Mark’s Known World, 8 miles per hex v2
After posting work-in-progress versions of Alfheim and Karameikos in May-June 2019, Mark then shared his new completed Known World map in September of the same year (second below). He continued to tweak it for some time afterwards, and the most recent version is from April 2020 (first below). This was the culmination of his first trials in Paint.NET. He would continue to explore other possible solutions for his mapping, including testing in Inkarnate and Wonderdraft. But in the end he was happy with Paint.NET.
As for the content of this map, Mark clearly based it on his previous versions, themselves rooted in the official sources for each nation. While his first Paint.NET map of Karameikos had walked back on a few additions, such as the relocated Kelvin and a border for the Barony of Threshold present in his Worldographer map, his edits to this map began to restore these features. The result is that this map is more complete, or at least more comprehensive.
After completing this map, and deciding to stick with Paint.NET, Mark realised that he needed to make some adjustments to his mapping system, necessitating yet another restart from scratch. For this reason, this map remains slightly unfinished, and it was soon replaced with another new version, in early 2021. He would continue to make incremental updates to that map, and it is the most polished of his Known World trail maps.
Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (April 2020)
Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (September 2019)
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)
- GAZ2 The Emirates of Ylaruam (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ3 The Principalities of Glantri (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ4 The Kingdom of Ierendi (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ5 The Elves of Alfheim (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ6 The Dwarves of Rockhome (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ7 The Northern Reaches (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ8 The Five Shires (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ9 The Minrothad Guilds (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ10 The Orcs of Thar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ11 The Republic of Darokin (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ12 The Golden Khan of Ethengar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- GAZ14 The Atruaghin Clans (1991) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- TM1 The Western Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- TM2 The Eastern Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- PC3 The Sea People (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
- Mark’s Known World, 8 miles per hex v1 (March 2005)
- Mark’s Known World and Sea of Dread, 8 miles per hex v1 (April 2006)
- Mark’s Known World and Sea of Dread, 8 miles per hex v2 (January 2019)
- Mark’s Alfheim, 8 miles per hex (May 2019)
- Mark’s Karameikos, 8 miles per hex v2 (June 2019)
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 September 2019 and updated in April 2020. The updated Atlas version of this map is Known World, 8 miles per hex. 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 2019 and 2020.
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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