8 October 2025

LoZompatore’s Alphatia, 24 miles per hex Annotated

Michele created this research map of Alphatia in 2009, posting it together with extensive notes at The Piazza.

As a base, he took the Atlas Replica maps of Alphatia and the Isle of Dawn (both from Dawn of the Emperors), and placed them together with extracts from scans of the same set’s 72 mile per hex map (top left and top right) as well as Poor Wizard’s Almanac III’s map (bottom right). The top islands are likely derived from the Master Set world map. You can also see various outlines traced from post-Wrath maps of Alphatia, after its sinking.

The annotations involve trading goods, place names, monsters, and all sorts of other things. All are keyed with numbers referring to the notes accompanying the map, and there is also a Legend at the bottom of the map with some extra details.

It’s hard to overestimate what a boon this map is to cartographers tackling Alphatia. It remains an invaluable source on the island continent to this day, a testament to Michele’s thoroughness and dedication to Mystaran mapping.

Fan-made Map by Michele Carpita (August 2009)

*Alphatia, 24 miles per hex Annotated by Michele Carpita, August 2009*

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

M1 Into the Maelstrom (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
M2 Vengeance of Alphaks (1986) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
M5 Talons of Night (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
GAZ9 The Minrothad Guilds (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
TM1 The Western Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
TM2 The Eastern Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
PC2 Top Ballista (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
PC4 Night Howlers (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Wrath of the Immortals (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Poor Wizard’s Almanac (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Poor Wizard’s Almanac II (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Poor Wizard’s Almanac III (1994) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Joshuan’s Almanac (1995) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
And others…

Fan Sources

Atlas of Mystara (2005-present)
- Dawn of the Emperors Alphatia, 24 miles per hex
- Dawn of the Emperors Isle of Dawn, 24 miles per hex
Official details about Metropolitan Alphatia discussion thread at The Piazza (August 2009)
Official details about Metropolitan Alphatia by Michele Carpita at the Vaults of Pandius (August 2009)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in August 2009. 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 2009.

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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