Join me as I review The Atlas of the Dragonlance World by Karen Wynn Fonstad, live! Share your thoughts on this complete Krynn source book, released in October 1987 by TSR, Inc. You can buy a copy here: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/309152/leaves-from-the-inn-of-the-last-home?affiliate_id=50797
About The Atlas of the Dragonlance World
Krynn… Enter the spell-binding world of the Dragonlance Saga with this volume of beautifully rendered maps.
Accompany the Heroes of the Lance on their epic travels across Krynn in this magnificently illustrated volume. Behold the beauty of the King Priest’s Hall of Audience in the Temple of Istar. Smell Raistlin’s herbs as you wander the hallways of the Tower of High Sorcery at Palanthas. Become hopelessly lost in the thirty-five levels of Mount Nevermind.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Misham, Gildember the 19th. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of The Atlas of the Dragonlance World by Karen Wynn Fonstad. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this YouTube channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.
Notes:
- Originally published in October 1987 by TSR Inc
- by Karen Wynn Fonstad
- earned a M.A. in Geography specialized in cartography from the University of Oklahoma.
- The Atlas of Middle-earth (1981), The Atlas of Pern (1984), and The Atlas of The Land (1985).
- She would create one more atlas for TSR, The Forgotten Realms Atlas (1990).
- a cartographer’s illustrated point of view
- focused largely on the novels of the world and the places visited therein
- Foreward by Tracy Hickman
- building on the success of the Dragonlance Chronicles (1984-1985) and Dragonlance Legends (1986) novels. Other releases that year had included: Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home (1987) in February and The Art of the Dragonlance Saga (1987) in April.
- complementary to the sole Dragonlance roleplaying release for the year: Dragonlance Adventures (1987), published in September.
- combine material from all of the sources on Krynn and also debuts maps for locations that had previously been described textually
- end to follow the course of the novels (and adventures), also gives some (very abstract) attention to planar realms like the Abyss and the Celestial Realm. Finally it depicts the “pathways” of the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends series.
- A few years later TSR would publish a somewhat less ambitious map, TM3: “The World of Krynn Trail Map” (1989).
- Ansalon
- 960 mi from Nordmaar to Ice Wall Castel
- 1320 mi sancrist to the Courrain Ocean
- Four hour difference from Silvanost to Solamnia
- Taladas, though not named, was referenced in Leaves adn now Atlas before it was ever developed
- Khoralis rather than Kharolis
- Dragon Mountain is vastly different than the novel
Outro
And that’s it for my review of The Atlas of the Dragonlance World by Karen Wynn Fonstad. What do you think of the various maps for Dragonlance? Do you have a favorite map in the sourcebook? And finally, have you ever referenced the maps for a game? You can email me at info@dlsaga.com or comment below.
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