28 June 2021

Christian’s Central Brun, 24 miles per hex

Christian’s last map to date actually went unreleased for some time. But he worked on it together with Matthew Fleet, and in Christian’s absence Matthew eventually decided to post it on his behalf. Matthew explained as follows:

I’m also now posting a previously unseen map by Christian Constantin, which he completed whilst working with me on our Midlands mapping project. I was going to ask him whether he was happy for me to post it here, but as he appears to have disappeared from the Piazza for the time being, I have decided to post it anyway on the assumption that he wouldn’t mind. His map covers some of the area on my map, and also an area to the South West of it, including all of Hule.
Outer World: Upper Borean Valley & the Midlands: 24 Mile Hex, Matthew Fleet at The Piazza, 20^th October 2014

The map itself is a revision of Christian’s 1999 map of the same region, bringing it up to date with developments in the fifteen years since its publication. Especially of note is the adjusted location of the Yalu Sea, and the resulting tweaks to the lands between it and Hule — specifically the Great Zdredanyan Forest and the Bazdayan Hills.

It’s wonderful to see the original map adapted in this way, and the method of adaptation provides inspiration for further tweaks to the area, which are almost certainly needed to bring the map into line with the Atlas of Mystara’s updated maps series.

Fan-made Map by Christian Constantin (October 2014)

*Central Brun, 24 miles per hex by Christian Constantin, October 2014*

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

X4 Master of the Desert Nomads (1983) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Great Waste, 24 miles per hex
X5 Temple of Death (1983) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Hule, 24 miles per hex
Companion Rules Set (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Brun
Master Rules Set (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Outer World
Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Outer World Planetary Map
Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Great Waste, 24 miles per hex

Secondary Sources

Christian’s Hule, 24 miles per hex
Carillion’s Upper Borean Valley & the Midlands, 24 miles per hex (Vaults of Pandius)

References

Outer World: Upper Borean Valley & the Midlands: 24 Mile Hex discussion thread at The Piazza
Christian’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara
Christian’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in October 2014. 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 2014. (Please note that it may be some time before the project reaches this point.)

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.

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