The Lunar Empire covers about 410,000 square km, plus or minus 50,000. That makes it is a little larger the state of California or about the size of the modern nation of…
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Layout of the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble is about 15 square km or 1500 hectares. That’s basically the Upper Westside of Manhattan or little bigger than Kensington plus Chelsea in London. Another way of thinking about…
A Sense of Scale IV
Something that is easily over looked is the scale of Glorantha. The Sky Dome is about 12,000 km in diameter at its base, and its apex is about 6,000 km above the…
Communication in the Lunar Empire
The Red Emperor has a much easier time communicating with the rest of his empire than say the Roman Emperor did. Distances To begin with the distances involved are much shorter. Just…
A Sense of Scale III
Genertela is nearly 9,000,000 square km in area. That’s more than twice the size of the European Union or a little smaller than continental Europe. Or for us North Americans, it is…
Orlanthi Clan territory
The average Orlanthi clan in Dragon Pass or Heortland claims about 55 square km of territory. That may sound like a lot, but even my little city of Fort Collins could have…
A Sense of Scale II
The Lunar Empire rules somewhere around 410,000 square km, including the Heartlands, West Reaches, and Provinces. That’s about the same size as Iraq or a little larger than the state of California….
The Size of Genertela
When we think about the size of Genertela, remember that it is roughly 5000 km long from west to east and 1700 wide from north to south. It is a little bit…
Esrolian influence on the Holy Country
In thinking about the Holy Country, it is perhaps worth remembering that almost 80% of the population are Orlanthi. However, there is a decidedly Earth religion and matriarchal shade to things, as…
Reinforcing the Scale
From time to time it is worth reinforcing the scale of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. So basically, Dragon Pass is about the size of Northern California from the south shore…
White Bear & Red Moon – Map Scale (1977)
Originally published in “Wanderlore” in Wyrm’s Footnotes #2 by Greg Stafford “What is the scale of the map?” The scale is based upon ancient records still extant today, and the game is…
Nochet to Glamour at 1:400,000 scale
Admittedly Glamour is not in this picture as it is just beyond the field of vision. But I see Alkoth and even Raibanth. Each sheet is an A2, so about 24 x…
A Year Ago
A year ago I got the terrible news from Suzanne that Greg passed away. It seems fitting that I’ve been spending this week reconstructing his old master maps of Glorantha – some…
Royal Roads I
Here’s a nice little map showing the royal road network of Dragon Pass. These are Greg’s maps and Greg’s distances (really, I have all of Greg’s master maps). It is entirely possible…
Map fact of the day
Eye opening Gloranthan map fact of the day: it is only about 250 miles by sea from Vormain to Kralorela. This was originally posted on Google+
A Sense of Scale I
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…
The Size of Dragon Pass
29 October 2009 Those who are familiar with Greg Stafford’s Glorantha are likely familiar with the problem of scale in previously published maps. One map might say it is 50 miles from…