I have decided to revisit this style myself - it is a favourite of mine, especially with the use of icons. I was delighted that Ralf showed how to make new icons, so I have been making some for myself.

I have decided that even the major settlements will be represented by icons rather than usual symbols - just for fun.

Here is the beginning.

I am happy to share the icons if anyone wants them - all from free images on the internet.

Here are the 4 I have done so far:

This is a slightly updated version, ready to go into the Atlas.

Here is progress on the Palace area. Next will be the other area.

I = Inns and Taverns

T = Temples and Shrines

1 = Palace

2 = Triumphal arch

3 = City Hall

Just saw this map by Mike Schley on his FB page. I have marked with a red cross the overland building symbols not present in the ProFantasy suite of Schley symbols, which I absolutely love. Can I persuade Ralf to persuade Mike to make them available for proFantasy? <On knees , begging>

I have decided to map all the islands in the irisian City map style while I am waiting to get my new computer back from the repairers under warranty. Since I have to send it to the manufacturers - overseas - it will only take 6 weeks - outrageous!!

Anyway, here is the first - the biggest of the remaining islands, Tiresia City State, which has hegemony over the whole island. It is mainly agricultural and fishing, and is the least wealthy of the City States. It is also the closest to the hostile Kingdom of Helmonte.

I am using the same style as I did for Helmonte - Herwin Wielink, not my favourite style by a long shot.

This is the beginning of the map - interesting features to be added later.

Here is the NE area, with a zoomed in version as well.

Zoomed in further:

These are the geomorphs I have used so far

And progress overall:

And these are all the geomorphs I have - they do include all the ones for which there are FCW's, but I find it easier to trace over bitmaps.

Here is the final map of this region - 2400 km w x 2500 km l. It will be the basis of my campaign Gazetteer which I hope to publish in about 12 months.

I am now working on mapping each subregion, starting with Fol0rtalin. I have included many of the maps I have done for the Atlas, a little revised.

Thanks for this - it is likely to help me design better dungeons.

Here is my first foray - an evil necromancing wizard trying to create the ultimate undead monster- has created Vampelstein, a mutant vampiric-type critter

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When I was 12, I was obsessed with Lord of the Rings, and wanted to create my own world. Then I went on a school expedition to Norfolk Island, and 'fell in love' with the map of Phillip Island, 5 km south of Norfolk island, and denuded of all vegetation by rabbits imported there by the prison officers for their 'hunting entertainment'. They have actually got rid of the rabbits and the island is being revegetated, but when I visited it in 1964, it was like a moonscape!

Anyway, this is the Google map of Phillip Island, and the first map I ever did (by hand) of the fantasy land of Al'Ayn - again for a book I will never write. And also, the third map is the newer version made when I got CC2, then the fourth when I got CC3+.