TM1 The Western Countries, 8 miles per hex
The Trail Maps were the culmination of the Gazetteer series maps. Two massive 36″ x 57″ sheets brought together all the separate maps for each country, combining them into a cohesive whole for the first time, and adding lots of little details in the process.
I wonder how many fans had already tried laying out all of the individual maps themselves. I certainly had! It was not an easy task, as most of the poster maps included lots of other maps and illustrations in addition to the hex maps. Luckily, the trail maps solved this for us.
TM1 showed the western two thirds of the Known World, from western Glantri to eastern Ylaruam. It provided the best view available at the time of Atruaghin and Sind, although neither were labelled or detailed. It also provided another small chunk of Heldann, labelled but bereft of detail.
Replica Map (12th June 2018)
Note: this is a huge map. It may take some time to display. If you have problems viewing it or downloading the file, click here. (Or better yet, right click and “download linked file”.)
Sources
- TM1 The Western Countries (1989)
About Replica Maps
Unlike Updated maps, Replica maps are exact (or sometimes colourised) replicas of primary source maps. These source maps form the main source material of the Atlas of Mystara, from which all of the updated maps are made. Put simply:
- Replica maps present the world of Mystara as the original source materials depict it, warts and all. No attempt has been made to fix errors of any kind — even typos. Replica maps are always marked as such on this site.
- Updated maps present the Atlas of Mystara‘s consistent view of the world, with all errors, alignment issues, and so on fixed. Anything not marked as a replica map is an updated map.
12 June 2018 @ 11:03 pm
When the maps came I pasted all these on to my room, mostly on the ceiling…it was the only place big enough. After some hard years and a new home, I have them folded up, yet still miss them somehow…
13 June 2018 @ 2:30 am
I certainly did my version of this…on isometric paper with the icons on the apexes since I couldn’t get hex paper. I remember struggling to get Alfheim to be the right shape.
Known World Trail Map – Thorfinn Tait Cartography
16 June 2018 @ 7:57 pm
[…] up with the Known World of Mystara, TM1 The Western Countries and TM2 The Eastern Countries were always two of my favourite products. They combined most of […]
8 October 2018 @ 1:48 am
Why is the ‘village’ of Vandevicsny included in some maps, but not others?
On the maps that show it, the village is located in the ‘realm’ of Karameikos, along the coast between Sulescu and Fort Doom.
13 October 2018 @ 12:23 pm
Good question, David.
The answer is that it was a new addition in the AD&D 2nd Edition Karameikos: Kingdom of Adventure boxed set. As such, it appeared on the last published map of Karameikos, but of course not on any prior maps, as it was a new creation for that set. My understanding is that it was added for the Night of the Vampire module, which is based around that village.
In terms of this Atlas, you’ll find Vandevicsny on the updated map of Karameikos, but not anywhere else at this point, as I have yet to release a remake of the AD&D Karameikos map.