The Isle of Dread

The Isle of Dread
The cover of The Isle of Dread, with art by Jeff Dee. The artwork depicts a group of adventurers confronting a gigantic monster.
CodeX1
TSR product code9043
Rules requiredD&D Expert Set
Character levels3 - 7
Campaign settingMystara
AuthorsDavid Cook, Tom Moldvay
First published1981
Linked modules
X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, XL1, XSOLO, XS2

The Isle of Dread is an adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The adventure, module code X1, was originally published in 1981. Written by David "Zeb" Cook and Tom Moldvay, it is among the most widely circulated[1] of all Dungeons & Dragons adventures due to its inclusion as part of the D&D Expert Set.[2][3] In the adventure, the player characters arrive on the Isle of Dread seeking a lost treasure, and there encounter new nonhuman races.[3]

  1. ^ Winter, Steve (2007). "Designer Tom Moldvay". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  2. ^ "D&D Clones". White Dwarf (24). April–May 1981.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).