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Thread : Where to get started in this world?
Started at 06-05-04 11:55 PM by Yamo
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[Post 1]
Author : Yamo
Date : 06-05-04 11:55 PM
Thread Title : Where to get started in this world?

Mystara looks interesting from the bits and pieces I've seen. I'm curious, but not curious enough to spend on a bunch of different books. I'm looking for one book with the cultures, geography, religion, etc all in one place. A Mystara "core book", if you will. Does one exist? If so, what is it called and where can I get it?

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[Post 2]
Author : stanles
Date : 06-06-04 12:16 AM
Thread Title : Re: Where to get started in this world?

Originally posted by Yamo 
Mystara looks interesting from the bits and pieces I've seen. I'm curious, but not curious enough to spend on a bunch of different books. I'm looking for one book with the cultures, geography, religion, etc all in one place. A Mystara "core book", if you will. Does one exist? If so, what is it called and where can I get it?  

the closest thing to that is the Poor Wizards almanacs or Joshuans Almanacs.  These give you a brief rundown of a lot of Mystara - they aren't core books as such though, there never was any such thing.

They'v all made it to ESDs and are available through SVGames http://www.svgames.com/tsr9372esd.html, http://www.svgames.com/tsr9441esd.html, http://www.svgames.com/tsr2506esd.html and http://www.svgames.com/tsr2517esd.html.  I cannot vouch for the quality of the PDF files though.

People on the net have carried the alamancs on through a copule of years of the gameworld and these also offer an excellent overview on cultures, the geography, religion etc of a lot of the world.  They're available in PDF or RTF format at http://almanac.starflung.com/ or in HTML format at http://dnd.starflung.com/alm.html

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[Post 3]
Author : rogueattorney
Date : 06-07-04 10:35 AM

I would say that the best introductions to Mystara are X1 - Isle of Dread and GAZ 1 - Grand Duchy of Karameikos.

R.A.

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[Post 4]
Author : havard
Date : 06-07-04 11:25 AM

Originally posted by rogueattorney 
I would say that the best introductions to Mystara are X1 - Isle of Dread and GAZ 1 - Grand Duchy of Karameikos. 

Well, the D&D Rules Cyclopedia has a nice but short overview of the Known World and Hollow World countries, plus quite a few nice maps including the one from X1.

You'll definately want to collect the Gaz-series though, as they are IMO the peak of Mystara'n quality products.

Håvard

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[Post 5]
Author : Lucus_Boneburner
Date : 06-13-04 02:40 AM

Hello,

If you can locate them, I started my campaign with GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos and B1-9 In Search of Adventure.  You will literally play for hours before needing any new material.

Regards and Best Wishes,

Donald Eric Kesler

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