Ramelin’s Zyxl, 8 miles per hex

Mystara’s far eastern island has seen little development over the years. Jose’s 8 mile per hex map may well be the most attention it has received to date. Naturally, it was the first time for such a detailed map of the area to be drawn up. For a theme, he seems to have taken the idea of “exotic” consonants suggested by the island’s name and taken it to its logical extreme. Thus we have a plethora of names with not only x, y, and z, but also q, w, and so on.

Considering how bare the original design was, this map added a very welcome level of fine detail to what had been a rather blank canvas. It would be wonderful to see more focus on Zyxl in the future.

Fan-made Map by Jose Ignacio Ramos Lomelin (September 2017)

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

• Master Rules Set (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Outer World
• Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Outer World Planetary Map

Fan Sources

• Unknown

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in September 2017. 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 2017.

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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Additions

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Revisions

• Settlements —

Hex Art & Fonts

• Hex Art — Ramelin Mystara standard.
• Fonts — Bell MT (major geographic and all water labels), Bell Centennial (all other labels), Feinen (titling).