Dark Sun

It’s baaaaack!

Dark Sun Campaign SettingWizards of the Coast announced today (at Gencon 2009) that the D&D 4e campaign setting for 2010 would be the incomparable Dark Sun.

Back in the day of 2nd edition, Dark Sun was a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Invoking Mad Max, the setting was dark, gritty and downright deadly. And I loved it.

Straying far from the standard Dungeons & Dragons settings, the world of Athas was a harsh desert. Tyrant sorcerer kings held sway over the few city-states scattered among the dunes. Travel between the cities was extremely risky; the planet itself being as deadly a foe as the nomadic raiders and vicious beasts one was sure to encounter.

I have fond memories of the Dark Sun campaign run by my brother back in high school, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ll do with it this time around and how close they will be able to keep to the original theme. Of special interest was the note that they are going back to the firdt box set as far as time line is concerned, which is a good first step.

This is one I’ll be keeping my eye on.

August 14, 2009, 1:14 pm permalink | general |

2 Responses to “Dark Sun”

  1. Juggling Mike, on August 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm wrote:

    I remember buying Dark Sun 1 & 2 for PC back in the day. I quite enjoyed the universe as well, but I have never played it apart from on my computer screen.

  2. Aaron, on August 14th, 2009 at 2:42 pm wrote:

    Ah yes the SSI games - lots of fun, lots of bugs :)

    On a somewhat-related subject; apparently Atari is working on a new D&D game, to be announced next year.

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