9 June 2026

Chimpman’s Vaniae, 72 miles per hex v3

John returned to his Vaniae (Mystaran Mars) concept in March 2010, about half a year after posting his first version of its hex map (albeit without hexes). He posted a second version of the map, which unfortunately is lost to us now. The version in this post is the third version, which followed less than a week after the second — and therefore was probably quite similar.

By this stage, John had begun on the world’s terrain using traditional Mystaran hex art, and he had also added some preliminary names to the terrain.

A few days later he posted an update with borders and even more labels, which I have included here (second below).

Fan-made Maps by John Calvin (March 2010)

*Vaniae, 72 miles per hex, by John Calvin, March 2010 (version 3)*

*Vaniae with Borders, 72 miles per hex, by John Calvin, March 2010 (version 3)*

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

None

Fan Sources

[Mystaraspace] Map of M-Mars discussion thread at The Piazza
Chimpman’s Vaniae Work-in-progress (August 2008)
Chimpman’s Vaniae, 72 miles per hex v1 (September 2009)

References

All of John’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
John’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
John’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in March 2010. 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 2010.

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.