* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : Mystara around the World Started at 09-18-05 09:07 AM by tjedge1 Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=504356 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : tjedge1 Date : 09-18-05 09:07 AM Thread Title : Mystara around the World I was just curious. Where are all of you guys playing Mystara, playing at? Just curious to see how around the world Mystara fans are. What places have you lived and played Mystara there. Me? I've pretty much just played Mystara in Texas. That's in the US for Geographically handicapped people. I only say that because someone once asked me if Texas was in Australia. So, I've lived here my whole life and played Mystara here since the mid to late 80's. What about you guys? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : Zendrolion Date : 09-18-05 09:49 AM I'm from Italy (Florence) and I played my two Mystara campaigns in Italy too. ;) :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : Graywolf-ELM Date : 09-18-05 10:37 AM I play in New Mexico, US. I've also played in The Republic of the Philippines, and North Carolina, when I lived there. GW -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : havard Date : 09-18-05 11:02 AM Norway, Europe. I've pretty much been playing with the same group over the last 15 years, though new people have joined and others have left. I've always liked how Mystara fans can be found all over the world. I'm not sure, but I think it adds many interesting perspectives to our discussions. I think Mystara was a particularly popular setting in Europe since the Mentzer D&D rules were so widely translated here. In Norway they were the only version of (A)D&D ever to have been translated to Norwegian, and most people I know were introduced to the hobby through that game. So far, I have seen Mystara fans from Europe, North America, South America and Australia. I'm wondering if we have any fans on the other continents as well? :) Good thread idea tjedge :) Håvard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : lonewolf Date : 09-18-05 12:20 PM Im from Vienna/Austria thats in Europe for geographically handicapped people and there are no Kangaroos in Austria!! ;) :P I pretty much inhertited all my Mystara books from my 10 years older brother and did a lot of reading before I actually had the chance to play. Now Im DMing my own group for a year now and geting the hang of it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : nemarsde Date : 09-18-05 03:53 PM Midlands, UK. Have played Mystara in the South East and in East Anglia too. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : maddog Date : 09-18-05 04:27 PM Thread Title : Since the beginning... I've played Mystara since it was just the Known World in central Pennsylvania and now for the last five years in south west Virginia. --Ray. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : Spellweaver Date : 09-18-05 05:27 PM I have played with more or less the same group of players since 1990 and we have played Mystara in Copenhagen, Denmark. :-) Jesper -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : Hugin Date : 09-18-05 11:15 PM Just curious to see how around the world Mystara fans are. What places have you lived and played Mystara there. :D You wouldn't be asking to see how viable the that whole conquering the world by us Mystara fans is, would you? lol For me its only been the provinces of Newfoundland and Ontario, Canada. I've been playing with the Known World/Mystara since the mid-80's and with the exception of two home-brew worlds DMed by others (which didn't last very long) it's been totaly with Mystara. My current campaign has lasted 3 years (with several breaks due to life-stuff) and has been among the most enjoyable ever. It's great to hear where everybody is from - for many years I couldn't find people that played D&D (let alone in Mystara) and I think it's absolutely incredible that I can chat with Mystara players and DMs from around the world. Thanks for the experience! (not the XP kind, the other... never mind) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : RPGpundit Date : 09-18-05 11:36 PM Currently I'm playing Mystara in Sind though they're based in Darokin. They started in Karameikos and have been to the Shires, Rockhome, Minrothad, Ierendi, Ylaruam, Norwold, Alphatia, Thyatis, the Isle of Dread, the Hollow World (Azca and Alphatian Neatharum), the Polar region, the Atraughin Plateau, and a few other... ..Oh, wait, you meant in the real world. :D Uruguay (South America). Previously, Canada. RPGPundit -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : Lost Woodrake Date : 09-19-05 04:22 AM Originally, I'm from Jerusalem, Israel (that adds Asia to Havard's list of continents) - and now I'm in Sweden (though I'm not playing Mystara here). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : Gazza555 Date : 09-19-05 04:24 AM Liverpool, UK. 'Unfortunately' to play Mystara I have to run it. It's a very active club and I can only get to run about once a month. I run two Mystara campaigns - one on Fridays and the other on Saturdays. To give you an idea - I'm playing several other D&D games (Kalamar, FR, Eberron, Harn, Planescape) as well as Conan, d20 modern, Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, d20 Swashbuckling (set in Freeport) and other odd games now and again. We recently played a squad of British Home Guard (think 'Dad's Army') fighting German para's during a fictional German invasion. And thats not counting the games I'm not involved in - mainly Sci-Fi and Cyberpunk style stuff. Regards, Gary -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : Thorf Date : 09-19-05 07:49 AM I played in Mystara when I was growing up, in Orkney, Scotland. It started out with the red basic box, Aleena and Bargle, Threshold, etc. It wasn't until 1989 or 1990 that I started on Mystara proper with the Gazetteers, but my group was always rather fragmented. We played some other games too, and most people seemed to prefer tabletop wargames to RPGs. The next time I came back to Mystara was in Edinburgh (again Scotland), when I was at University. But I didn't succeed in getting my friends as interested in it as I am, and we only played a few adventures. And now I'm in Japan. I haven't been able to find anyone who even really knows what roleplaying is here, other than one Swedish guy I met. So for me, Mystara is unfortunately solely my own hobby, and it seems likely to stay that way. Hmm, in all three places I've been rather unlucky when it comes to meeting fellow roleplayers, actually. Obviously Japan brings that to a new level, but then I wouldn't expect to meet roleplayers here. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 14] Author : tjedge1 Date : 09-20-05 07:23 AM :D You wouldn't be asking to see how viable the that whole conquering the world by us Mystara fans is, would you? lol Well...actually that did get me wondering where all you guys lived. Don't worry Thorf, someday Japan will embrace the joy of RPG's. I mean, they do make VG's of them don't they? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 15] Author : Thorf Date : 09-20-05 08:01 AM Yeah, and they make good video game RPGs, some with great stories. But in the end it's basically impossible to roleplay freely on a computer. Those that follow a storyline end up being similar to movies, and those with more freedom of action tend to lack in the story department. So really, it's a different category altogether, even though the name would suggest otherwise. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 16] Author : tjedge1 Date : 09-20-05 08:58 AM You have a point. One of the reason's I have stopped playing VG RPG's unless they are hack-n-slash or funny. They just don't hold my attention like they used to. Especially when I have a good group to play D&D with. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 17] Author : JoeNotCharles Date : 09-20-05 05:22 PM I played Mystara growing up in northern Ontario, Canada - usually we didn't use much of the actual world description though (I owned a bunch of gazeteers but never actually made use of them) except for Orcs of Thar. Now I'm in Montreal, Quebec, and not playing for the moment. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 18] Author : nemarsde Date : 09-21-05 07:43 AM Thread Title : Other campaigns I'm GMing a few other D&D campaigns at the moment actually, since the Mystara one's on hold until Nov. There's one set in a hodgepodge Ye Olde England setting, based on myth, legend, fairy tale and folklore. The player characters in that are John Lambton Esq (fighter/cavalier of Lambton Worm fame), Alan-a-Dale (bard/deepwood sniper of Robin Hood's Merry Men fame), Jack (ranger/rogue of giant killing fame), and Ghillie Dhu (the wild elf druid). They've met other famous figures, such as Merlin the Magician and Archimedes the Owl, who's been acting as their patron and guide as they try to lift the curse on Lambton's family. Maugris, Varnae the Vampire, the Black Annis, Parson Brown, Sir Fergus and Arondiel, the Gypsy King, Moloch and many others have also made appearances. The other campaign's more complex. It's part of a Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. campaign, the player characters are investigating suspicious activities in a VR MMORPG set in Thieves' World using the D&D 3E system. Their D&D characters are all tweaked up, min-maxed munchkins, with some meta-game hacks. A half-silver dragon diviner in a 3rd level party, for instance, and the netrunner's also equipped them with a Balron 2005 demon cannon that can attack the game module as well as other players physically. If they get caught by Netwatch, they'll be getting sent down for a looong time. Can't believe I forgot to mention my D&D message game, run on DreamLyrics (http://www.dreamlyrics.com). That's set in the default D&D setting, so sort of Greyhawk. Going well so far, it's based on a combination of two wizards.com/dnd original adventures, Windswept Wall and The Vessel of Stars. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 19] Author : Agathokles Date : 09-22-05 05:02 AM And now I'm in Japan. I haven't been able to find anyone who even really knows what roleplaying is here, other than one Swedish guy I met. Well, there must be someone playing Mystara there, since someone was translating parts of the Vaults: http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~kbkb/index.htm GP (from Milano, Italy) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 20] Author : DM Date : 09-22-05 08:50 AM Ravenna, Italy here. That means Europe.. yeah, right, still Europe :D I've been playing since 1990 and had at least 5 groups. I moved twice and have always been able to go on with my favourite hobby (luckily my region seems to teem with roleplayers :D) Don't worry Thorf: once I get to convince my wife to come to Japan, you won't be alone anymore ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 21] Author : JTrithen Date : 09-23-05 05:17 PM Thread Title : Playing in Utah I have DMd in Mystara since about age 9 or so (starting with playing with the old Otis-picture boxes with Basic and Expert, and Keep on the Borderlands, back when I was about 8). That was in Germany, Rein Main AFB, when I was younger. I've lived in Utah since 1982 (age 11), and have DMd Mystara up til now, mostly once a week or once a month games (less and less as I get older, which is not unusual, of course). Nowadays, I just play with my brothers (4 of them, and 1 brother-in-law); half of our sessions are just wise-cracking, family-bonding experiences, and I'm the only real Mystarophile (own about 90%+ of all the products). And, we play Classic D&D, since I've never wanted to invest much (time-wise, etc.) in AD&D or 3.5. Though, I have invested a lot in my game-world (binders and binders full, as a good DM often does). I have run into about zilch Mystarophiles or Classic D&D players around here in northern Utah, but then I only go the game shop once a month or so to look at old (and some new) books, and miniatures. Thanks for sharing! And, yes, it has been really neat to see all the players around the world that love Mystara! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 22] Author : Iramus Date : 09-25-05 05:26 AM Lancashire, England. Played Mystara in the late eighties along with a Greyhawk campaign. Lost touch with roleplaying for fifteen years but itching to start playing again sometime soon. Currently trying to track down old rulebooks/mods on e-bay. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 23] Author : Patrick Sullivan Date : 10-04-05 12:48 PM Great idea for a thread! It's definitely nice to hear where everyone's from. I'm currently living in Tempe, Arizona, USA, but work and school keep me busy enough that, alas, this is my only current contact with Mystara. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 24] Author : Inu Date : 10-04-05 09:08 PM Melbourne, Australia. I haven't Mystara'd in years, but I'm getting back into it with a new GAZ1 campaign. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 25] Author : Goldrak Date : 10-04-05 10:12 PM Portugal here, since 92 and never left!!!! :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 26] Author : Galero Date : 10-06-05 01:45 PM Thread Title : Puerto Rico I have been playing OD&D in the Mystara Setting since 1986. A few years ago we switched to the 3.0 eddition but we still play in the Mystara Setting. Right now we are playing with two groups one in tuesdays and one in fridays. they are playing an armed conflict between the empires of Alphatia and Thyatis for the plateau on the Isle of Dead. One night is for the alphatian and the other for the thyatians. I have a total of 16 player right now. Add the Carribbean and Puerto Rico to the places in the Real World that have people who play in Mystara. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 27] Author : maddog Date : 10-06-05 07:27 PM Thread Title : Mapping Mystara players.... Thorf? You out there? Your next map should be of the real world in hex format with the locations of all of the players of Mystara. :) This would get us caught up to the other worlds in a heart beat! :D --Ray. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 28] Author : Hugin Date : 10-07-05 09:45 AM Thorf? You out there? Your next map should be of the real world in hex format with the locations of all of the players of Mystara. :) That would be really cool to see! Is that something you could do Thorf? (I guess it doesn't have to be with a hex grid if that is too difficult). Cool idea Maddog! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 29] Author : TristanDeMontfort Date : 10-07-05 12:14 PM My playgroup is in Granby (a city close to Montreal), in Canada (So that makes my first language french, which might explain some of my bad syntax, sorry). On the subject of a world map with the location of each player indicated on it, has anyone ever considered the following (and sorry if this as been discussed previously)? I've always thought of the Mystara world map has some kind of hybrid between the current real world map and the map of Pangaea (a super continental mass that included all of the Earth’s current continents that existed around 250 million years ago). When you look at this (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/Jurassic.html ) map of the Earth 150 million years ago, you simply can’t ignore the similarities. So another interesting thing would be a map of the Mystara (outer) world with the location of all the real world players indicated on it and placed at there current day equivalent locations. For example, the Arm of the God (Arm of the Immortal?) would be Central America, the Island of Dawn would be England, Norworld would be Eastern Canada (including Quebec), etc. I’m at work right now so I don’t have access to my Mystara maps and I may be making some mistakes in the real-world/Mystara equivalents, but I hope you get the idea. Francis -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 30] Author : Twin Campaigns Date : 10-07-05 02:10 PM Finland, Tampere area. Just "Google Earth" down to the mid-southern Finland and you'll find it. (And Finland is in Scandinavia, or Fenno-Scandia to be more precise: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Norway with Iceland culturally linked.) I've been a GM of a continuous campaign since 1988, still going on strong. My second campaign just started a year ago. I've never actually played myself. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 31] Author : Chris.Nix Date : 10-12-05 03:11 PM UK - Nottinghamshire, now Lancashire. No current active campaign -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 32] Author : thunhu Date : 01-31-06 08:19 AM Finland, Tampere area. Just "Google Earth" down to the mid-southern Finland and you'll find it. (And Finland is in Scandinavia, or Fenno-Scandia to be more precise: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Norway with Iceland culturally linked.) I've been a GM of a continuous campaign since 1988, still going on strong. My second campaign just started a year ago. I've never actually played myself. I'm also from Tampere, Finland. I have played and DMed Known World campaigns since 1986. Had a break from Known World in 2000-2004 (we played 3e set in Greyhawk). I started a new campaign last year with my old buddies (Karameikos, 3.5e rules, we play only 3-4 times per year). I also DM Eberron campaign (bi-weekly) and play in Warhammer fantasy roleplay campaign (bi-weekly). Thunhus -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 33] Author : MrFilthyIke Date : 01-31-06 08:52 AM I've always played D&D (and thus the Known World) in Florida...Miami and Orlando. Vampire...I've played/larped all across the US. ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 34] Author : MrFilthyIke Date : 01-31-06 09:00 AM Im from Vienna/Austria thats in Europe for geographically handicapped people and there are no Kangaroos in Austria!! ;) :P The wife's from Australia, and has gotten that pronounciation error thrown her way before. :P -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 35] Author : Thorf Date : 01-31-06 09:46 AM The wife's from Australia, and has gotten that pronounciation error thrown her way before. :P If you think it's bad in English, you should hear it in Japanese. They are pronounced "Osutoria" and "Osutoraria", with the stress on the "O" in both, so the quiet little "ra" is the only difference! :eek: This thread is great, by the way. I am eagerly awaiting to hear from those of us who haven't posted here yet! :D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 36] Author : hihama Date : 01-31-06 10:36 AM I'm also from Finland. Living nowadays in a small place called Viiala, but used to live around 20 years in Tampere. I started gaming in 1983 when a classmate came back from USA and brought with him two red covered books in which there were dragons in the cover... I got immediately interested and have been playing ever since. Unfortunately nowadays its only a couple of sessions a year for various reasons. Harri -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 37] Author : Angry-Gibbon Date : 01-31-06 11:19 AM Berkshire , United Kingdom. I was running two weekly Mystara campaigns - one set in 1014 AC and one based around WotI but real life has meant that we've had to cut down to just the one :weep: . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 38] Author : kidradical Date : 01-31-06 11:40 AM I'm an American expat in Prague, Czech Republic. A Czech friend of mine actually has bootleg versions of the D&D rulebooks translated into Czech that he used as a kid, under communism, when the official versions were banned... though it had been quite easy to find dice, he said, since the communists never quite figured out how the game was played. Pax, KRad -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 39] Author : MrFilthyIke Date : 01-31-06 12:21 PM it had been quite easy to find dice, he said, since the communists never quite figured out how the game was played. Those silly communists...I kid! I kid! :D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 40] Author : gawain_viii Date : 01-31-06 12:35 PM Born in Arkansas, raised in Mississippi, living in Georgia (US, not east Eur.)... Played all over the Gulf Coast from Mobile to New Orleans... and arond central and NE GA (Macon, Atlanta, Athens). (Are you getting a 'southern' vibe from my post?) Currently contemplating a Air Force wide "Gamers' Club"... prolly not, but an idea -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 41] Author : sbwilson Date : 01-31-06 06:53 PM Thread Title : Northwest USA I'm currently in Washington State, USA - on the opposite side of the continent from Washington DC. So if we use the Mystara map and project my current location on it, it would be the Sylvan Realm of CM7 (The Tree of Life) fame - WooHoo! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 42] Author : Rhialto Date : 02-01-06 12:22 AM Ok, checking in here. First played D&D when I was 11 back near London. Currently in Tokyo, and going strong. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 43] Author : Cab Date : 02-01-06 11:14 AM Mystara campaign, running it in Cambridge, England at the moment. Formerly ran the same campaign setting in Nottingham, Lancaster and Gateshead. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 44] Author : LoZompatore Date : 02-01-06 11:31 AM I'm currently in Washington State, USA - on the opposite side of the continent from Washington DC. So if we use the Mystara map and project my current location on it, it would be the Sylvan Realm of CM7 (The Tree of Life) fame - WooHoo! I'm from Italy, which means, on the Mystara Outer World Map, somewhere between the Pearl Islands and the Western Alatians. No campaign running at the moment. Take a look on where you are: ;) http://it.geocities.com/lutetius/Mappe/Late_Jurassic_Earth.Jpg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 45] Author : Edgewaters Date : 02-01-06 06:46 PM Me? I've pretty much just played Mystara in Texas. That's in the US for Geographically handicapped people. I only say that because someone once asked me if Texas was in Australia. So, I've lived here my whole life and played Mystara here since the mid to late 80's. Aha! So that's the name of the 13th state. :P -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 46] Author : Edgewaters Date : 02-01-06 06:56 PM I'm from Italy, which means, on the Mystara Outer World Map, somewhere between the Pearl Islands and the Western Alatians. No campaign running at the moment. Take a look on where you are: ;) http://it.geocities.com/lutetius/Mappe/Late_Jurassic_Earth.Jpg What the ... I never knew they based it on the late Jurassic, but looking around at other maps of the period, its certain that they did! This is a bit amazing. Here's some others: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/Late_Jur.jpg http://www.medioambiente.cu/museo/imagen/jurmap.gif Even the major mountain ranges are roughly in the right spots. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 47] Author : Cthulhudrew Date : 02-01-06 07:44 PM I was born in Virginia- which, near as I can figure, is somewhere around Ylaruam/Soderfjord. Moved to Arizona at age 4 (underneath Yalu Bay?), then to Indiana at age 10 (Great Northern Wildlands NW of Glantri/Wendar region), back to Arizona for college, and now I'm living on the Arm of the Immortals (sunny California) somewhere near Suma'a. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 48] Author : Thorf Date : 02-01-06 10:15 PM My locations are both somewhat problematic. I come from the Orkney Islands, and since it looks like the Isle of Dawn includes Britain (possibly somewhat exaggerated in size), I may come from Helskir. But the geology of northern Scotland and the isles is complex, and it seems likely they did not originate in the same place as the rest of mainland Scotland. In that case, perhaps I am from Oceansend, or one of the islands close to there. Hmm, that brings up interesting possibilities for me top develop those islands as Mystaran versions of Orkney and Shetland... My current location is Japan, but it's hard to see exactly where it fits in. It looks as if it might be part of the Tangor Chain or the Nentsun Plateaux in northeastern Skothar. I was born in Virginia- which, near as I can figure, is somewhere around Ylaruam/Soderfjord. Moved to Arizona at age 4 (underneath Yalu Bay?), then to Indiana at age 10 (Great Northern Wildlands NW of Glantri/Wendar region), back to Arizona for college, and now I'm living on the Arm of the Immortals (sunny California) somewhere near Suma'a. Andrew, it looks to me like Florida is the Serpent Peninsula, and New York is somewhere near Sind or Atruaghin. Although that part of the map is definitely open to interpretation, and you may be right. But I think that most of the Known World is Canada. Arizona is probably in the plains south of the Endworld Line, Indiana is close to Hule, and California is not the Arm of the Immortals but in fact the Endworld Line; the Arm of the Immortals is Mexico and Central America. Interestingly, Alphatia is Scandinavia and the Baltic states, while a lot of Europe seems to be either broken up into different places, or below sea level. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 49] Author : Hugin Date : 02-02-06 01:32 AM But I think that most of the Known World is Canada. :D That's the way it is for me, anyhow! Actually, it looks like Newfoundland is much of the Known World! Ah, the world is all as it should be! ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 50] Author : LoZompatore Date : 02-02-06 03:36 AM Thread Title : European countries on "Mystara" map Interestingly, Alphatia is Scandinavia and the Baltic states, while a lot of Europe seems to be either broken up into different places, or below sea level. Europe is fragmented, but many real countries are represented anyway. Here is what I found: 1) Ochalea is bigger than the size showed on the Jurassic map and so it should correspond to Western/central Spain and Portugal (maybe that's why it is considered arid and rugged in DotE and PWAs?). 2) The true size of the Isle of Dawn encompassess three of the four island east of North America in the Jurassic map. Considering its full dimensions it seems to me that: - Dunadale/Westrourke corresponds approx to England - Redstone to Ireland (maybe that's why they have Scottish/Irish names, respectively?) - Septentriona and the Shadow Coast to Bretagne/Normandie - Thothian Plateau to north central France and the Rhein valley - Ekto to Belgium/Luxembourg - Thothia to Switzerland/Austria 3) As you noticed, Alphatia corresponds to Sweden, Norway, Finland and the whole Baltic area (northern Poland and Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonai). Moreover, the Alphatian kingdoms of Theranderol, Arogansa, Randel should correspond to northwestern tip of European Russia. If I remember correctly, "Sundsvall" is a city in Sweden, while Moscow should be located somewhere in Randel. What if the "aggressive" attitude of this Alphatian kingdom reflected the "cold war" prospective transposed in game terms??? 4) Bellissaria corresponds to Ukraine, northern Romania, Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (even if the latter two - corresponding to Surshield Kingdom - are not European countries - European part of Turkey seems to be underwater in the map) 5) Aegos should correspond to southern France, while Aeria seems to coincide with the Alps; the other two Alatian islands don't seem to have a correspondence with Jurassic world landmasses (maybe to some regions in the Balkans, even if they seem out of place). 6) The Pearl Islands should correspond to some places in Northern Italy and to the isles of Western Mediterranean Sea (maybe Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands, with a bit of northern Tunisia). So, most of Western Europe is "represented" anyway on Mystara. Germany and eastern Europe, instead, seem to miss at all from the map. Hope this helps other users to find themselves on Mystara ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 51] Author : MrFilthyIke Date : 02-02-06 10:54 AM Andrew, it looks to me like Florida is the Serpent Peninsula, Well,...we do have alligators, snakes, and sun-baked-leathery-skinned retirees...so we Floridiots ARE in the the Serpent Peninsula!. :eek: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 52] Author : Cthulhudrew Date : 02-02-06 12:28 PM Andrew, it looks to me like Florida is the Serpent Peninsula, and New York is somewhere near Sind or Atruaghin. Although that part of the map is definitely open to interpretation, and you may be right. But I think that most of the Known World is Canada. Hmm... I guess I can see what you are saying. It looked more to me like Thyatis was Florida, and the Serpent Peninsula = Texas, but I think the map is a bit deceptive. I think it is because on the map, Africa's continental drift is much more northerly than the Davanian coast is on the Mystara maps. What looks like the Serpent Peninsula on the map looks suspciously like the Thyatian peninsula to me. Now I'm not sure, though... Arizona is probably in the plains south of the Endworld Line, Indiana is close to Hule, and California is not the Arm of the Immortals but in fact the Endworld Line; the Arm of the Immortals is Mexico and Central America. Don't let anyone here in California hear you say that we don't live on the Arm of the Immortals! (or, as it was formerly known, the Arm of God). :) Which brings up an interesting point- exactly where does the Endworld Line begin and the Arm of the Immortals end? They look like they are the same continuous chain of mountains (the Rockies)? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 53] Author : Arcanda Date : 02-02-06 06:19 PM Hi all. I'm Giovanni, new here. I play Mystara in Rome, Italy. So it seems I come from some unknown merrow kingdom somewere south of Bellissaria and north of Cestia. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 54] Author : EltharionU2 Date : 08-15-06 11:04 AM Well I've been playing with my brothers in Mystara for the last five/six years and are still going strong in Karameikos. And by the way we're from Denmark...also part of Scandinavia :P -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 55] Author : vgeisz Date : 08-15-06 12:13 PM Thread Title : Life in the serpent peninsula :D Hello. My name is Johannes Rhedrian. I live in the Serpent Peninsula. We play a wonderful RPG called Papers and Paychecks. My charecter there is named Vernon and he lives in Augusta Georgia. My Freind Dm has left his information earlier (Gawainviii). Vern -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 56] Author : Seer of Yhog Date : 08-15-06 01:40 PM :D That's the way it is for me, anyhow! Actually, it looks like Newfoundland is much of the Known World! Ah, the world is all as it should be! ;) Pah! Spoken like a true Known Worlder! You folk think you're better than the rest of us. What conceit! :D As near as I can tell, I'm originally from somewhere just north of Sind, around the Adri Varma Plateau. After spending a couple of years in Ethengar, I then moved to the region of Akesoli, where I currently reside. It's hard to tell when I have to guess as to where the Great Lakes would be. I, too, play Papers and Paychecks my character is named Geoff Gander, who resides in a place called Ottawa. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 57] Author : Multizar Date : 08-15-06 07:28 PM Wichita Falls, Texas here. I have been playing for 20 years now. Took it with me to California when I lived there for a year but there is no place like Texas. :D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 58] Author : Shane Date : 08-15-06 07:44 PM I'm from the community of Lashmeet (sounds like a place in the Broken Lands), in the State of West "By the Immortals" Virginia. I started with the Red Box and those dice that I had to rub the white crayon in the numbers. I'm leaving in a week for Bozeman, Montana where I'll be entering school for "Atruaghin Clans Studies" (aka Native American Studies). West Virginia ~= the Black Mountains or Plain of Fire west of Sind (I used to think it was Glantri, but I was correlating Brun's southeast coast incorrectly.) Montana ~= the Great Midlands east of the Endworld Spine Shane -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 59] Author : RobJN Date : 08-15-06 07:58 PM I've been playing D&D since the mid-80s or so, Mystara specifically probably since the late 80s. While my world was somewhat homebrewed, it had Alfheim and bits and pieces of Karameikos. Alas, I haven't played seriously since high school. I was born and raised in California, so, somewhere along the Arm of the Immortals, but I moved to Texas (somewhere along the Savage Coast..?) almost ten years ago. I've been tinkering with several Known World/Mystara/Red Steel ideas during that time (some of which (http://pandius.com/rnuttman.html) you can read about over at the Vaults of Pandius) Good gaming! Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 60] Author : Marc Date : 08-16-06 08:34 AM Sydney Australia. Playing since '84. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 61] Author : Oloto Date : 08-16-06 09:52 AM Huntsville, Al, USA since 86. Running a game every other friday with a group of 7 players for about a month now. Been running on and off with this group for the last six years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 62] Author : Wilhelm_ Date : 08-16-06 06:08 PM Brasília, DF, (Brasol Range), Brazil but I was born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brasol Range, again). I'm DMing a lot of campaigns in Mystara since 2001, mostly via internet; My players live in Campinas and São Paulo, SP (Brasol Range, again again); Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brasol Range, as I already said); Vitória, RJ (Brasol Range, again again again); and Fortaleza, CE (finally, someone outside the Brasol Range! I guess it would be the vilaverdan outpost of Porto Cabinda :D) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 63] Author : Jakob_Pawlowicz Date : 08-16-06 08:22 PM Copenhagen, Denmark. Or more precisely "close" to the habor of Eagret in Greenspur :D My current campaign is situated (at the moment) in Ylaruam, east of Cinsa-Men-Noo. Btw. didn't we do this sort of thread already, it is feeling a bit Deja-vu 'ish.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 64] Author : Hugin Date : 08-16-06 08:46 PM Btw. didn't we do this sort of thread already, it is feeling a bit Deja-vu 'ish.... I beleive it's the same thread - just resurrected with newer members posting on it. ;) Or, you might also be thinking about the 3E Mystara Petition thread that had similar content. What I really like about this one however is the way we are placing ourselves geographically on Mystara for comparison. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 65] Author : Hausman Date : 08-17-06 01:01 AM hi! my name is Hausman Santos and i live in Joao Pessoa (PB) Brazil. I have been playing mystara since 1995 and never left!!!! (Glantri , Karameikos , Alfheim , Rockhome and Savage Baronies) :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 66] Author : Cthulhudrew Date : 08-17-06 02:03 AM Another Brasolian. I guess there is more down in Davania than we'd previously thought. Time to send out a diplomatic expedition! ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 67] Author : vgeisz Date : 08-17-06 09:39 AM Thread Title : message sent As we are currently on the isle of Borydos I am unable to go myself but I have sent a dispatch to the DDC. Johanas :angelhide -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 68] Author : Magesmiley Date : 08-25-06 06:35 PM I'm currently in Washington State, USA - on the opposite side of the continent from Washington DC. So if we use the Mystara map and project my current location on it, it would be the Sylvan Realm of CM7 (The Tree of Life) fame - WooHoo! Hey, I'm also running a Mystara game in Washington state. I'm from Snohomish for those who are local to the area, or just north of Seattle for those who aren't. I've been playing the Mystara setting pretty consistently since the early 80s (or in other words since it was nothing more than the map in X1). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 69] Author : Rhialto Date : 08-26-06 12:54 AM It seems I have travelled quite a bit. I was born on the southern coast of Arogansa on the Alphatian mainland, then I left when I was young to live in Edairo on the Isle of Dawn. Now, I am on an island on the far side of the Tangor chain of mountains near Skothar. As nearly as I can tell, the place where I call home corresponds to the Isle of Dread. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 70] Author : shadowelf Date : 09-05-06 07:29 AM I have to run a Mystara campaign to play it, too. Not that I'm complaining. My current group meets in Bristol, UK. I previously ran a campaign in the West Midlands (Warwickshire). Our campaign is set in AC 989. That gives me a useful knowledge of the future. I am currently planning the death of Baron Desmond Kelvin. Amongst other things. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 71] Author : Monteblanco Date : 09-05-06 08:26 AM I live in Rio and I've GMed a Mystara Campaign centered in Karameikos, although the climax was located in the Emirates of Ylaruam. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 09:31 AM.