HWR2 Nithia Delta Region, 8 miles per hex

HWR2 brought a peculiar thing to Mystara’s product line: a double sided poster map with adjoining hex maps on both sides. It’s a curious production design, as it’s only natural to want to lay the two adjoining maps out together.

And what wonderful maps they are. Building upon years of references to ancient Nithia in the Gazetteer and other lines, Kingdom of Nithia set out to detail a fully-fledged Mystaran ancient Egypt, complete with the near-mythical River Nithia flowing through its centre. But this is no barren desert; although it includes lots of desert, these areas were painstakingly detailed, providing a veritable wonderland for adventurers to explore forgotten pyramids, ancient necropolises, massive monuments and colossal statues. There’s a lot going on here.

Finally, two new kinds of desert terrain were introduced: hardened clay and sand dunes.

Replica Map (May 2022)

Sources

• HWR2 Kingdom of Nithia (1991) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Poster map (Cartography by Dennis Kauth)

Chronological Analysis

This is Map 184. It was published in November 1991. The updated version of this map has not yet been released. See also Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see Let’s Map Mystara 1991.

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; and 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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This article was originally published 7th October 2020.