The Trail Map series are several accessories for the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 role-playing game

Role-playing game

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...

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Publication history

The TSR staff produced five Trail Map releases, each one published in 1989 as a very large color map (nearly 3' x 5') in an outer folder.

TM1 The Western Countries Trail Map detailed the travel routes of the Western countries of the GAZ world, while TM2 The Eastern Countries Trail Map details the travel routes of the Eastern countries of the GAZ world.

TM3 Krynn Trail Map detailed the travel routes of the continent of Ansalon

Ansalon

Ansalon is a continent on Krynn, the fictional world of the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game....

 in the Dragonlance

Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...

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TM4 Waterdeep Trail Map detailed the travel routes near the city of Waterdeep

Waterdeep (city)

Waterdeep is a fictional city-state that forms part of a popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game campaign setting called the Forgotten Realms. It is a port city that is located along the western coast of the Faerûn sub-continent...

, for the Forgotten Realms

Forgotten Realms

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TM5 Kara-Tur Trail Map detailed the travel routes in the Kara-Tur

Kara-Tur

Kara-Tur is a fantasy world created by David Cook in the Oriental Adventures rulebook for the First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in 1986. Kara-Tur's cultures and peoples are fantasy analogues of medieval China, Korea, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Tibet, and other regions of...

area of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.