Thanks!

Turns out I started these forest tests because I was trying this type of mountain ridge style and I’m trying to find a tree style that goes along nicely.

Campaign Cartographer 3+ is indeed only available for Windows. Though I must say that I have it working under WINE just fine. YMMV, ofc.

Glad I could help.

One more thing: The official forum is a place full of very nice and helpful people.

I do use it myself for SciFi (mostly for Traveller) and I like it. Of course, the number of available styles is not as overwhelming as the ones available for fantasy, but there are some good options.

One thing worth noting: for Sci-Fi you definitely want the highest tier, which includes Cosmographer and all the annuals.

The page for Cosmographer shows a few styles: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_examples.asp

And here’s a few deckplan exampless on a classic Traveller style: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_deckplans.asp

As for the annuals, there’s this post on the forum with a small screenshot/thumbnail for each issue in most annuals: https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/10366/cartographers-annual-all-the-issues-linked-in-one-place

Finally, there’s this Youtube Playlist with a few of the mapping sessions that focused on Sci-Fi styles: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrFvDl9qgYgsCVt58a41H3rcDjsAc4P4h

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That’s the main way it’s used, but there’s no limitation to use it in another way.

There are some styles suited for modern day maps. Or historical maps, such as the April issue of this annual:

https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2022/2022-cartographers-annual.asp

And with Cosmographer and a few annual issues included, there’s plenty of SciFi styles to choose.

They have a YouTube channel where they stream a mapmaking session, you get to see quite a few styles:

https://youtube.com/@profantasysoftware

This is an almost-everything bundle. For those unaware, every month they release a style, tool or guide and the 12 months make up each Annual Volume.

This page showcases everything in the latest of the included annuals:

https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2023/2023-cartographers-annual.asp

Feel free to ask if you want the opinion of a happy customer.

This release is a work of love by our benevolent overlord @eerongal@ttrpg.network.

For those who missed it, we were provided with a peek some time ago:

https://vger.to/ttrpg.network/post/13994433

She’s a witch!

Why not both? ;)

Thanks for the heads up. Do holler if you need help somehow.

Oh. I meant to portray that the doctor says a similar line twice. Once outside before the statue, and a second time inside the bar.

No, this must be going mad feels like.

LOL… it was supposed to be a statue, but then I drew in a detailed style everything else.

If you’re not averse to videos, Seth Skorkowsky has the gold standard for rule overviews:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL25p5gPY6qKVUg6ys5N1oRlsBI7DTByyI

First video is a very nice introduction and “what to expect” kind of thing.

Haven’t delved too deep trying to find differences. From what I can tell, Cepheus Engine is pretty much the Traveller SRD.

According to this blog, CE also took bits from other SRDs: http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2022/05/review-traveller-and-cepheus-srds.html?m=1

Yet another option (pay what you want) is the Cepheus Engine SRD:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/186894/cepheus-engine-system-reference-document

On an unrelated note… I have these blue and red scraps of paper, and I’m not sure what to do with them:

I’m thinking that I could try the blue ones for drawing snowy or icy areas. Not sure how it will go. Guess we’ll find out.

But the red ones, those are more difficult. For starters, it’s a dark-ish red, which makes it more complicated. Perhaps I should use a sharpie (something with a thick tip) instead of a pen? And then there’s the theme… what fits well with red? Yeah, sure Hell is associated with red, for starters, but I don’t know how I would draw hellish landscapes.

Any ideas?

Not sure I made it “swampy” enough…

Nah… real fjords would be narrower and longer, right?

Haven’t tried it myself, but Wylock did a video on the mechanics of his own Neon Skies:

https://youtu.be/LlPeZI4ctvE