Want to flesh out a western city for your game? Or add more variety for a Modern or Medieval city? (Many of the images can cross these genres.) Include this set of 200+ city map images including 125+ building icons/symbols in your image library! Art by the amazing artist/cartographer Keith Curtis.
You may publish maps using these icons--see the license below. Full list of buildings is also noted below.
Each image is a transparent PNG so it can be imported into many image and map editors, including our Worldographer program and its predecessor Cityographer. (Each has a paid version and a free version which limits importing custom map icons, number of residents it will auto-generate and a few other options.) Smaller buildings (houses, small shops) are generally around 200x200pixels. Other buildings are larger.
To use these in Worldogrpaher:
- Unzip the file to your computer. For best results, put them in a worldographer folder in your user folder. (Ex: c:UsersGeorgePBurdellworldographer) You'll have to create this folder first. by default, this is where Worldographer looks when you use "Add Configuration Subfolders" on the Configure menu, but you can change it via "Change Configuration Folder" also on the Configure menu.
- Start Worldographer and go to the Configure menu to pick "Add Configuration Subfolders" then select the "settlement-western" folder that should have been created when you unzipped the file. This loads the images into Worldographer.
- Also on the Configure menu, pick "Configure Settlement Data". Then click the "Load Configuration" at the bottom of the dialog that appears. Choose to clear the prior data or not depending on what you want. Next, use the file chooser that opens to select the "settlementconfig-western.xml" file that is within the "settlement-western" folder that was created when you unzipped the download.
- All set! Go to File and pick "New City/Town/Village Map" to create a new map.
To use them in Cityographer:
- Unzip the file anywhere you'd like on your computer. (Perhaps create a cityographer folder.)
- Then when starting a new map, change the "use default map items" drop-down to "override map items" and use the adjacent file chooser to browse to the "___-mapitems.properties" file in the unzipped folder.
- If you wish the program to place buildings automatically change "Use Default Data" to "Override Data", then use the "___-gensettings.properties" file for the adjacent drop-down. You may also use the "___-linesettings.propeties" file when you change "Use Default Line Styles" to "Override Line Styles".
Jump below these these samples for the full list of images:
Building List:
- Bank 6
- Barbers 2
- Box Stores 6
- Bars Large 6
- Bars Small 6
- Blacksmith Large 3
- Blacksmith Small 3
- Cafe 5
- Carpenter 4
- Church Large 4
- Church Small 4
- Dentist 2
- Doctor 2
- Fort Large 2
- Fort Small 2
- General Store 6
- Grainery 3
- Hotel 3
- Houses 25
- inn 2
- Jail 3
- Law Office 3
- Livery Stable
- Log Cabins 9
- Mansions 8
- Post Office 3
- Printer 3
- Schoolhouse 4
- Slavehouse 2
- Stage 3
- Telegraph Office
- Town Hall 2
- Train Station 2
Plus trains, train tracks, wells, gallows, mines, mills, work camps, water towers, and more
License:
- The licensee may not use the art in another stock art/clip art product.
- The licensee may modify the images.
- The art may not be included in a program that makes maps or games. It can be added to the program by the end-user who purchases it him/herself.
- The art can appear in advertisements for products which use the image.
- If distributing a product with the art, the artist and product must be credited in your product as follows: 'Some map icons from [product name] by artist Keith Curtis via Inkwell Ideas.' (Replace product name with the name of the icon set you're using. ; If using multiple, list them separated by commas.)
- Contact support@inkwellideas.com with questions.
Inkwell Ideas makes many useful tabletop RPG accessories, including the following:
Sidequest Decks
Almost every card is a mini adventure. One side has an outline (background GM info, story hooks, several encounter ideas, & a couple follow-ups) and the other side is the main map:
NPC Portraits Decks
A character on almost every card. The front is a full color portrait, the back has system neutral personality & background information:
VTT Tokens
Map Icons for our Worldographer software (PNG images, usable with most image/map editors)
Worldographer is version 2 of our prior Hexographer, Cityographer, & Dungeonographer programs. All have free versions downloadable from each program's website.
There are simply too many to show! See the full range on the category page.
Index of Inkwell Ideas Map Icons:
Each month we've made 4 mini-sets of icons (battlemat, classic world/kingdom, isometric world/kingdom, & settlement) following a theme such as "Greek" or "Elven" or "Temples".
Each year we've bundled up each monthly mini-set of that style:
Battlemat (dungeon/building interiors)
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Classic World/Kingdom
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Isometric World/Kingdom
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Settlement (mostly top-down buildings)
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The monthly sets are also available, but from 2020 onward each month's icons are only availaible as one combined product. (The "Coasts" set from February 2022 has all the battlemat, classic & isometric world/kingdom, and settlement icons in one product/download.) February/March 2023's icon set is a little different--it has 100's of icons in only a "Ring Lord" world/kingdom map style.
- 2023 February & March: Ring Lord (100s of World/Kingdom icons in a new/different style)
- 2023 January: Into the Abyss
- 2022 December: Low Fantasy
- 2022 November: Medieval Revisited
- 2022 October: Airships & Steampunk
- 2022 September: Magic in Space
- 2022 August: Utopian Future
- 2022 July: Ancient China
- 2022 June: Undersea
- 2022 May: Dragons
- 2022 April: Vikings
- 2022 March: Goblinoids
- 2022 February: Coasts
- 2022 January: Arctic/Winter
- 2021 December: Mountains
- 2021 November: Swamp
- 2021 October: Forest
- 2021 September: Medieval Japan
- 2021 August: Greek
- 2021 July: High Magic
- 2021 June: Shops & More
- 2021 May: Mines
- 2021 April: Realm of Terror
- 2021 March: Meso American
- 2021 February: Weird Natural
- 2021 January: Gnomes
- 2020 December: Space Fantasy
- 2020 November: Pirates & Ports
- 2020 October: Magic Sources
- 2020 September: Outer Space Expanded
- 2020 August: Cliff Dwellers
- 2020 July: Mesopotamia
- 2020 June: Halflings
- 2020 May: Disasters!
- 2020 April: Streets & Rivers
- 2020 March: Statues & Monuments
- 2020 February: Nomads
- 2020 January: Feywild
- 2019 December: Keeps, Monasteries, & More: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 November: Post Apocalypse: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 October: Orcs: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 September: Elves: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 August: Dwarves: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 July: Symbols & Gates: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 June: Outer Space: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 May: More Medieval: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 April: Nine Hells Lower: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 March: Nine Hells Upper: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 February: Cleric Temples: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2019 January: Wizard Towers: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 December: High Seas: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 November: Sylvan: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 October: Necropolis: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 September: Arabian: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 August: More Roman: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 July: Roman: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 June: Underdark Non-Drow: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 May: Underdark Drow: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 April: Strange Vegetation: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 March: Castles: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
- 2018 February: Sea Kingdoms: Battlemat, Classic World/Kingdom, Isometric World/Kingdom, Settlement
Other Sets