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#1 Reaper_Steve Aug 22, 2010 13:31:41	The back covers of 4E adventures always shows a section of one of the included battlemats. The map on the back of Marauders of the Dune Sea shows a section of a chaotic Athasian city with many colorful tents and shades. I was excited for this map--the section shown made it look much better than the one from Bloodsand Arena. (Not that there's anything wrong with that one, but I like the look of this one better and I was really looking forward to having two Athas city maps.) But then I open it up and the included map is not the one previewed on the back. It looks to have been made with the regular city dungeon tiles, with a little sand layered over it. The buildings are standard fare... this is not Athas. Most egregious are the multiple horse-drawn carts--there are no horses on Athas! I'd really like to know why WotC switched the map. Obviously the Athas-specific one was designed and ready to go. More importantly, I wonder if we'll ever be able to get the map that was *supposed* to be in Marauders of the Dune Sea? It would certainly see a lot of use!
#2 ritorix Aug 22, 2010 13:42:53	This probably happened for the same reason that the Dark Sun tiles have a bunch of blue water. They must have figured Dark Sun didn't have a big enough audience, and to sell the product they had to make it generic enough to fit any setting. They failed on both accounts of course.  The map has goddamned horses and Dune Sea still doesnt easily fit any other setting.
#3 Janx_14 Aug 22, 2010 15:22:30	What annoys me is that they use dungeon tiles for all their maps, instead of making cool looking ones.
#4 slashdevnull Sep 06, 2010 15:10:59	The ironic part of this is that this was a commercial (pay-for) adventure, and the Free Game Day adventure (Bloodsand Arena) included a great gladatorial stadium map. WotC, how about posting the real Mauraders map as a download for subscribers, at the very least?
#5 borysofebe Sep 07, 2010 3:37:34	Damn... Just noticed this How absurd! This tells me that Darksun minatures are unlikely...
#6 theninjad Sep 07, 2010 6:54:46	Damn... Just noticed this How absurd! This tells me that Darksun minatures are unlikely... Dar Sun miniatures are being made (last I heard) but they will probably have a generic twist.
#7 borysofebe Sep 08, 2010 1:55:27	Dark Sun minis? Really? That is excellent news! I will buy them all at soon as they are released. Hear that WOTC?