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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5591635" data-attributes="member: 40177">Simple question.&nbsp; Beyond the rulesets used, which era of the Dark Sun gameline is the best to play in/run?&nbsp; Note that I'm talking about the setting itself, and NOT the games rules associated with it.&nbsp; The choices are described in a bit more detail below:Original Boxed Set:&nbsp; The setting included in the original boxed set, and maybe a few of the earlier splat books.&nbsp; Kalak is still a sorcerer king, Dregoth doesn't exist, etc.Prism Pentad:&nbsp; This is the setting during the Prism Pentad novel series, and the splat books associated with that.&nbsp; Kalak has been killed (and a few sorcerer kings are about to follow), but the world is still dark and mysterious.Revised Boxed Set:&nbsp; Ten years after the events of the Prism Pentad (or some such).&nbsp; There's a limited greening process in the world, the Dragon is dead, more than half of the sorcerer kings are dead, and the world has become much larger in scope.Dragon Magazine:&nbsp; The version from the Dragon remake of Dark Sun.&nbsp; It's three hundred years after the Tyrian revolution.&nbsp; All of the non-Tyrian city-states now have Sorcerer Kings again.&nbsp; A few new psionic races (like Maenadi and Elan) have been introduced.&nbsp; The Veiled Alliance and The Order are both gone.Fourth Edition:&nbsp; A reset of sorts, though Kalak has just died a few weeks before the campaign starts.&nbsp; Dragonborn and Tieflings both exist, as do Eladrin (and a Feywild).&nbsp; Half-giants are now Goliaths.&nbsp; The world is otherwise similar to the original boxed set, with perhaps a bit more comic-book style fantasy as opposed to sword and sandal, and the areas are given a bit more detail.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5591635, member: 40177"] Simple question. Beyond the rulesets used, which era of the Dark Sun gameline is the best to play in/run? Note that I'm talking about the setting itself, and NOT the games rules associated with it. The choices are described in a bit more detail below: [b]Original Boxed Set:[/b] The setting included in the original boxed set, and maybe a few of the earlier splat books. Kalak is still a sorcerer king, Dregoth doesn't exist, etc. [b]Prism Pentad:[/b] This is the setting during the Prism Pentad novel series, and the splat books associated with that. Kalak has been killed (and a few sorcerer kings are about to follow), but the world is still dark and mysterious. [b]Revised Boxed Set:[/b] Ten years after the events of the Prism Pentad (or some such). There's a limited greening process in the world, the Dragon is dead, more than half of the sorcerer kings are dead, and the world has become much larger in scope. [b]Dragon Magazine:[/b] The version from the Dragon remake of Dark Sun. It's three hundred years after the Tyrian revolution. All of the non-Tyrian city-states now have Sorcerer Kings again. A few new psionic races (like Maenadi and Elan) have been introduced. The Veiled Alliance and The Order are both gone. [b]Fourth Edition:[/b] A reset of sorts, though Kalak has just died a few weeks before the campaign starts. Dragonborn and Tieflings both exist, as do Eladrin (and a Feywild). Half-giants are now Goliaths. The world is otherwise similar to the original boxed set, with perhaps a bit more comic-book style fantasy as opposed to sword and sandal, and the areas are given a bit more detail. [/QUOTE]

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