2ED Dark Sun [Archive] - Wizards Community

2ED Dark Sun [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
concerro
08-17-07, 12:24 AM I only played Dark Sun for a year, and then I did not play again for 3 or 4 years later, but I have always wanted to know why it was never translated to 3ed.
DCAnderson
08-17-07, 12:28 AM Probably because one of the things that killed TSR was trying to support too many settings.

Let's see, off the top of my head they had:

Dragonlance
Greyhawk
Forgotten Realms
Birthright
Dark Sun
Msytara
Planescape
Ravenloft

Though I liked what Wizards did by licensing out some of their settings to other companies like with Dragonlance and Ravenloft, but I guess there were no takers for Dark Sun.
Gorbacz
08-17-07, 05:03 AM You forgot Spelljammer. And Al-Qadim. And... it only proves the point :)

Dark Sun sold poorly enough not to make any big effort to bring it into 3ed by WotC. However, semi-official remake appeared in Dragon and Dungeon magazines and there is the official Dark Sun portal http://www.athas.org/ which does a conversion too.
Optimator
08-17-07, 07:27 AM I only played Dark Sun for a year, and then I did not play again for 3 or 4 years later, but I have always wanted to know why it was never translated to 3ed.

No good reason.
concerro
08-22-07, 04:58 AM I really want to play again. It seemed really difficult, but it was fun. I also have to admit that since nobody bothered to explain anything to me, and I was just there to fill in the blank that I had no idea what was going on, other than when it was time to fight. If they bring some of the old ones back I hope that is one of them.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
concerro 08-17-07, 12:24 AM	I only played Dark Sun for a year, and then I did not play again for 3 or 4 years later, but I have always wanted to know why it was never translated to 3ed.
DCAnderson 08-17-07, 12:28 AM	Probably because one of the things that killed TSR was trying to support too many settings. Let's see, off the top of my head they had: Dragonlance Greyhawk Forgotten Realms Birthright Dark Sun Msytara Planescape Ravenloft Though I liked what Wizards did by licensing out some of their settings to other companies like with Dragonlance and Ravenloft, but I guess there were no takers for Dark Sun.
Gorbacz 08-17-07, 05:03 AM	You forgot Spelljammer. And Al-Qadim. And... it only proves the point :) Dark Sun sold poorly enough not to make any big effort to bring it into 3ed by WotC. However, semi-official remake appeared in Dragon and Dungeon magazines and there is the official Dark Sun portal http://www.athas.org/ which does a conversion too.
Optimator 08-17-07, 07:27 AM	I only played Dark Sun for a year, and then I did not play again for 3 or 4 years later, but I have always wanted to know why it was never translated to 3ed. No good reason.
concerro 08-22-07, 04:58 AM	I really want to play again. It seemed really difficult, but it was fun. I also have to admit that since nobody bothered to explain anything to me, and I was just there to fill in the blank that I had no idea what was going on, other than when it was time to fight. If they bring some of the old ones back I hope that is one of them.