Isle of the Ape
Code | WG6 |
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TSR product code | 9153 |
Rules required | 1st Ed AD&D |
Character levels | 18 + |
Campaign setting | Greyhawk |
Authors | Gary Gygax |
First published | 1985 |
Linked modules | |
WG4 WG5 WG6 WG7 |
Isle of the Ape is an adventure module for the
Plot overview
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Isle of the Ape is a scenario in which the player characters encounter a gargantuan ape on an isolated island.[2]
The module includes two new magic spells, and uses rules from the Unearthed Arcana rulebook.[2]
According to From the Ashes, this adventure was set in a demiplane accessed via Castle Tenser.[3]
Publication history
Isle of the Ape, also referred to by its module code WG6, was written by
The
Further history of the Isle of the Ape was revealed in Dungeon Issue #143, where the origins of the tribe residing on the isle are determined to originate from the
Legal History
Isle of the Ape was one of many books named in a 1992 lawsuit between TSR and Game Designers' Workshop regarding the Dangerous Journeys role-playing game and various rulebooks/sourcebooks designed for that game. One section of this lawsuit argued that "The Multiverse adventure concept in Mythus ... and Mythus Magick ... is derived from the Multiverse system found in the AD&D 1st ed. Dungeon Master's Guide (pages 40, ...) ... the AD&D Isle of the Ape game module (throughout, but particularly, pages 2-3, 6 and 8); ..."[10]
Reception
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References
- ^ ISBN 0-88038-238-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Swan, Rick (October 1993). "Role-playing Reviews". Dragon (#198). Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR: 49–51.
- ^ "King Kong, Biography". Answers.com. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ Jason Nelson (2004-10-22). "Behind the Screen: It's a Kind of Magic". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- World of Greyhawk: TSR.
- ISBN 0-7869-1247-2.
- ^ "Tides of Dread". Dungeon (143). Paizo Publishing. February 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-7869-4358-6.
- ^ "TSR, INC, Plaintiff v. GAME DESIGNERS' WORKSHOP, INC. d/b/a GDW, INC., and GDW, OMEGA HELIOS, LTD., and E. GARY GYGAX". Retrieved 2007-12-06.