Geoff’s Threshold and vicinity, 1 mile per hex

Threshold: Mystara’s most iconic town, by any measure. It’s also quite possibly the single most mapped area of the world, as first TSR and then fan cartographers have continued to map out this small but crucial area of Karameikos.

Geoff’s is one of the earliest fan-made maps of the area, preceded only by Christopher Montgomery’s map from 1998. But the large variation between even just these two maps would be a sign of things to come, as each cartographer has tended to go their own way. This was even the case during the TSR era, with significant differences between B10 (1986) and GAZ1 (1987).

You might even say that having a slightly different take on the Threshold area has become somewhat of a tradition…

Fan-made Map by Geoff Gander (June 2003)

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

• GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Karameikos, 8 miles per hex
  • Threshold

Secondary Sources

• Mystaran Almanac AC 1019 (Vaults of Pandius)

References

• All of Geoff’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
• Geoff’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara
• Geoff’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in June 2003. 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 2003. (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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