GAZ13 City of the Stars, 2 miles per hex
This map saw a return to the 2 miles per hex scale, providing a zoomed in, large scale view of the shadow elves’ Great Cavern. This scale was not used much in Mystara’s maps; it first appeared in a few modules in 1985-1986, but after GAZ13’s cavern map there were no more maps at this scale until fans started to produce zoomed in maps of popular areas. Even later, Bruce Heard made a similar use of the scale in his Alphatia maps.
The City of the Stars cavern map is a nice piece, giving detail and character to the underground realm. Ironically, the City of the Stars itself is actually on the roof of this cavern, so the location shown here amounts to the spot directly below (above from the perspective of the city). As such, the area around the city is not included on this map, as it instead shows the (lower) floor of the cavern.
Replica Map (April 2018)
Sources
- GAZ13 The Shadow Elves (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Poster map
Chronological Analysis
This is Map 138. It was published in 1990. The updated 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 1990.
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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