22 May 2025

Agathokles’ Skaufskogr

Three years after he made his amazing Skaufskogr region hex map, Giampaolo excitedly posted to The Piazza that he had made a new, topographical version. In his own words:

This was a players’ map I did for a BECMI campaign we run at the office for over a year, following the general plot outlined in my Threshold article.

He explained that he had followed a tutorial over at the Cartographer’s Guild, and this was the result. The style is quite reminiscent of Håvard’s topographical maps, and rather attractive. It’s a great complement to the hex maps of the area.

This was Giampaolo’s first foray into this style, but it wouldn’t be his last, and his style continued to evolve with each map.

Fan-made Map by Giampaolo Agosta (June 2017)

*The Skaufskogr by Giampaolo Agosta, June 2017*

This is an original map created by one of Mystara’s excellent fan cartographers. For more information on the cartographer, including a gallery of all their maps, see also Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara.

Sources

CM1 Test of the Warlords (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Norwold, 24 miles per hex
M4 Five Coins for a Kingdom (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)

Fan Sources

Norwold Region, 24 miles per hex by the Italian MMB (2006)
JTR’s Landfall, 8 miles per hex (July 2007)
Threshold #7 (1 April 2015) (Vaults of Pandius)
- Agathokles’ Skaufskogr region, 8 miles per hex (October 2014)
[Norwold] Map of the Skaufskogr region discussion thread at The Piazza (June 2017)

References

All of Giampaolo’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
Giampaolo’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
Giampaolo’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in June 2017. The updated Atlas version of this map is not yet available. See also Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see the upcoming Let’s Map Mystara 2017.

The following lists are from the Let’s Map Mystara project. Additions are new features, introduced in this map. Revisions are changes to previously-introduced features. Hex Art & Fonts track design elements. Finally, Textual Additions are potential features found in the related text. In most cases, the Atlas adopts these textual additions into updated and chronological maps.

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