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  1. Rockhome, 8 miles per hex – Atlas of Mystara
    15 November 2016 @ 2:50 pm

    […] Klintest River — GAZ6’s map had this river bifurcating shortly after its source, with courses flowing both east and west.  This was reproduced in all later maps, including GAZ7 and TM2.  However, reference to the original Known World map in X1/Expert Set shows that this river was never meant to be connected to the river flowing east into Vestland.  The updated map therefore cuts this link, reverting the Klintest River into its X1/Expert Set form.  (See also the entry for Landsfjord River in the Northern Reaches updated map. […]

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  2. Robin
    24 January 2019 @ 9:45 pm

    Hi Thorffinn

    I am currently working on the 1 mile hex map of Ethengar, and in this process I take large sections of Heldann and Vestland, amongst others.
    I have a problem in deciding which path to follow.

    The map of X1 reveals the green coast of Heldann instead being Hills.
    This is the earliest Canon source of the region
    https://i0.wp.com/www.thorfmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lets-map-mystara-ii-24.png

    The Trailmap reveals somewhat more information on this region
    https://mystara.thorfmaps.com/tm2-eastern-countries-8/

    The Fanon map http://www.pandius.com/heldann.jpg seems to fllow this regime although totally forgetting the mountain hex.
    The most used fanon map http://glacas.fr/lantredemystara/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/heldann.gif seems to ignore all information and instead using the bare hills as in the https://i1.wp.com/mystara.thorfmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gaz7-northern-reaches-8-sm.png?fit=846%2C1024&ssl=1 Northern Reaches map while still seemingly imposing the bare maps of TSR 9218 – X13 – Crown of Ancient Glory as material.

    The problem for me lies in to use what(or merge what) due the immense altitude of the Ethengar Plateau (4000feet very close to the ocean being canon as per Gaz 12 Golden Khan of Ethengar). I have tried to resolve this as can be seen in this discussion; http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15023&start=325#p226066

    I try to use canon matter as a base, adding the fanon over it for more detail
    Yet somehow I am very unsure how to go exactly. So I do require at least some advise from the Mystara Mapping Master.

    Another issue in these maps is asked here; http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15023&start=225#p221335
    Could/would you join in the discussion and help me here in both issues??

    With Great respect I await your answer
    Robin

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    • Thorfinn Tait
      21 March 2019 @ 7:24 pm

      Hi Robin!

      I answered you elsewhere, but since I just found your comment here too…

      I agree that the most detailed source — usually the latest one — is the one to go with if at all possible. With Heldann, there really isn’t a good official source, but TM2 gives the biggest suggestion of how the region may have been developed at 8 miles per hex. This is why my own version still has yet to see the light of day. There’s just no way to tackle this region in detail without making a lot of stuff up on your own, which is why each fan version is quite different from the next.

  3. Robin
    24 February 2019 @ 6:17 am

    Hi Thorf
    I discovered that the location of Rhoona might be flawed on the canon 8 mile maps.
    I discovered this in my research for the 1 mile hex map of the region…See my post on this in the Piazza
    http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15023&p=227529#p227529

    All in all it seems Rhoona must be placed 1 hex NE, which is the closest to its clearly described location in Curse of Xanathon

    What do you think of this?
    Greets
    Robin

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    • Thorfinn Tait
      21 March 2019 @ 7:17 pm

      Interesting… A very quick comparison of the 8 and 24 mile per hex maps suggests that the best solution may be to do as you suggest, then redraw the fjord on the 8 mile per hex map so that the confluence is in the same hex as the town. The 24 mile per hex map supports this.

    • Robin
      21 March 2019 @ 8:37 pm

      We Mystara mappers must work together. For neither of us can see everything. 😉

      The discrepancy was especially noted due the textual description of Rhoona while resembling the Rhoona detail map, and the accompanying Curse of Xanathon region hex map

      Hope this helped
      Greets
      Robin

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