Prettiest fantasy maps

[Filcher]

Anyone got a list of the ENnie winning / nominated things, map-wise? That might be a good source.

Last year, Áereth (a.k.a. DCC world) was nominated for best cartography.

http://www.goodman-games.com/images/DCC35-5.jpg
http://www.goodman-games.com/5034preview.php

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

The maps in Artesia: Adventures in the Known World, by Mark Smylie, are my favouritest ever. Plain gorgeous.

Everything in the book was pure awesome.

 

[Gez]

I like this one (large image). It's fan-made and for a CRPG mod project, but it's really great.

 

[jdrakeh]

The official Harn map is very, very, nice.

 

[Mercurius]

So far I'm wanting to check out Aereth and Artesia, although the latter makes me think of water...hmmm, yum.

 

[Mercurius]

I like this one (large image). It's fan-made and for a CRPG mod project, but it's really great.

That is well done, however call me a luddite but I have a hard time getting into maps when they look like they're from computer games--I prefer hand-drawn. Certainly there are some nice computer-made maps, but once they get into that computer game look I just get a bit turned off.

 

[MadWand]

I also cast my vote for Harn. I'm pretty fond of my Kalamar atlas, too.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

From the Wayback Machine...

I always loved the old Judge's Guild maps. Not glossy or flashy...just huge sepiatone hexgrid maps with lots and lots to explore...

 

[jdrakeh]

From the Wayback Machine...

I always loved the old Judge's Guild maps. Not glossy or flashy...just huge sepiatone hexgrid maps with lots and lots to explore...

Yep. Many of those are very nice, as well (although some of the World Emperor maps seem to be composed largely of blank hexes).

 

[James Heard]

Let me cast another vote for Eric Anondson's maps. Seriously, it's one thing to check out the awesomeness that's the thumbnail previews, and it's a completely different, totally mind-boggling thing to actually download the beasts and scroll around them.

Another impressive set of maps can be found at Virtual Verduria.