LoZompatore’s North Central Arypt, 72 miles per hex

In the wake of his previous projects aimed at further developing Davania, in June 2021 Michele posted a mini-atlas for the whole North Central Arypt area, complete with a whole series of wonderful maps. He summed it up as follows:

This work originally came from suggestions and feedback by Sturm and Simone (Zendrolion) about adding a “Barbary Coast” setting (a late medieval to renaissance M-North African culture of independent city-states) placed along the Davanian coastline between the Yasuko Tribal Lands and the Vulture Peninsula.

Unfortunately the project expanded quite a bit and in its current version looks more like a sort of a sketchy atlas for North and Central Arypt and nearby regions such as the Jungle Coast.

This was the first map in the atlas, a geographical overview of the region. Michele created two versions, one with a hex grid, the other without. As such, the hex grid is an overlay on a topographical map rather than a grid of conformed hex symbols. This makes a lot of sense at this scale, 72 miles per hex, as it allows the map to convey a lot more information than a pure hex map could.

The result is that there is a lot of detail, despite the small, continental scale. Although the map is nominally 72 miles per hex, the fine detailing of the terrain is more in line with a larger scale, such as 24 miles per hex.

The other maps in the series all shared this map as their base, while adding other information such as climate, landmarks, populations, and trade.

Fan-made Maps by Michele Carpita (June 2021)

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

• Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
• PC2 Top Ballista (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
• The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 2: Into the mountains, to meet with … doom, Dragon #154 (February 1990)
• The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 3: To seek out new life and new civilisations, Dragon #155 (March 1990)
• The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 4: Capture, surrender, and — death?, Dragon #156 (April 1990)
• Poor Wizard’s Almanac II (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)

Fan Sources

• A fan-made Atlas of North and Central Arypt: Parts 1-2-3 discussion thread at The Piazza (June 2021)
• A fan-made Atlas of North and Central Arypt by Michele Carpita at the Vaults of Pandius (June 2021)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in June 2021. 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 2021.

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. 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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