantasymaps.com
Map making is an art form dating back into the depths of time. Before there were GPS' (global positioning satellites), there were maps. It took a skilled mathematician and artist to create a precise map, and sailors and navigators around the world relied on exact accuracy. Maps can be symbolic, imaginary, or just plain useful.
Fictional Worlds
znark.com
Home of Accrete, a Java applet to simulate the creation of planetary systems by accretion.
Fractal Mapper
nbos.com
Commercial program to draw various maps for fantasy roleplaying games. Includes an add-on that allows simulation of climate and erosion effects.
Realms Overseer 3D
overseer3d.com
A stand-alone 3D Fantasy RPG map viewer, designed to view and travel fantasy worlds, towns and dungeons. It is fully compatible with Campaign Cartographer 2 and partially compatible with Forgotten Realms interactive atlas.
iG-Tools
irony.com
Site sponsored by Irony Games that provides nifty ONLINE mapping utilities that generate maps from dungeons and hex-grid open spaces to simple 3-D terrain.
Fractal Terrains
profantasy.com
Brief description of Fractal Terrains by ProFantasy.
Breminor's CC2 Page
breminor.com
Sample maps, downloadable symbols, and a database of tips and hints excerpted from the CC2-L users email forum.
Opan's Custom DC Tiles
opansdctiles.tripod.com
Offers a tropical island tileset for download.
RPGnet: AutoREALM V1.19
rpg.net
" If you are low on money there is no program to match AutoREALM. The user interface is also very intuitive and easy to learn. If you are a professional or have too much money you may want to check out the other programs that have larger symbol libraries, but for a hobbyist AutoREALM is a good choise."
Tavern Maker
tavernmaker.de
A freely available generator of taverns, including floorplans, names, patrons, menus, and rumors.
Terrain Maker
ericjorgensen.com
Terrain generator/editor for POVRAY.
Wilbur
ridgenet.net
An outstanding fractal-generating world mapping tool. Current development copy is freeware, and available for download. Instructions for interfacing with Campaign Cartographer 2 are included on the site.
GamingReport.com: AutoREALM 2.0
gamingreport.com
Review by Wayne Tonjes.
CC2 World Maker
angelfire.com
Offer maps for download.
Explorations v3 World Building Tools
explore-rpg.com
Build your custom hi-res landscapes, walls, buildings, and dungeons with Explorations World Building Tools.
Hubertian Maps
truls.org
CC2 maps and symbols.
Lior's Map Creator
liors.net
A freeware tool to design wilderness and dungeon maps. Includes sets of tiles and objects and editors to create additional ones.
RPGnet: Fractal Mapper v6.0
rpg.net
Review by George Legeza. "Fractal Mapper isn't perfect, but it's pretty close to being my ideal rpg mapping suite. It is not as powerful as campaign mapper, but what it lacks in features and options it makes up for in ease of use."
Dungeon Designer 2
profantasy.com
Software for creating floor-plans and dungeons. Compatible with Campaign Cartographer 2.
Terra Incognita
geocities.com
A guide to Dungeon Crafter as well as tiles, maps and backgrounds for download.
AutoREALM - The Free GNU Mapper
autorealm.sourceforge.net
Unofficial site with development information, FAQ and downloads.
City Designer 2
profantasy.com
Add-on software to Campaign Cartographer 2 for designing city maps of any age or genre.
MapX
realmcreator.com
A free mapping program for roleplaying games, with backgrounds and user-contributed maps.
RPGnet: Campaign Cartographer vs. Autorealm vs. Corel Draw
rpg.net
Review and comparision of the programs and how suitable they are for drawing maps.
MapMage
mapmage.com
MapMage is a random dungeon generator that instantly generates dungeons, complete with room descriptions, items, sounds, and smells.
Fractal Worldmap Generator
lysator.liu.se
Creates fractal world maps in .GIF format.
Terranova: Planet of the Day
fourmilab.ch
Generates .GIF and .JPG images of planets.
Fractal Planet Generator
eldritch.org
A web interface for Torben Æ. Mogensen's fractal based planet generator. Produces PNGs only.
Blue Mars as seen by Fractal Terrains
ridgenet.net
A simple exploration of what happens if Mars gets flooded with water to the 0 level of the MOLA Data Set. Samples of the type of mapping that can be done with the program, as displayed by the designer himself.
AutoREALM Tutorials
autorealm.interface1.net
A collection of tutorials on how to get started with AutoREALM.
Buildings, Sites, Cities and Towns
crpp0001.uqtr.uquebec.ca
A repository for maps and map symbols of all kinds, but especially for Dungeons and Dragons.
Fractal World
raieh.homelinux.net
A Windows program to generate a planet's geographic features from fractal algorithms.
The Dungeon Crafter Challenge
geocities.com
Offers downloads of winners of past challenges, an idea box and rules of the challenge.
The Fractal Mapper
nbos.com
High-powered mapping system that lets gamers create any type of map desired - dungeons, continents, and cities. Offers trial download.
CC2ToSVG
sourceforge.net
An open-source program and DLL for Campaign Cartographer 2 that allows the user to export a map in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.
Maps
hut.fi
Real Maps and Building Plans. A short article with links from the Vesanto Worldbuilding site.
Profantasy Software
profantasy.com
Creators of Campaign Cartographer 2 (CC2), Dungeon Designer 2 (DD2), and City Designer 2 (CD2), CAD-based map drawing software for RPGs and other purposes.
Efreit's DC Domain
efreitcustoms.tripod.com
Offers custom tiles and maps.
Wingnut's Custom DC Pages
wingnut.50megs.com
Offers custom tiles, maps, and backgrounds.
Campaign Cartographer 2 / Hârn Mapping Project
thechmp.com
A group with the goal to customize Campaign Cartographer 2 into a premiere Hârnic map making software.
Lankhmar Geomorphs
geocities.com
Geomorphs for mapping city areas, available in Campaign Cartographer or GIF format.
The Drak Atlas
lareau.org
The world of Drak is mapped in detail using Campaign Cartographer 2. Maps are presented in .JPG or .GIF format, with zipped, downloadable copies in CC2's native .FCW format.
Star Generator
lemoneyes-radio.com
Generates non-graphic planetary systems for use in gaming. Output are tables of information that can be used in story creation.
3-D Starmaps
projectrho.com
Lots of data and links for real space stars and star mapping in general.
Gozzy's Cartographic Emporium
gozzys.com
Maps for use with tabletop fantasy roleplaying games.
Gaming Outpost: Autorealm
gamingoutpost.com
"AutoRealm, from Andy Gryc Software, aims to meet every GM's mapping needs. Well, it doesn't quite do that, but it comes rather close!" Review by Nick Zachariasen.
AutoREALM Web Ring
k.webring.com
Web ring for sites with maps and symbols for AutoREALM.
Peter's Guide to Map Creation
brodt.dk
Advice about how to draw fantasy maps, with links.
Crooked Staff Productions Roleplaying Aids
enworld.org
A variety of generic fantasy roleplaying aids including dungeon floorplans, and d20 adventures.
AutoREALM
gryc.ws
Official site for the free, open-source fantasy mapping software, with downloads of binary, source, and add-on symbols.
RPGnet: AutoREALM
rpg.net
Review by Mike O'Connor, "everything you'd expect, and more, for your money. The learning curve is low, the features are comprehensive, and the interface is intuitive and flexible.".
AutoRealm Symbol Challenge
web.telia.com
A site to promote the creation of new symbols for AutoREALM. Information and downloads.
Dundjinni
dundjinni.com
Mapmaking and adventure creation software, with sales and user support and free artwork, textures, and maps.
Instant City Maker
irony.com
Creates walled medieval cities with populations of about 20 thousand people. Cities are about a half square mile in size and have miles and miles of avenues and allyways for your players to explore.