Mark’s Alphatia, 8 miles per hex v1
Mark was the third Mystaran cartographer to produce an assembled version of Bruce Heard’s Alphatia at 8 miles per hex. Ramelin did it first in 2018, filling in the three missing kingdoms in the process. I completed mine shortly afterwards, although I didn’t share it publicly until 2021. Mark shared his own version just one week later.
I can’t stress enough what a monumental achievement this is, given the sheer size of the island continent at this scale, and the complexity of all the component parts. Bruce’s recent work is crammed full to the brim with wonderful detail, so that reproducing it is no easy task. It takes months of work, and with thousands of details and labels, there is a very large chance of errors creeping in.
Nonetheless, Mark’s focus when presenting his map was actually not Alphatia itself, but rather the complexity of placing it in the context of the surrounding islands of the Alphatian Sea area. He posted a very insightful analysis of this on his blog.
Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (January 2022)
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
- Bruce Heard’s Alphatia
Fan Sources
- Ramelin’s Alphatia, 8 miles per hex (March 2018)
- Atlas of Mystara (2005-present)
- Alphatia, 8 miles per hex (December 2021)
- Alphatia – 8 miles per hex at Mark’s web site (January 2022)
References
- All of Mark’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Mark’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Mark’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in January 2022. The updated Atlas version of this map is Alphatia, 8 miles per hex. 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 2022.
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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