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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melba Toast" data-source="post: 4619221" data-attributes="member: 80591">Tyr should be a free city. That's what differentiates it from the rest of the cities of Athas. It doesn't have to be a nice place. It can be just as brutal in it's own way.Personally, I liked the mysterious tone of the original boxed set, but it was also very limited. Very little was fleshed out. It was the perfect amount of information for a Player, but for the DM it was inadequate. In order to grasp the setting, there were a handful of supplements which i consider absolutely essential to a basic understanding of the setting: Dune Trader, Slave Tribes, Earth Wind Fire and Water, The Veiled Alliance, Ivory Triangle and Dragon Kings.Dark Sun has always been a complicated setting to run because everything is so foreign. The lack of metal, for instance, required some creative problem-solving on the part of the DM. What does a door hinge in Athas look like? In one of the novels, a door hinge is decribed as leather and bone. Well, ok, but who needs a "pick locks" skill if you can just cut the leather straps that support the door?I would hope that they release a Players' Guide to Athas with everything from the original boxed set, and then a Dungeon Master's Guide which expands on the complexities of running a campaign in Athas.And Brom has to do the art.</blockquote>