====== Isle of Dread ======

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Isle of Dread was the first published [[adventure]] for any version of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] to focus on wilderness exploration as a major theme.  This would go on to be an important element in many other adventures, including most of the rest of the X series. It also introduced numerous creatures to the game for the first time, including the [[kopru]] and [[aranea]], the [[rakasta]] and [[phanaton]], and many others, including several types of dinosaurs.

The adventure came with a fairly detailed (for the time) map of a setting then called the "[[Known World]]", showing no less than 15 distinct nations on the mainland to the north, as well as much of the [[Sea of Dread]] in which the Isle of Dread could be found.  These nations each received a paragraph or so of description near the beginning of the module. This, along with a few pages in the [[Expert Rulebook]] on one of these nations, was the first significant information to be made available on the world that was later known as [[Mystara]].

Isle of Dread was ranked the 16th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] game.

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