Champions of Mystara Serpent Peninsula, 24 miles per hex
Connecting to its sister map in the Champions of Mystara boxed set, the Serpent Peninsula map combined X6’s Wild Lands with Dragon 170’s Yavdlom. In general it remains quite faithful to X6, while adding in a few extra cultures.
This map’s other claim to fame is the only appearance of any part of Davania on a 24 mile per hex official map. The Atlas uses this tiny fragment to establish Davania’s precise location relative to the other continents.
Replica Map (October 2020)
Sources
- Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Poster map
Chronological Analysis
This is Map 235. It was published in September 1993. The updated version of this map has not yet been released. 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 1993.
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; and 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.
24 April 2018 @ 9:21 pm
nice work as always..
i have only one question, which was not detailed in the sources (at least as far as I rmember 😉 ).
would you think the lowlands are either mangrove (thus actually a growth appearing on shores , catching sedimentation, and thus greatly expanding the area after generations.
Or would you think these are more muddy grounds where growth rooted and transformed te region..
I ask this because in the 1st option, the peninsula an islands are actually much smaller originally than in option 2, and this will affect future growth.
if option two is more real then the whole appearance of the region and ecology will be different from what’s expected…more or less in a tropical region…the second option would have reasons to prevent growth of many trees like salt, wind, or competitive vegetation (mangrove trees could be prevented on a highly rich soil where grasslike growth would more easily take root..)
both versions will be possible in the region…and I would be curious what your take is on this?
Greets
Robin