Greyhawk maps from Dungeon magazine

[Ranes]

Last night, I dug out my old four-part Greyhawk maps from Dungeon (issues 118-121). It sites various Greyhawk modules have appeared over the years. However, despite the associated issues of Dungeon having a map legend, I can't find an index locating all the dungeons.

I'm curious but I am also lazy and don't want to pour over the maps trying to locate each dungeon. Can anyone point me in the direction of such an index?

Thanks.

 

[Nagol]

Greyhawk Adventures in Dungeon Magazine, Dragon Magazine, and Other Gaming Magazines

 

[Ranes]

Thanks. I appreciate the help. However, that's not quite what I'm looking for. What I am looking for is an index that has the map hex numbers for the dungeons.

Still, Grodog's Greyhawk site is flippin' handy for a whole bunch of related stuff. Thanks again.

 

[Nagol]

I'm not sure such an index exists for the new map. The 1983 glossography had one for the Darlene map and official TSR modules.

You may want to ask around on the Paizo forums. Erik may have an original list for the mapmaker.

 

[Ranes]

Yes, the 1983 boxed set is very good. I have that but I was looking for something more up-to-date. The Dungeon maps are just that.

I've been trawling the Paizo boards and, of course, the same question was asked there within a year of the maps coming out. Erik replied at the time saying he (presumably Dungeon) might publish such a list at some point but I don't think he ever got the chance.

Since posting this enquiry I decided to give it a go myself but it's not easy. I need a new prescription from the optician. Even with all the lights on and my glasses on, I can't read the dungeon entries on the map; they're just too small. My iPhone camera helps, if I can hold it steady enough to get focus, but it's going to take a while.

Crikey, I'm falling apart.

 

[Nagol]

Yes, the 1983 boxed set is very good. I have that but I was looking for something more up-to-date. The Dungeon maps are just that.

I've been trawling the Paizo boards and, of course, the same question was asked there within a year of the maps coming out. Erik replied at the time saying he (presumably Dungeon) might publish such a list at some point but I don't think he ever got the chance.

Since posting this enquiry I decided to give it a go myself but it's not easy. I need a new prescription from the optician. Even with all the lights on and my glasses on, I can't read the dungeon entries on the map; they're just too small. My iPhone camera helps, if I can hold it steady enough to get focus, but it's going to take a while.

Crikey, I'm falling apart.

You might try the pdf maps (they're free at paizo) and that'll let you zoom and pan -- should help get the text.

 

[Ranes]

At first, I thought you were mistaken. The maps are not freely available as PDFs. There is a free version of the map in jpeg format but not at high-enough resolution for my purposes.

However, it seems - having read reviews of the PDFs of the issues - that these do indeed come with high resolution versions of the poster map.

Fantastic. Thanks for your help.

 

[Nagol]

At first, I thought you were mistaken. The maps are not freely available as PDFs. There is a free version of the map in jpeg format but not at high-enough resolution for my purposes.

However, it seems - having read reviews of the PDFs of the issues - that these do indeed come with high resolution versions of the poster map.

Fantastic. Thanks for your help.

Apparently, I was mistaken. I thought there was a high-res electronic release of each map, but I can't find them.

 

[grodog]

Greyhawk Adventures in Dungeon Magazine, Dragon Magazine, and Other Gaming Magazines

Thanks for the plug, Nagol: always appreciated

Still, Grodog's Greyhawk site is flippin' handy for a whole bunch of related stuff. Thanks again.

Thanks, Ranes!

Thanks. I appreciate the help. However, that's not quite what I'm looking for. What I am looking for is an index that has the map hex numbers for the dungeons.

Yes, the 1983 boxed set is very good. I have that but I was looking for something more up-to-date. The Dungeon maps are just that.

I've been trawling the Paizo boards and, of course, the same question was asked there within a year of the maps coming out. Erik replied at the time saying he (presumably Dungeon) might publish such a list at some point but I don't think he ever got the chance.

The 1983 boxed set lists the original hex locations for the modules published up to that time in the Glassography (page # not handy at the moment, sorry). So, that's a starting point.

The bigger Qm though, is whether or not the scales and locations of the hexes are the same on the Dungeon maps as on Darlene's original maps? IIRC the LGG and D&D Gazetteer both had different scales from each other, as well as from the original Darlene maps; my Dungeon maps are currently packed up, so I can't check them vs. the Darlene maps.

If they're not the same, building an equivalent location table sounds like a worthy project to me: location in Darlene (1980/83/FtA) vs. Dungeon vs. LGG vs. D&DGaz.

 

[Ranes]

You're welcome, Allan. I can't remember the scale on Darlene's maps but Dungeon's poster map scale is 30 miles per hex. Even if that's the same scale as Darlene's, Erik sited a lot of post-'83 dungeons, so I'll still compile the list and make sure you get a copy when I'm done.

I'll post it here, too.