Thibault’s Norwold, 8 miles per hex
Towards the latter part of his active mapping years, Thibault had already completed most of the world at first 72 then 24 miles per hex. With these mammoth achievements already made, he naturally turned to the next logical step: expanding 8 mile per hex coverage of the world beyond the Known World area. He had already been doing this for many years, most notably with the Isle of Dawn. But now he expanded his area of interest to include first Norwold, then the entire continent of Davania.
This is his finished Norwold map. Judging by the Grid files, he did most of the terrain work in August and September before adding the linework and labels to finally post it in October 2002. The seeming ease with which he executed the detailing of the map give it a deceptively simple impression, but make no mistake: it is a massive undertaking, and Thibault carried it out with expert precision.
The content of the map seems to be largely based on Geoff’s Norwold, 24 miles per hex from 1999. Thibault increasingly worked with the Mystaran Almanac designers, so this is as expected.
Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (October 2002)
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
- CM1 Test of the Warlords (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- etc
Fan Sources
- Thibault’s CM1 Norwold, 24 miles per hex (1999)
- Thibault’s Brun, 24 miles per hex (2001)
- Thibault’s Mystara, 24 miles per hex (2002)
- Thibault’s Norwold, 24 miles per hex (2002)
References
- All of Thibault’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Thibault’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara
- Thibault’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in 2002. 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 2002. (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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