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Desert of Athas - Dungeon Tiles: A 4th Edition D&D Accessory |  | Go Tell a Friend | |
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| Creator: Wizards RPG Team
Brand: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Book
List Price: $11.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 37317
Media: Card Book
Edition: Brdgm
Pages: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.7 x 0.5
MPN: 25152
ISBN: 0786953985
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780786953981
ASIN: 0786953985
Publication Date: June 15, 2010
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Product Description
WOC25152 DU7 Desert of Athas Dungeon Tiles Dungeon and Dragons RPG by Wizards of The Coast
This Dungeon and Dragons Roleplaying Game accessory - designed for use with the Dark Sun Campaign Setting and the Marauders of the Dune Sea adventure - gives Dungeon Masters an easy and inexpensive way to include great-looking terrain in their games. This set provides ready-to-use, configurable tiles and three-dimensional enhancements with which to build exciting encounter locations.
This accessory contains six double-sided sheets of illustrated, die-cut terrain tiles printed on heavy cardstock, allowing you to create desert oases, sandstone vaults, and other dungeon and wilderness fixtures. Some of the tiles can be combined to create 3D terrain elements. It is ideal for Dark Sun campaign adventures or any other Dungeon and Dragons setting.
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 Pieces don't fit together correctly. August 28, 2010
Daniel J. Eaton Jr.
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like Harrowing Halls, the Desert of Athas tileset contains 2 sheets of 3D structures, but they fall apart. I assembled my set at the same time as Harrowing Halls. The Athas 3D sheets were perforated differently, and very loose compared to the other set. I couldn't get the stairs to stand up without falling apart. This could be easily remedied with glue, but then you would have to pick one side or the other.
The shapes are essentially the same as before: a staircase, a 4x4x2 building, a couple tables. So while 3D shapes are innovative, they take up more space and reduce the overall value of the product when they can't stand up straight.
"Desert of Athas" should be titled "Beach resort of Athas" August 23, 2010
Whisper
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Major disappointment here. The main issue I have with this tile set it is mostly WATER tiles. Not very useful in a Darksun campaign setting where surface water is almost nonexistent.
Shortchanged on useful tiles August 20, 2010
R. Martin (Philly Suburbs, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Admittedly, tiles depicting different kinds of sand are going to be difficult to create: it is a desert, all you can see is sand and more sand. This set tries to change things up with rock formations and a few trees, but there is only so much one can do, so the back of the tiles have...water, which is even more featureless. Supposedly these water tiles can be used to depict silt pools, but no one is really buying that clean, crisp blue tile as silt, especially since it has waves drawn on it! Also, the sample picture is using those water tiles as--you guessed it--water. A gigantic ocean, no less, with a boat and a pier. The boat and pier are 3D pieces from 2 of the 6 boards in the set. Other 3D pieces are buildings and, bizarrely, a double-decker bus-like vehicle. To me, the 3D pieces are a total waste because they do not scale properly with the flat tiles and look ridiculous when next to a tree that is 2D because it is just a painted image. The Harrowing Halls set has this same problem.
So, what you end up with is a handful of tiles depicting vast stretches of ocean on one side, rocky plateaus in sand dunes on the other, and a few 3D elements. Your ability to make a decent map with these tiles is severely limited: the shading on the rocks makes it awkward to put together nice-looking terrain, and the small number of tiles (due to the 3D pieces) require you to buy more than one set if you want to make a map of any substantial size (like to get something out of range of those ICBM-shooting rangers who can target from 20 squares away).
WOTC has seriously shortchanged the consumer with this set, which is sad because sandy terrain is a much needed and welcome addition to the map tile collection. I'd really like to see them stop making the useless 3D pieces, but I know they won't--it is a marketing ploy to force you to buy more than one of the same set just to get a good number of tiles.
 Great Set August 11, 2010
Felipe Mascarenhas (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great mix of 3d elements (bridge, house, slave cart, stairs, etc.) and some previous unseen types of terrain, like water and sand / barrens.
A must have for any dark sun campaign, and a great product for any DM.
 Great set July 10, 2010
Ziv
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Personally, I've really enjoyed this set. The 3D sheets add something new to the game, make the tactics more tangible and makes my table connect more to what their doing. The wagon (one of the 3D items) came in handy during an escort quest, providing some good cover and tactics. Worth picking up in my opinion.
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