Champions of Mystara Yavdlom, 8 miles per hex

At a glance, the detail map of Yavdlom’s central Tanakumba area in Champions of Mystara seems almost identical to the previous incarnation of the same map in Dragon 170. It’s certainly very similar, but in fact there are a few additions, as well as a couple of omissions. A strip of land two hexes high has been added in the north, complete with four new state names and a couple more settlements. Some of the previous states have been renamed. Curiously, the river names are missing. The terrain is also somewhat different, although the palette of the map makes it very hard to tell if the clear hexes were deliberately changed to jungle colour, or if that colour is intended to mean clear land.

Replica Map (3rd October 2020)

Sources

• Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Poster map (Cartography by Diesel, John Knecht)

Map Types

The Atlas of Mystara includes a few fundamentally different types of maps. The colour of the castle wall border on each map shows which category it belongs to.

• Replica maps (white castle border) are exact replicas of primary source maps. They present the world of Mystara as the original source materials depict it, warts and all. No attempt has been made to fix errors of any kind — even typos. As far as possible, replica maps use the same art as the original maps, though in many cases they are colourised. These maps are the main source material of the Atlas of Mystara, forming the base of all of the updated maps.
• Updated maps (green castle border) present the Atlas of Mystara’s consistent view of the world, with all errors, alignment issues, and so on fixed. They use standardised hex art and fonts. Anything not marked as a replica map is an updated map.
• Chronological maps (yellow castle border) provide snapshots of Mystara at the end of a certain year in its publication history. In effect, they are updated maps created from a limited list of sources. The years in question appear in the title of each map.
• Fan-made maps are unofficial maps created by other fan cartographers. As such, they do not follow the Atlas’s castle border colour scheme. The Atlas presents these maps in their original form, with the permission of the cartographers. The Atlas considers these maps secondary sources, and updated maps of areas not covered by official maps make extensive use of them. In a few cases, the Atlas also presents Replica fan-made maps (red castle border).