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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5079374" data-attributes="member: 40177">Bah.  Ignore the Prism Pentad.  It's a novel series, not a game series, and it doesn't necessarily expand the setting so much as restrict it.  Gah.First, pick up the boxed set - the original set.  For 4e purposes, it's a better buy, although that's not to say the revised setting sucks.  There's a lot of flavour in both - the original, though, is probably a bit closer to what's coming out for 4e (in that the designers have stated they're working off the original set).  After that, you'll want to get stuff that's heavy in fluff, low on rules.  There are quite a few good products out there, but in terms of sheer necessity...First, you'll want "The Veiled Alliance".  While it is built around the underground preservers in Athas, it is also the best introduction to all of the city-states, which is why it's a wonderful product.  However, the Alliance campaign information is also friggin' amazing, and it can be the basis of an entire campaign - and one of the big problems with DARK SUN is trying to find a way to frame your adventures.Second, I'd pick up the Ivory Triangle.  It really goes into two cities - Nibenay and Gulg, and gives a lot of detail on the surrounding area (an area that is roughly in the centre of the campaign map).  It's a good product for the "ideal DARK SUN" campaign - a combination of city intrigue and wilderness exploration.Those are the absolute necessities, in my book.  City State of Tyr is great for more city-based campaigning... Slave Tribes gives some detail on a major part of wilderness campaigns, Elves of Athas has some pretty good moments, and Valley of Dust and Fire is great if you like more high-powered stuff to throw at the PCs.  Mind Lords of the Last Sea and Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs kind of stray from the "Core" athasian experience, but I think both are interesting works - they just don't necesasrily mesh well with the rest of the campaign setting.</blockquote>

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