Brun (1984)
This is a merged version of the Companion Rules Set and CM1 continental maps. The former included the region boxes, but without titles, while the latter had the extents of the empires along with some labels. I have adopted titles for each box according to the individual maps. Only the Known World box is missing a label at this point, because thus far it has only been referred to as “The Continent” (X1) and “The Lands and Environs of the D&D Game” (Expert). Eventually it will come to be called the Known World, but that is still many years away — as is the name “Brun” for the continent. They are used here only for convenient reference and indexing in the Atlas of Mystara.
Chronological Map (September 2021)
This map is part of the Mystara 1984 series of chronological maps. It is an updated map, incorporating all available sources and made internally consistent with other maps in its series. But it only uses sources published in or before 1984.
For more information, see Appendix C: Cartographic Chronology.
Sources
- Mystara 1983
- Companion Rules Set (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- X6 Quagmire! (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- X7 The War Rafts of Kron (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- X8 Drums on Fire Mountain (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- CM1 Test of the Warlords (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- XSOLO Lathan’s Gold (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Revisions
For detailed notes, see the posts for each individual source map at the links above.
- Coasts — Within the map tiles, coasts are based on the most detailed version available using 1984 sources. Outside of these the coasts are from Companion/CM1.
References
- Let’s Map Mystara 1984 — the original project thread for this map
- Let’s Map Mystara Together discussion thread at The Piazza (link leads to this map’s post)
- Brun at the Vaults of Pandius
Past and Future Versions of this Map
14 January 2022 @ 2:12 am
Shouldn’t we include Karameikos in the areas claimed by Thyatis?
I have never fully understood if Stephan is a Grand-Duke in the sense that e.g. the Medici were in Tuscany (independent), or the way that Baden, Hesse, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Saxe-Weimar were after German unification (vassals to the emperor).
23 January 2022 @ 12:17 am
I think we already have the answer to this in X1’s presentation of the area as different countries.
Actually, I wonder when the connection with Thyatis first appeared. I just checked X1 and Expert 1983, and I don’t see any reference to Thyatis at all. If the first reference is in GAZ1 (1987), then I guess it’s pretty clear cut, as explained in the Gazetteer. I’d be interested to hear if there’s a prior reference, though.