Map by Chatdemon of Mystoearth which uses the Mystara map for the
In general, Mystara seems of larger-scale dealing with empires, rather than the kingdomsĪnd free cities of the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk. The wonders of Mystara so it is hard to compare and contrast with Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk. My friends who liked surface Mystara disliked the Hollow World (Although Thorfin has made a really cool globe showing how the Hollow world and surface connect.
There is also the whole Hollow Earth series which I have not delved into at all. Vaults of Pandius hasĪnother dozen or so Fan generated Gazetteers as well. I still have to read through all fourteen. WhenĭrivethruRPG put the complete set of Gazetteers as a bundle on sale I picked up Grabbed at the library book sale for a couple bucks was a steal). Were cool they generally sold for twice their cover price, although the one I Proposition was not good (having been first sold before people realized they After picking three or four in print I realized the price to value (I had already downloaded the free one Wizards of the Coast posted on its Being a suckerįor Cartography Thorfins work led me to try and hunt down some Gazetteers in print Since he is a big fan of Mystara led me to the Vaults of Pandius and Thorfin Taits Cartography. When I got into blogger I started following Harvards Blackmoor blog, which It resurfaced but my friends were hard over on Living Greyhawk so didn’t do I had some interest in Living Blackmoor when The towel on Mystara so there was little else to acquire. Second edition conversion of Gliantri, however by that time TSR had thrown in Having little to steal for actual adventure encounters. If you read my posts on Greyhawk andįorgotten Realms you’ll realize that Gazetteers are not my favorite begin with It got grabbed for its first appearance in the BECMI set here. There is a nice history of the origins of the Known World and how However, I picked up very little of the other BECMIĪdventures. In the vaguest sense of the world being set thousands of years in the past beforeĬontent shifting cataclysm. Purchase all four Blackmoor adventures (1986-1987), but these are Mystara only Games hardback re-releases which include the original adventures in theirĮntirety, as well as the history of their creation and a 5e conversion). Of Dread” (1981) because I purchased the boxed basic and expert sets (If youĪre interested these two adventures, I highly recommend picking up the Goodman I did get both “Keep on the Borderlands” (1980) and “the Isle My friends all played Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, not the “training Time the originals were being released I had little use for Basic/Expertĭ&D. I am very much a Johnny-come-lately to Mystara.