HWR2 Legend
The legend for Kingdom of Nithia a great set of hex art for detailing Egyptian-style realms. Aside from the obligatory Pyramid, there was also a Monolith symbol, a Pyramid Complex, and new terrain symbols for Hardened Clay Desert and Sand Dunes. Another highlight was a special Village symbol with more culturally-accurate buildings, following the precedent begun in GAZ14 just a couple of months earlier. This was not carried into the other settlement symbols, likely because those for Towns, Cities and Capitals had always been rather more abstract.
All in all, the HWR series was highly innovative in terms of providing new hex art. Although these symbols would not see any use in subsequent official maps, fans would later go on to reuse them extensively.
Replica Map (October 2020)
Sources
- HWR2 Kingdom of Nithia (1991) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Legend included on poster map (Cartography by Dennis Kauth)
Chronological Analysis
This was the legend for Map 177. It was published in November 1991. See also Appendix C for more information on the hex art in circulation at that time. For the full context of this legend in Mystara’s publication history, see Let’s Map Mystara 1991.
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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