Welcome to the Dark Sun Collector’s Guide!
This is one of a series of Echohawk’s D&D Collector’s Guides (ported to Athas.org with permission from Echohawk), each of which aims to provide a comprehensive guide to D&D products published for a particular setting or era of the game. This particular guide focuses on the Dark Sun campaign setting, which initially ran from 1991 to 1996, and had a 4th edition reboot in 2010.
The Collector’s Guide series started with Dark Sun. A picture of Bohemian Ear Spoon’s 4e Dark Sun collection in the Pinnacle of your Collection thread made Echohawk wonder exactly how much Dark Sun material had been produced over the years? One thing led to another, and soon the first Collector’s Guide was posted on the ENWorld forums. (And the answer to the question was “lots”…)
As noted, this was the first installment when the Collector’s Guides were initially published. The original thread for this Collector’s Guide is here.
Collector’s Guides: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition, Next, Al-Qadim, Birthright, Blackmoor, Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Eberron, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Lankhmar, Miscellaneous, Mystara, Oriental Adventures, Planescape, Ravenloft, Spelljammer
AD&D 2nd Edition products
Boxed sets
Dark Sun Boxed Set (September 1991)
The Ivory Triangle (May 1993)
City by the Silt Sea (August 1994)
Dark Sun Campaign Setting: Expanded and Revised (October 1995)
The Wanderer’s Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (January 1996)
Hardcover books
Dragon Kings (May 1992)
Softcover books
CGR2: The Complete Gladiator’s Handbook (June 1993)
Thri-Kreen of Athas (March 1995)
Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs (December 1995)
Psionic Artifacts of Athas (September 1996)
Monster collections
MC12: Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (February 1992)
Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (March 1995)
Accessories
DSR1: Slave Tribes (January 1992)
DSR2: Dune Trader (April 1992)
DSR3: Veiled Alliance (September 1992)
DSR4: Valley of Dust and Fire (November 1992)
DSS1: City State of Tyr (July 1993)
DSS2: Earth, Air, Fire and Water (September 1993)
DSS3: Elves of Athas (October 1993)
The Will and the Way (June 1994)
Beyond the Prism Pentad (June 1995)
Defilers and Preservers: The Wizards of Athas (June 1996)
Adventures
DS1: Freedom (December 1991)
DSQ1: Road to Urik (March 1992)
DSQ2: Arcane Shadows (July 1992)
DSQ3: Astliclian Gambit (October 1992)
DSE1: Dragon’s Crown (February 1993)
DSM1: Black Flames (April 1993)
DSM2: Merchant House of Amketch (August 1993)
DSM3: Marauders of Nibenay (November 1993)
Black Spine (February 1994)
Forest Maker (April 1994)
Related material
Forbidden Lore (Domain of Kalidnay) (October 1992)
Book of Artifacts (Obsidian Man of Urik, Psychometron of Nerad, Rod of Teeth, Silencer of Bodach) (September 1993)
MC15: Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (“Thrax (Palik)”) (November 1993)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (Jarbo) (Decemeber 1994)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (Giant, Half-Giant (Athasian)) (January 1995)
Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II: A Chilling Collection of Ghastly Creatures (“Thrax (Palik)”) (April 1996)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (Belgoi, Braxat, Bvanen, Life-Shaped Creations: Guardians, Life-Shaped Creations: Transport, Reggelid, Tembo) (November 1996)
Domains of Dread (Domain of Kalidnay) (August 1997)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (Athasian Dolphin, Athasian Fish, Crag Giant, Squark) (November 1998)
D&D 4th Edition products
Hardcover books
Dark Sun Campaign Setting (August 2010)
Dark Sun Creature Catalog (August 2010)
Adventures
Bloodsand Arena (Free RPG Day, June 2010)
Marauders of the Dune Sea (August 2010)
Dungeon Tiles
DU7: Desert of Athas: Dungeon Tiles (June 2010)
Maps
Dark Sun cloth map (Gencon Promo, August 2010)
Dark Sun Desert (December 2010)
Dark Sun City of Tyr Map (December 2010)
Dark Sun World Map (December 2010)
Novels and fiction
Prism Pentad
The Verdant Passage (October 1991, reprinted September 2008)
The Crimson Legion (April 1992, reprinted November 2008)
The Amber Enchantress (October 1992, reprinted January 2009)
The Obsidian Oracle (June 1993, reprinted April 2009)
The Cerulean Storm (September 1993, reprinted July 2009)
Tribe of One Trilogy
The Outcast (November 1993)
The Seeker (April 1994)
The Nomad (October 1994)
Chronicles of Athas
The Brazen Gambit (July 1994)
The Darkness Before Dawn (February 1995)
The Broken Blade (May 1995)
Cinnabar Shadows (July 1995)
The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King (April 1996)
Miscellaneous
City Under the Sand (October 2010)
Under the Crimson Sun (June 2011)
Untold Adventures (June 2011, “Blood Oasis”)
Death Mark (November 2011)
Other products
Miniature reprints
Dark Sun Campaign Setting miniature reprint (1999)
Coffee table books
The Worlds of TSR: A Journey Through the Landscape of the Imagination (Hardcover August 1994, paperback July 1995)
30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (Hardcover October 2004, paperback February 2006)
Computer games, cluebooks and software
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (1993)
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands Clue Book (1993)
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (1994)
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager Clue Book (1994)
Riddle of the Runes: The Worlds of TSR (1995)
Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands (1996)
Comics
Dungeons & Dragons 0 (six covers, August 2010)
Dark Sun 1 (preview; four covers; January 2011)
Dark Sun 2 (preview; three covers; February 2011)
Dark Sun 3 (three covers; March 2011)
Dark Sun 4 (preview; two covers; April 2011)
Dark Sun 5 (two covers; May 2011)
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun - Ianto’s Tomb (Hardcover August 2011, softcover August 2012)
Catalogs
1993 TSR Master Catalog (“Athas: A World Unlike Any Other”, January 1993)
Ral Partha miniatures
10-540: Dark Sun People of the Land (boxed set)
10-541: Dark Sun Light War Chariot (boxed set)
11-700: Gladiators
11-701: Thri-Keen
11-702: Crodlu Riders
11-703: Elves
11-704: Cliff Glider
11-705: Templars
11-706: Tembo
11-707: Adventurers
11-708: Female Gladiators
11-709: Half Giants
11-710: Jozhals
11-711: Belgoi
11-712: Dragon King
11-713: Gith Shaman and Gith Warriors (4)
11-714: Half Giant Warrior
11-715: Anakor
11-716: Elves II
11-717: Mul and 2 Dwarves
11-718: Characters (Human Shaman, Warrior and Halfling)
11-719: Characters (Neeva, Rikus, and Sadria)
Promotional items
Prism Pentad bookmark (1992?)
Black Spine bookmark (1994)
Dark Sun belt buckle (1994)
Dark Sun cap (1994)
Dark Sun cloth patch
Dark Sun pewter pin (1994)
Dark Sun key ring
Dark Sun art prints
Dark Sun Conspectus (1995)
Athasian Sleeve of Refreshment (2010)
Magazine articles
Dragon Magazine
Dragon 173, p10, The Monstrous Side of the Dark Sun World (September 1991)
Dragon 173, p19, A Letter from the Wanderer (September 1991)
Dragon 173, p24, Random Magic for Organized Minds (September 1991)
Dragon 173, p67, A Little Knowledge (September 1991)
Dragon 174, p50, Novel Ideas (October 1991)
Dragon 177, p52, Sage Advice (January 1992)
Dragon 178, p92, Sage Advice (February 1992)
Dragon 182, p29, Sage Advice (June 1992)
Dragon 184, p88, Novel Ideas (August 1992)
Dragon 185, p10, The Arena Master’s Arsenal (September 1992)
Dragon 185, p18, Mastered, Yet Untamed (September 1992)
Dragon 185, p64, Role-playing Reviews (September 1992)
Dragon 185, p76, Sage Advice (September 1992)
Dragon 188, p92, Sage Advice (December 1992)
Dragon 189, p98, Sage Advice (January 1993)
Dragon 190, p72, Novel Ideas (February 1993)
Dragon 191, p78, Sage Advice (March 1993)
Dragon 192, p76, Sage Advice (April 1993)
Dragon 194, p71, Dark Sun Campaign Journal: Slave Hunters and Silt Sailors (June 1993)
Dragon 194, p53, Sage Advice (June 1993)
Dragon 197, p84, Beyond the Dark Horizon (September 1993)
Dragon 197, p90, Ashes to Ashes (September 1993)
Dragon 201, p44, Sage Advice (January 1994)
Dragon 202, p42, The Preserver’s Choice (February 1994)
Dragon 202, p67, Sage Advice (February 1994)
Dragon 203, p79, Sage Advice (March 1994)
Dragon 205, p59, Eye of the Monitor (May 1994)
Dragon 205, p71, Sage Advice (May 1994)
Dragon 206, p88, Sage Advice (June 1994)
Dragon 208, p107, Sage Advice (August 1994)
Dragon 209, p66, 1,001 Faces of Undeath (September 1994)
Dragon 210, p48, Dark Sun Campaign Journal: Adventure Seeds for Athas (October 1994)
Dragon 216, p96, Novel Ideas (April 1995)
Dragon 220, p98, Hunt’s Ends
Dragon 220, p114, The Game Wizards: A New Age Dawns for the Dark Sun Campaign (August 1995)
Dragon 221, p87, The Ecology of the Crystal Spider (September 1995)
Dragon 226, p89, Sage Advice (February 1996)
Dragon 231, p40, Defilers and Preservers (July 1996)
Dragon 234, p40, Artifacts of Athas (October 1996)
Dragon 236, p18, Elemental Summoning Gone Wild (December 1996)
Dragon Annual 1, p93, Heroes of Athas (December 1996)
Dragon 237, p23, On a Waterless Sea (January 1997)
Dragon Annual 2, p22, Campaign Classics: Mindscapes of Athas and Beyond (December 1997)
Dragon 244, p76, Bazaar of the Bizarre: Miracles of Flight (February 1998)
Dragon 245, p70, Bazaar of the Bizarre: Dwarven Relics (March 1998)
Dragon 252, p20, Sage Advice (October 1998)
Dragon 255, p88, Bazaar of the Bizarre: Life-Shapes of Athas (January 1999)
Dragon 258, p42, Wizard Societies
Dragon 284, p64, Campaign Corner (June 2001)
Dragon 315, p32, Defilers of Athas (January 2004)
Dragon 319, p18, Dark Sun Setting & Races (May 2004)
Dragon 319, p32, Dark Sun Classes: Heroes of a Dying World (May 2004)
Dragon 319, p38, Dark Sun Equipment and Rules: Tempered by a Burning World (May 2004)
Dragon 339, p22, Dragon Kings (January 2006)
Dragon 351, p32, Athas and the World Serpent Inn (January 2007)
Dragon 364, p66, Campaign Classics: Hazards of Dark Sun (June 2008)
Dragon 387, p72, Ampersand (May 2010)
Dragon 388, p58, Design & Development: Returning to Athas, Part 1 (June 2010)
Dragon 389, p11, Fiction: Blood Oasis (July 2010)
Dragon 389, p86, Design & Development: Returning to Athas, Part 2 (July 2010)
Dragon 390, p5, Templars of the Sorcerer-Kings (August 2010)
Dragon 390, p16, Sweating Under a Dark Sun: Slave of Athas (August 2010)
Dragon 390, p94, Design & Development: Psionics, Magic, and Metal (August 2010)
Dragon 391, p5, Monster Hunters of Athas (September 2010)
Dragon 391, p55, Winning Races: Muls Beyond the Desert (September 2010)
Dragon 391, Traveling the Sandswept Roads (September 2010)
Dragon 393, p19, Arena Masters (November 2010)
Dragon 395, Primal Spirits of Athas (January 2011)
Dragon 396, Winning Races: Genasi of Athas (February 2011)
Dragon 397, Athasian Familiars (March 2011)
Dragon 406, Eye on Dark Sun: Ur Draxa (December 2011)
Dragon 407, Eye on Dark Sun: King Hanaksaman (January 2012)
Dragon 408, Eye on Dark Sun: Faded Power (February 2012)
Dragon 409, Eye on Dark Sun: The Black Blade of Raam (March 2012)
Dragon 410, Eye on Dark Sun: Vaults of the Father and Master (April 2012)
Dragon 411, Eye on Dark Sun: The Tsochar (May 2012)
Dragon 411, Winning Races: Thri-Kreen (May 2012)
Dragon 412, Eye on Dark Sun: The Ivory Dungeon (June 2012)
Dragon 413, Eye on Dark Sun: The Crown of Whispers (July 2012)
Dragon 414, Eye on Dark Sun: Slaves of the Oba (August 2012)
Dragon 415, Eye on Dark Sun: The Ghost Caravan of Death (September 2012)
Dragon 416, p33, Eye on Dark Sun: The Withering Ones (October 2012)
Dragon 417, p31, Eye on Dark Sun: Ysrilla Lightstep (November 2012)
Dragon 418, p49, Eye on Dark Sun: The Widow’s Spirit (December 2012)
Dungeon Magazine
Dungeon 35, p26, The Year of Priest’s Defiance (May 1992)
Dungeon 44, p36, Raiders of the Chanth (November 1993)
Dungeon 56, p38, Grave Circumstances (November 1995)
Dungeon 110/Polyhedron 169, p56, Last Stand at Outpost Three (May 2004)
Dungeon 179, p61, Eye on Dark Sun: Sunwarped Flats (June 2010)
Dungeon 180, p68, Eye on Dark Sun: The Dragon’s Altar (July 2010)
Dungeon 181, p4, The Vault of Darom Madar (August 2010)
Dungeon 181, p70, Eye on Dark Sun: Mar Juk-Adan, Dune Trader (August 2010)
Dungeon 182, p62, Eye on Dark Sun: The Broken Builders (September 2010)
Dungeon 183, p4, Revenge of the Marauders (October 2010)
Dungeon 183, p53, Eye on Dark Sun: Magma Elementals (October 2010)
Dungeon 183, October Adventure Hooks: Doing Your Groundwork (October 2010)
Dungeon 184, p53, Eye on Dark Sun: Silt Elementals (November 2010)
Dungeon 186, Eye on Dark Sun: Eldaarich (January 2011)
Dungeon 187, Dark Sun: Threats of Athas (February 2011)
Dungeon 187, Eye on Dark Sun: The Heartwood Spear (February 2011)
Dungeon 187, Beneath the Dust (February 2011)
Dungeon 188, Eye on Dark Sun: The Mahin’drazal (March 2011)
Dungeon 189, Eye on Dark Sun: The Accursed Legion (April 2011)
Dungeon 190, Eye on Dark Sun: Kalidnay (May 2011)
Dungeon 191, Eye on Dark Sun: Six-Fingered Sign (June 2011)
Dungeon 192, Eye on Dark Sun: The Eye of Ablach-Re (July 2011)
Dungeon 193, Eye on Dark Sun: The Ravenous (August 2011)
Dungeon 194, Eye on Dark Sun: House of the Mind (September 2011)
Dungeon 195, Eye on Dark Sun: Terrors of the Silt Sea (October 2011)
Dungeon 196, Eye on Dark Sun: The Nine Swords of Tyr (November 2011)
Dungeon 202, Dark Sun: It Burns So Good (May 2012)
Dungeon 202, Cruel as a Desert Wind (May 2012)
Dungeon 202, The Isle of Death (May 2012)
Dungeon 202, Traveling the Athasian Wastes (May 2012)
Dungeon 202, The True (May 2012)
Polyhedron Newszine
Polyhedron 59, p16, A New World to Conquer (May 1991)
Polyhedron 61, Insert, Dark Sun Arena Character Sheet (July 1991)
Polyhedron 63, p2, Bookwyrms (September 1991)
Polyhedron 74, p2, Geran (August 1992)
Polyhedron 75, p20, Thri-kreen: Language of the Mantis Warriors (September 1992)
Polyhedron 79, p3, Take a Byte (January 1993)
Polyhedron 80, p2, Take a Byte (February 1993)
Polyhedron 80, p9, Guarded Wagon (February 1993)
Polyhedron 80, p15, Dark Sun Player Characters (February 1993)
Polyhedron 80, p19, Dark Sun World Monsters (February 1993)
Polyhedron 86, p31, Take a Byte (August 1993)
Polyhedron 87, p26, Bartering Made Easy (September 1993)
Polyhedron 99, p5, Coin Collecting Under Athas’s Hot Sun (September 1994)
Polyhedron 99, p8, New Gladiator Weapons (September 1994)
Polyhedron 99, p12, The Enemy of My Enemy (September 1994)
Polyhedron 99, p19, Templars of the Tyr Region (September 1994)
Polyhedron 100, p20, Kre’ketrac (October 1994)
Polyhedron 134, p13, Intrigue in Raam (January 1999)
Dungeon 110/Polyhedron 169, p58, The Dark Sun DM’s Guide (May 2004)
Dungeon 110/Polyhedron 169, p82, Dark Sun Monsters, Part One (May 2004)
Dungeon 111/Polyhedron 170, p88, Dark Sun Monsters, Part Two (June 2004)
Electronic releases
AD&D 2nd Edition web downloads
King’s Age Calendar/Timeline of Athas
Psionic Abilities and Powers Update
Athasian Templar Class
Athas.org releases
Villages of the Wastes (September 2000)
Wizard’s Spell Compendium (October 2000)
Terrors of the Dead Lands (January 2002)
Wisdom of the Drylanders (October 2002)
Tyrian Conspiracy (June 2003)
City State of Draj (August 2003)
Whispers of the Storm (August 2003)
Dark Sun 3 (November 2003)
Terrors of Athas (February 2004)
Prestige Class Appendix, Volume 1 (December 2005)
Dregoth Ascending (March 2006)
Prestige Class Appendix, Volume 2 (June 2007)
Trade Lords (January 2007)
Life-Shaping Handbook (August 2007)
Faces of the Forgotten North (September 2007)
Athasian Emporium (December 2007)
Legends of Athas (January 2008)
