Mark’s Isle of Dread, 8 miles per hex
After almost a year away from mapping Mystara, Mark returned in April 2006 with some maps of the Thanegioth Archipelago. At the time, the Isle of Dread Scale Problem was under discussion at the Wizards’ MMB, and he worked up a draft of the island at 8 miles per hex to post in the thread.
This had been done at least once before, by Adamantyr back in 1999. Mark’s version is quite similar, but not exactly the same.
Although this map was a draft, he went on to incorporate it in a full map of the whole Thanegioth Archipelago, which he then used to expand his Known World, 8 miles per hex trail map from the previous year.
Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (April 2006)
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.
Work in progress map: This map is incomplete. It appears here in the most recent state available, but it may be missing certain elements.
Sources
- X1 The Isle of Dread (1981) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
- Thanegioth Archipelago Project archived thread from Wizards’ MMB (April 2006)
References
- All of Mark’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Mark’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Mark’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in April 2006. 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 2006.
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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