Guided Tour of Meryath

Welcome to the Kingdom of Meryath!  As promised, I have created another video tour to preview and explore +World of Calidar's second poster map, the Kingdom of Meryath hex map.

This map was the result of a stretch goal in the Kickstarter campaign, in which it was available as an add-on.  Very soon now it will also go on sale on eBay.

It was a pleasure working on this map with +Bruce Heard, who has always been a master at this style.  We developed a new set of hex art, including settlement symbols by Bruce as well as terrain by myself.

The video also explores the topographical style of map, which we used for Meryath's map in the book itself.

Enjoy!

Guided Tour of Calidar's Great Caldera

A good friend suggested I do a Lord of the Rings movies-style map flyover video to showcase the maps from In Stranger Skies.  It seemed like a good idea, so I put together this slideshow.

Shortly after posting it, my friend persuaded me to add a voiceover, so it is now narrated.  That's right — you get to hear my strange accent.  Note that the pronunciations of place names are not necessarily accurate to +Bruce's vision, but that in itself seems very much in the tradition of Mystara and other old settings.

If this proves popular, I will definitely consider making preview movies for some of the other maps, too.

Thanks for watching!