Ravenloft

Ravenloft is a fictional place, a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension or demiplane, called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called "domains", brought together by a mysterious force known only as the Dark Powers. Each domain is tailored to and mystically ruled by a being called a Darklord who is forever trapped and surrounded by magical mists surrounding the domain. Strahd Von Zarovich, a vampire in the original AD&D Ravenloft I6 module 1983, became the first Darklord, both ruler and prisoner of his own personal domain of Barovia. How Count Von Zarovich became the darklord of Barovia was detailed in the novel, I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire. As originally established in the Ravenloft: Realm of Terror boxed set known as "the Black Box" released in 1990, The Ravenloft campaign setting was located in the Ethereal Plane. As a physical manifestation of that plane, lands, monsters and even people were created out of the mysterious mists, and the realm acted as a prison where one could enter or be transported, but means of escape were few. Other Ravenloft Domains and Darklords were eventually added in various AD&D 2nd edition (and then later in 3rd edition) products establishing a core continent attached around Barovia which could be traveled to by others if their respective lords allowed entering or leaving their borders; while some Domains remained isolated in the mists and were referred to as Islands.[1]

This article is about Dungeons & Dragons Campaign setting. For other uses, see Ravenloft (disambiguation).

Ravenloft

The Ravenloft logo.
Designer(s)	Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Bruce Nesmith, Andria Hayday, William W. Connors, Andrew Cermak, John Mangrum, Andrew Wyatt, et al.
Publisher(s)	TSR, Inc Wizards of the Coast Swords & Sorcery Studios and Arthaus (White Wolf Publishing imprints)
Publication date	1983–2019
Genre(s)	Gothic horror
System(s)	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st and 2nd Editions; Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Ed. d20 System, and D&D v3.5 D&D 5th Edition

Setting

Ravenloft is primarily a Gothic horror setting. Dungeon Masters are encouraged to use scenes that build apprehension and fear, culminating in the eventual face-to-face meeting with the nameless evil.[2] Characters have a much greater significance attached to their acts, especially if they are morally impure, as they risk coming under the influence of the Dark Powers (through the game process called "dark powers checks") and gradually transforming themselves into figures of evil.

The magical mists of Ravenloft could appear anywhere in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, drawing evil-doers (or player characters) into the Ravenloft setting. One exception is the phlogiston of the Spelljammer setting.[3][4] The phlogiston blocks all planar travel, but the Ravenloft mists can appear in deep space inside crystal shells, according to the Complete Spacefarer's Handbook.[5]

The Dark Powers

The Dark Powers are a malevolent force who control the Demiplane of Dread. Their exact nature and number are deliberately kept vague, allowing for plot development in accordance with the Gothic tradition of storytelling – where the heroes are frequently outclassed and outnumbered by unknowable evil forces beyond their control.

The Dark Powers most frequently serve as a plot device for Ravenloft, especially concerning the Darklords, the de facto visible rulers of the Ravenloft Demiplane. Where the player characters are often tormented and opposed by the Darklords, the Darklords are themselves tormented and opposed by the Dark Powers. Of course, the difference lies in order of power—while many D&D adventures focus on allowing a band of heroes to prevail over a Darklord (much as in the spirit of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula), no such victory over the Dark Powers seems possible, or even conceivable, for the Darklords. Vecna and Lord Soth "escaped" Ravenloft, but are the only two Darklords known to have done so; Vecna by attaining the status of Greater God (and thus becoming too powerful for the Dark Powers to contain) and Lord Soth by ignoring his domain and punishment, causing the Dark Powers to lose interest in imprisoning him, and agents of his former curse on the world of Krynn coming to collect him.

Most frequently, the Dark Powers make their wishes and intentions known through subtle manipulations of fate. Thus, Barovia's vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich's many attempts to win back his love, Tatyana, are doomed to failure, but the Dark Powers arrange such that he never truly loses hope. Each time, for example, Strahd's own actions may be partially culpable for his failure, and as such he may go through crippling self-recrimination, rather than cursing the gods solely and giving up. Most other Darklords have similar tales of frustration, kept all the more unbearable because the flicker of the possibility of success is never truly extinguished.

Not all Darklords acknowledge the Dark Powers directly, however. Strahd, for example, in his own memoirs, speaks only of a force known as Death, who mocks him with the voices of his family and former colleagues throughout his life. Vlad Drakov, the Darklord of Falkovnia whose military expeditions are doomed to constant failure, seems even to be totally oblivious to any non-mortal factors in his repeated defeats.

The Dark Powers also seem capable of non-evil manipulations. Although their machinations are often directly responsible for the misery of many of Ravenloft's inhabitants, they also appear to play a role as dispensers of justice. Some tales of innocents who have escaped Ravenloft for happier environs are attributed to the Dark Powers, who have judged a being worthy of reward and release from their misty domain.

The precise nature of the Dark Powers of Ravenloft is never explicitly described in the game material, with the exception of a few of the novels based on the setting, and even those are considered non-canon. In a sense, the Dark Powers are intended to be eternal unknowns, an array of mercurial, unforeseeable, and inscrutable wills whose motives and actions the player characters cannot hope to understand.

History

The first appearance of the setting was in Ravenloft, a stand-alone Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure module (no. I6), published in 1983. It was popular enough to spawn a 1986 sequel, Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill, and an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks novel, Master of Ravenloft, the same year.

Ravenloft was launched as a full-fledged campaign setting, for AD&D 2nd Edition, in 1990,[6] with the Realm of Terror boxed set, popularly known as the "Black Box", and winner of the Origins Award in 1991 for "Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1990".[7]

The campaign setting was revised twice during AD&D 2nd Edition: first as the Ravenloft Campaign Setting or "Red Box", then as the Domains of Dread hardback.

In 1994, Ravenloft spun off into a sub-setting called Masque of the Red Death, set on Gothic Earth, an Edgar Allan Poe-influenced alternative Earth of the 1890s, where fantasy creatures and magic exist in the shadows of civilization.[8]

TSR also published a series of novels set in Ravenloft. Each was typically focused on one of the darklords that inhabited the Ravenloft world, with several focusing on the figure of Count Strahd von Zarovich. Many of these early novels were by authors who would later receive wider fame as horror/dark fantasy authors. These authors have included Elaine Bergstrom, P. N. Elrod, Christie Golden, and Laurell K. Hamilton.[9][10]

D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast (parent company of TSR) in 2000 licensed the Ravenloft brand to White Wolf Publishing, which released (under its Sword & Sorcery Studios and later Arthaus imprints) versions of the setting for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition d20 System rules (as Ravenloft Campaign Setting – Core Rulebook) in 2001, and for Dungeons & Dragons Version 3.5 (as Ravenloft – Player's Handbook – v.3.5 Core Campaign Setting) in 2003.

The campaign settings published by White Wolf introduced a number of alterations, many due to conflicts with existing Wizards of the Coast intellectual property. Specific references to D&D-specific deities were replaced with new names in the White Wolf Ravenloft settings (for example, Bane was changed to the Lawgiver). The license to the Ravenloft trademark reverted to Wizards of the Coast on August 15, 2005, but White Wolf retained the right to continue to sell its back stock until June 2006. The timing of this reversion meant that the Ravenloft supplement Van Richten's Guide to the Mists did not see print. Instead, it was released by White Wolf as a free download in late September 2005.[11] The majority of the Van Richten's Guide series had already been published by TSR in the 1990s, before White Wolf's involvement.

In October 2006, Wizards of the Coast released Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, a hardcover version of the original 1st Ed. adventure, updated for the Dungeons & Dragons v.3.5 rule set. This 2006 version includes maps from the original Ravenloft adventure, and new character-generation options. Expedition to Castle Ravenloft is a stand-alone supplement set for any D&D worlds, and only requires the three core books for usage. This book's setting is distinct from the Ravenloft of the White Wolf product line.[12]

In 2007, Wizards of the Coast announced the printing of two new Ravenloft novels for 2008, Black Crusade and The Sleep of Reason,[13] fueling more speculation. A short story by Ari Marmell, "Before I Wake", based on the realms of Darkon, Lamordia, and Bluetspur was released on October 31, 2007, on the Wizards of the Coast website as a special for Halloween; it featured characters inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.[14]

In September 2008, it was announced in Wizard of the Coast's Digital Insider no. 6 that Ravenloft would be re-introduced to 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, in the October issue of the Dragon online magazine. The Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed. supplement Manual of the Planes (2008) established that in the 4th Ed. retconned cosmology, the Domains of Dread (and by extension the Ravenloft setting) are now located within the Shadowfell, a mirror-world of death and gloom lying adjacent to the mortal realm. However, no Ravenloft campaign-based material beyond this was released by Wizards of the Coast for D&D 4th Ed. The only official Ravenloft related release was the Castle Ravenloft Board Game in 2010 using a simplified version of 4th edition rules, the first in the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System board game series.[15]

A standalone Ravenloft Roleplaying Game, based on the D&D 4th Ed. rules, was scheduled for publication in late 2011,[16] but the product was never released.

A new adventure for D&D 5th Ed., titled Curse of Strahd, was released in March 2016.[17] It was developed in-house by the Wizards of the Coast team, led by Christopher Perkins, with story contributions by original creators Tracy and Laura Hickman. Designed to be a retelling of the original no. I6 Ravenloft adventure module, Curse of Strahd expanded the content into a much larger sandbox, detailing several new towns, characters, and subplots in Barovia to provide enough content to take players from level 1 to level 10. The established Ravenloft Campaign setting of previous editions was ignored. This adventure set in Barovia is placed in the default campaign for 5th edition of Forgotten Realms.[18]

Official products

Ravenloft is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st edition) written by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman published by TSR, Inc. in 1983. It detailed a vampire, Count Strahd Von Zarovich and his castle, Ravenloft. Listed as the second greatest D&D game adventure of all time,[19] it was a popular best seller. A sequel, Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill AD&D adventure module was published in 1986. Strahd became one of the most enduring and iconic villains of the Dungeons & Dragons game.[20]

These adventures later served as the basis for an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition) campaign setting called "Ravenloft", first introduced in the 1990 release of the Ravenloft: Realm of Terror boxed set. Many Ravenloft related products including game modules, campaign expansions, accessories, novels, and other materials have since been published through several editions of Dungeons & Dragons.[21] Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR) was started in 1973, founded by Gary Gygax, inventor of Dungeons & Dragons.[22] TSR, Inc. published D&D products for 24 years 1974-1997, beginning with the release of the original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set (commonly abbreviated OD&D) in 1974,[23] and was purchased in 1997 by Wizards of the Coast, Inc (WotC). WotC continued use the TSR name on their D&D products until the year 2000 and the end of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition. Dungeons & Dragons celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1999 with the release of several collector's edition products near the end of AD&D 2nd edition run. The "Advanced" portion of the title (long used to differentiate from the "classic" simpler D&D rules started with the Basic boxed set in 1977, itself a consolidation of the OD&D rules of 1974) was dropped beginning with the release of the 3rd edition of D&D released by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and all versions were consolidated into a unified Dungeons & Dragons product.

WotC began the open gaming license, allowing third party companies to publish Dungeons & Dragons products, under the D20 system.[24] In 3rd and 3.5 editions of D&D, Ravenloft Campaign setting was continued by Sword and Sorcery Studios (S&SS) was an imprint of White Wolf, Inc., used to publish its d20 System & Open Gaming License D&D material. Wizards of the Coast was purchased by Hasbro, Inc. The end of the Open gaming License meant that the last S&SS (White Wolf) Ravenloft product Van Richten's Guide to the Mists did not see print but was released instead as a free PDF on the internet. Wizards of the Coast also published stand alone 3.5 edition, 4th edition, and 5th edition Ravenloft products.

The following list excludes several gaming miniatures, comics or collectible cards that have been released bearing the Ravenloft logo or that have ties to Ravenloft characters.

TSR

Code/Description	Product Number	Title	Player Levels	Author(s)	Published	Company	Notes
I6	TSR 9075	Ravenloft[25]	levels 5-7	Tracy & Laura Hickman	1983	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 1st ed. adventure module ISBN 0-88038042-X
I10	TSR 9181	Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill	levels 8-10	Tracy Hickman & Laura Hickman	1986	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 1st ed. adventure module ISBN 9780880383226
#6 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks	TSR 8956	Master of Ravenloft[26]	solo reader	Jean Blashfield	Jan. 1986	TSR, Inc.	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks[27] ISBN 0-88038-261-9
"Black Box" Ravenloft Campaign Setting	TSR 1050	Ravenloft: Realm of Terror	all levels	Bruce Nesmith and Andria Hayday	1990	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed.Campaign Setting boxed set. Contains: Realm of Terror 144p. book, 24 Cardstock accessory sheets, 4 Fold-out maps, 1 hex grid transparent map overlay ISBN 0-88038-853-6
RA1	TSR 9298	Feast of Goblyns[28]	levels 4-7	Blake Mobley	1990	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-88038-877-3
WGA4[29]	TSR 9309	Vecna Lives![30]	levels 12-15	David Cook (game designer)	1990	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module. Although set in the World of Greyhawk Campaign Setting, there is considerable crossover material used later in the Ravenloft setting, acting as an in-game story means of trapping Vecna inside the Demi-plane of Ravenloft as a Darklord. ISBN 0-88038-897-8
RA2	TSR 9321	Ship of Horror	levels 8-10	Anne Brown	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-127-X
RA3	TSR 9338	Touch of Death	levels 3-5	Bruce Nesmith	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-144-X
MC10	TSR 2122	Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix	all levels	various	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory loose leaf —64 pages, 4 dividers, folder ISBN 1-56076-108-3
1 first in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8056	Vampire of the Mists[31]	novel	Christie Golden	Sept. 1991	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-155-5
2 second in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8057	Knight of the Black Rose	novel	James Lowder	Dec. 1991	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1560761563
RR1	9331	Darklords	levels 5 and up	various	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory (NPC villains) ISBN 1-56076-137-7
RR2	TSR 9336	Book of Crypts	levels 3 and up	Dale "Slade" Henson with J. Robert King	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory (mini adventures) ISBN 1-56076-142-3
RR3	TSR 9345	Van Richten's Guide to Vampires	all levels	Nigel D. Findley	1991	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-151-2
RR4	TSR 9348	Islands of Terror	all levels	Collin McComb & Scott Bennie	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-349-3
RR5	TSR 9355	Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts	all levels	William W. Connors	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-351-5
"Major rules expansion" boxed set	TSR 1079	Forbidden Lore boxed set	all levels	William W. Connors & Bruce Nesmith	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory/campaign expansion boxed set. Contains: Oaths of Evil 32p. book, Dark Recesses 32p. book, Nova Arcanum 32p. book, Cryptic Allegiances 32p. book, The Waking Dream 32p. book, Fold-out map, Tarokka deck of 54 cards, Dikesha set of 5 dice. ISBN 1-56076-354-X
RQ1	TSR 9352	Night of the Walking Dead	levels 1-3	Bill Slavicsek	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-350-7
RQ2	TSR 9364	Thoughts of Darkness	Levels 12-15	David Wise	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-353-1
RQ3	TSR 9375	From the Shadows	Levels 9-12	Bruce Nesmith	1992	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-356-6
3 third in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8058	Dance of the Dead (novel)	novel	Christie Golden	jun. 1992	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-352-3
4 fourth in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8059	Heart of Midnight	novel	J. Robert King	Dec. 1992	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-355-8
Deluxe adventure set	TSR 1088	Castles Forlorn boxed adventure set	levels 4-6	Lisa Smedman	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure boxed set. Contains: The Weeping Land 96p. book, Melancholy Meetings 32p. book, Eve of Sorrows 32p. book, two Fold-out maps, Fold-out poster.
RS1 (RR6) labelled RS1 incorrectly, that code was previously given to a Red Sonja D&D module	TSR 9412	Van Richten's Guide to the Lich	All levels	Eric. W. Haddock	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-572-0
RR7	TSR 9416	Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts	All levels	Nigel Findley	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-633-6
MC15	TSR 2139	Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II: Creatures of the Night	All levels	various	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory loose leaf —32 pages, 4 dividers, folder ISBN 1-56076-586-0
RM1	TSR 9413	Roots of Evil	levels 9-12	Eric Haddock & David Wise	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-597-6
RM2	TSR 9414	The Created	levels 2-4	Bruce Nesmith	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-610-7
RM3	TSR 9415	Web of Illusion	levels 7-9	William W. Connors	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-618-2
RM4	TSR 9418	House of Strahd	levels 6-13	Tracy & Laura Hickman	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-671-9
(RM5)	TSR 9419	Dark of the Moon	levels 5-9	L. Richard Baker III	1993	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-688-3
5 fifth in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8060	Tapestry of Dark Souls	novel	Elaine Bergstrom	Mar. 1993	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-571-2
6 sixth in Ravenloft novel series	TSR 8061	Carnival of Fear	novel	J. Robert King	Jul. 1993	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-628-X
(7) seventh printed novel in the Ravenloft series, although it was an unnumbered Hardback release, so the following paperback novel series numbers are in error	TSR 8062	I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire	novel	P. N. Elrod	Oct. 1993	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel Hardback ISBN 0-7869-0175-6
Random House Audiobooks (2 cassettes)	RH 310	I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire(abridged)	audio book on tape	P. N. Elrod, narrated by Roddy McDowall	1993	TSR, Inc. & Random House, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel book-on-tape ISBN 0-679-42969-7
Terror in the 1890s (Gothic Earth)	TSR 1103	Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales campaign expansion boxed set	all levels	William W. Connors, D.J. Heinrich, Shane Hensley & Colin McComb	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. campaign expansion boxed set. Contains: A Guide to Gothic Earth 128p. book, Red Tide 32p. book, Red Jack 32p. book, Red Death 32p. book, Three-panel DM screen, Fold-out map, Fold-out poster. ISBN 1-56076-877-0
"red Box" updated/revised campaign setting	TSR 1108	Ravenloft Campaign Setting boxed set	all levels	Bruce Nesmith, Andria Hayday & William W. Connors	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. campaign setting boxed set. Contains: Realm of Terror 160p. book, Domains and Denizens 128p. book, Four-panel DM screen, two Fold-out maps, Fold-out poster, Tarokka 54 card deck. ISBN 1-56076-942-4
(RR8)	TSR 9417	Van Richten's Guide to the Created	all levels	Teeuwynn Woodruff	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-819-3
(RR9)	TSR 9451	Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead	all levels	Skip Williams	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-873-8
(MCRavenloftIII)	TSR 2153	Ravenloft Monsterous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness	all levels	Kirk Botulla, Shane Hensley, Nicky Rea & Teeuwynn Woodruff	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 1-56076-914-9
(RM6)	TSR 9439	Adam's Wrath	levels 5-7	Lisa Smedman	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-833-9
(RM7)	TSR 9452	The Awakening	levels 4-6	Lisa Smedman	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-883-5
(RM8)	TSR 9456	Hour of the Knife	levels 4-6	Bruce Nesmith & Lisa Smedman	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-892-4
(RM9)	TSR 9466	Howls in the Night	levels 3-5	Colin McComb	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 1-56076-927-0
38 Endless Quest (series 2)[32]	TSR 8089	Castle of the Undead[33]	solo reader	Nick Baron	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. Ravenloft Endless Quest Books series ISBN 1-56076-836-3
7 (8) listed as "seventh in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the eighth published	TSR 8063	The Enemy Within (novel)	novel	Christie Golden	Feb. 1994	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-887-8
8 (9) listed as "eighth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the ninth published	TSR 8064	Mordenheim	novel	Chet Williamson	May 1994	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-852-5
(10) tenth published in the Ravenloft books series although unnumbered on the cover	TSR 8065	Tales of Ravenloft	short story anthology	various authors, Edited by Brian Thomsen	Sep. 1994	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 1-56076-931-9
9 (11) listed as "ninth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the eleventh published	TSR 8067	Tower of Doom	novel	Mark Anthony (writer)	Nov. 1994	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0062-8
SSI Strategic Simulations, Inc.	EA 9048	Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession	computer game (DOS)	Dreamforge Event Horizon Software, Inc.	1994	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. computer game IBM PC product
campaign expansion boxed set	TSR 1124	The Nightmare Lands campaign expansion boxed set	all levels	Shane Lacy Hensley & Bill Slavicsek	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. campaign expansion boxed set. Contains: The Journal of Dr. Illhousen 32p. book, The Rules of Dreams and Nightmares 64p. book, Book of Nightmares 64p. book, The Nightmare Lands Monstrous Supplement 16p. book, 2 Fold-out maps. ISBN 0-7869-0174-8
(RR10)	TSR 9477	Van Richten's Guide to Fiends	all levels	Teeuwyn Woodruff	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0122-5
(RR11)	TSR 9495	Chilling Tales	levels 3-9	Lisa Smedman	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory (mini adventures) ISBN 0-7869-0142-X
(RR12)	TSR 9496	Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani	all levels	David Wise	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0122-5
Masque of the Red Death (Gothic Earth campaign) expansion accessory	TSR 9498	Gothic Earth Gazetteer	all levels	William W. Connors	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0193-4
(RM10)	TSR 9476	When Black Roses Bloom	level 4-6	Lisa Smedman	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0101-2
(RM11)	TSR 9493	Circle of Darkness	levels 5-7	Drew Bittner	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0128-4
(RM12)	TSR 9497	The Evil Eye (Ravenloft)	no levels specified	Steve Kurtz	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0167-5
(RM13)	TSR 9499	Neither Man Nor Beast	levels 1-4	Jeff Grubb	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0205-1
SSI Strategic Simulations, Inc.	062271	Ravenloft: Stone Prophet	computer game (DOS)	Dreamforge Event Horizon Software, Inc.	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. computer game IBM PC product
44 Endless Quest (series 2)	TSR 8096	Night of the Tiger	solo reader	Jean Rabe	1995	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. Ravenloft Endless Quest Books series ISBN 0-7869-0114-4
10 (12) listed as "Tenth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the twelfth published	TSR 8069	Baroness of Blood	novel	Elaine Bergstrom	Mar. 1995	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0146-2
11 (13) listed as "Eleventh in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the thirteenth published	TSR 8068	Death of a Darklord	novel	Laurell K. Hamilton	Jun. 1995	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0112-8
12 (14) listed as "Twelfth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the fourteenth published	TSR 8070	Scholar of Decay	novel	Tanya Huff	Dec. 1995	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0206-X
(7) I, Strahd paperback release.	TSR 8062	I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire	novel	P. N. Elrod	first hardback printing Oct. 1993, first paperback printing Sep. 1995	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel paperback ISBN 0-7869-0175-6
Boxed adventure/campaign expansion set	TSR 1141	Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten boxed adventure set	all levels	William W. Connors & Dave Gross with Steve Miller (game designer)	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure boxed set. Contains: Book One: Sea of Madness 96p. book, Book Two: Homecoming 64p. book, Book Three: Heroes, Monsters, and Settings 32p. book, Fold-out map. ISBN 0-7869-0386-4
campaign expansion boxed set	TSR 1146	Requiem: The Grim Harvest boxed campaign expansion set	levels 6-10	William W. Connors & Lisa Smedman	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. Campaign expansion boxed set. Contains: Requiem 96p. book, Necropolis 32p. book, Death Triumphant 64p. book, Fold-out map. ISBN 0-7869-0431-3
Audio CD adventure	TSR 9494	A Light in the Belfry boxed adventure set	levels 6-8	William W. Connors	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. Adventure audio CD boxed set. Contains: A Light in the Belfry 32p. book, Audio CD, Track Index, Fold-out map. ISBN 0-7869-0133-0
Masque of the Red Death (Gothic Earth campaign) expansion accessory	TSR 9529	A Guide to Transylvania	all levels	Nicky Rea	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0424-0
official campaign accessory	TSR 9510	Forged in Darkness	all levels	William W. Connors	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0369-4
accessory and adventure	TSR 9513	Children of the Night: Vampires	all levels	Paul Culotta & Steve Miller with Jonathan Ariadne Caspian and Carol L. Johnson	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory and adventure ISBN 0-7869-0378-3
(MCRavenloftI&II) accessory	TSR 2162	Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II	all levels	William W. Connors	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory (Reprints MC10 Ravenloft Appendix (I) and MC15 Ravenloft Appendix II ISBN 0-7869-0392-9
(RM14)	TSR 9523	Death Unchained	levels 1-4	Lisa Smedman	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0408-9
(RM15)	TSR 9526	Death Ascendant	levels 6-8	Lisa Smedman	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0414-3
13 (15) listed as "Thirteenth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the fifteenth published	TSR 8071	King of the Dead (novel)	novel	Gene De Weese	Mar. 1996	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0483-6
14 (16) listed as "fourteenth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the sixteenth published	TSR 8072	To Sleep with Evil	novel	Andrea Cardarelle	Sep. 1996	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0515-8
Akklaim entertainment, Inc.	SONY	Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft	video game PlayStation 1	Take 2 interactive Software	1996	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. video game Sony PlayStation 1
updated/revised campaign setting hardback	TSR 2174	Domains of Dread	all levels	William W. Connors & Steve Miller	1997	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. campaign setting hardcover book. ISBN 0-7869-0672-3
15 (17) listed as "Fifteenth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the seventeenth published.	TSR 8073	Lord of the Necropolis	novel	Gene DeWeese	Oct. 1997	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0660-X
mislabeled as an adventure (accessory) Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9555	Children of the Night: Ghosts	all levels	the Kargat	1997	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0752-5
Forgotten Realms/Ravenloft crossover official game adventure. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9544	Castle Spulzeer	levels 8-12	Doug Stewart	1997	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0669-3
Ravenloft/Forgotten Realms crossover official game adventure. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9537	The Forgotten Terror	levels 10-12	William W. Connors	1997	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0699-5
accessory. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9559	Champions of the Mists	all levels	William W. Connors	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-0765-7
accessory. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9583	Children of the Night: Werebeasts	all levels	William W. Connors	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-1202-2
Free TSR Gold Map accessory. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 91271	Introduction to the Land of the Mists	all levels	William W. Connors	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory Fold-out map
(RM16) Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9541	Servants of Darkness	levels 4-6	Kevin Melka & Steve Miller	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0659-6
(RM17) Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 1163	The Shadow Rift	levels 4-6	William W. Connors, Cindi Rice & John D. Rateliff	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-0737-1
(RM18) Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 9582	Vecna Reborn	levels 5-7	Monte Cook	1998	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-1201-4
16 (18) listed as "sixteenth in an open-ended series of Gothic horror tales dealing with the masters and monsters of the Ravenloft dark fantasy setting" but is actually the eightteenth published. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 8074	Shadowborn	novel	William W. Connors & Carrie A. Bebris	Mar. 1998	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0766-5
(19) Ravenloft novel series. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 8075	I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin	novel	P.N. Elrod	Jun. 1998	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-0754-1
(20) Ravenloft novel series. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 21333	Spectre of the Black Rose	novel	James Lowder & Voronica Whitney-Robinson	Mar. 1999	TSR, Inc.	Ravenloft series AD&D 2nd ed. novel ISBN 0-7869-1333-9
accessory, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11382	Carnival	all levels	John W. Mangrum & Steve Miller	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-1382-7
accessory, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11360	Children of the Night: The Created	all levels	The Kargat	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. accessory ISBN 0-7869-1360-6
Silver Anniversary Collector's Edition RPGA exclusive adventure module, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11397	Ravenloft (module)	levels 5-7	Tracy & Laura Hickman	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D 2nd ed. adventure module ISBN 0-7869-1201-4
adventure's Guild adventure anthology module, several Dungeons & Dragons campaigns including Ravenloft. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11445	TSR JAM 1999	all levels	various	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D (2nd ed.) RPGA adventure module ISBN 0-7869-1445-9
Greyhawk/ Ravenloft/ Planescape campaign crossover, Last printed AD&D (2nd ed.) adventure module. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11662	Die Vecna Die!	levels 10-13	Bruce R. Cordell & Steve Miller	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D (2nd ed.) RPGA adventure module. In universe story cause of the end of 2nd edition AD&D, Vecna reaches godhood and disrupts the planes of existence. ISBN 0-7869-1445-9
accessory, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11447	Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume One	all levels	Nigel D. Findley & Teeuwyn Woodruff	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D (2nd ed.) accessory reprinting RR3 Van Richten's Guide to Vampires, (RR7) Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts and (RR8) Van Richten's Guide to the Created. ISBN 0-7869-1447-5
accessory, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11507	Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume Two	all levels	William W. Connors, Eric W. Haddock, David Wise, Skip Williams & David Wuf	1999	TSR, Inc.	AD&D (2nd ed.) accessory reprinting RR5 Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts, RS1(RR7) Van Richten's Guide to the Lich and (RR9) Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead. ISBN 0-7869-1507-2
accessory, last TSR Ravenloft related publication. Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	TSR 11613	Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Volume Three	all levels	David Wise, Steve Miller & Teeuwyn Woodruff	2000	TSR, Inc.	AD&D (2nd ed.) accessory. Van Richten's Guide to Witches & reprinting (RR10) Van Richten's Guide to Fiends, (RR12) Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani. ISBN 0-7869-1613-3

Wizards of the Coast

Code/Description	Product Number	Title	Player Levels	Author(s)	Published	Company	Notes
Ravenloft Campaign setting hardback. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15000	Core Rulebook	all levels	Andrew Cermak, John W. Mangrum & Andrew Wyatt	2001	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons 3(rd edition) Core Rulebook Campaign Setting ISBN 1-58846-075-4
Ravenloft Campaign setting hardback limited edition. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15099	Core Rulebook	all levels	Andrew Cermak, John W. Mangrum & Andrew Wyatt	2001	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Core Rulebook Campaign Setting. Limited edition 3,000 issued. ISBN 1-58846-075-4
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15001	Secrets of the Dread Realms	all levels	Andrew Cermak, John W. Mangrum & Andrew Wyatt	2001	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Supplement. ISBN 1-58846-076-2
Ravenloft campaign setting hardback Core Rulebook. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15002	Denizens of Darkness	all levels	various	2002	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting core rulebook. ISBN 1-58846-077-0
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15003	Champions of Darkness	all levels	Beth Bostic, Carla Hollar & Tadd McDivitt	2002	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Supplement. ISBN 1-58846-081-9
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15010	Van Richten's Arsenal Volume I	all levels	Andrew Cernak, John W. Mangrum, Ryan Naylor, Chris Nichols & Andrew Wyatt	2002	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Supplement. ISBN 1-58846-079-7
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15030	Heroes of Light	all levels	Brian Campbell, James Lowder & Peter Woodworth	2002	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Supplement. ISBN 1-58846-082-7
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15020	Gazetteer Volume I	all levels	Andrew Cernak, John W. Mangrum, Chris Nichols & Andrew Wyatt	2002	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Supplement. ISBN 1-58846-080-0
Ravenloft campaign setting hardback core rulebook. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15004	Dungeon Master's Guide (Ravenloft)	all levels	Brian Campbell, Carla Hollar, Rucht Lilavivat, John W. Mangrum, Anthony Pryor, Peter Woodworth & Andrew Wyatt	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Core rulebook. ISBN 1-58846-084-3
Ravenloft campaign setting hardback core rulebook. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15005	Player's Handbook (Ravenloft)	all levels	Jackie Cassada, Andrew Cernak, John W. Mangrum, Nicky Rea & Andrew Wyatt	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting Core rulebook. ISBN 1-58846-091-6
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15011	Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead	all levels	Rucht Lilavivat & Ryan Naylor	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-085-1
Ravenloft campaign setting accessory. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15049	Ravenloft Tarokka Deck	all levels	Jackie Cassada & Nicky Rea	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting accessory 66 cards. ISBN 1-58846-090-8
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15021	Gazetteer Volume II	all levels	John W. Mangrum, Ryan Naylor, Chris Nichols & Andrew Wyatt	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-830-5
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15022	Gazetteer Volume III	all levels	John W. Mangrum, Stuart Turner, Peter Woodworth & Andrew Wyatt	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-086-X
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15023	Gazetteer Volume IV	all levels	James Lowder, John W. Mangrum, Ryan Naylor, Anthony Pyor, Voronica Whitney-Robinson & Andrew Wyatt	2003	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-087-8
Ravenloft campaign setting hardback core rulebook. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15006	Denizens of Dread	all levels	various	2004	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting Core rulebook. ISBN 1-58846-951-4
Ravenloft campaign setting expansion hardback. Adventures on Gothic Earth. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15007	Masque of the Red Death	all levels	Jackie Cassada, Claire Hoffman, Carla Hollar, Harold Johnson (game designer), Rucht Lilavivat, Nicky Rea, Andrew Scott & Peter Woodworth	2004	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting expansion. ISBN 1-58846-979-4
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15012	Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey	all levels	Brett King, Rucht Lilavivat, Tadd McDivitt & Penny Williams	2004	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-088-6
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15031	Legacy of the Blood: Great Families of the Core	all levels	Steve Miller, Anthony Pryor, Penny Williams & Skip Williams	2004	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-089-4
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15024	Gazetteer Volume V	all levels	Andrew Cernak, John W. Mangrum, Steve Miller, Ryan Naylor & Andrew Wyatt	2004	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-964-6
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15032	Dark Tales & Disturbing Legends	all levels	Harold Johnson, Brett King, Ari Marmell, Steve Miller & Ryan Naylor	2005	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting supplement. ISBN 1-58846-787-2
Ravenloft campaign setting supplement released as a free PDF. Sword & Sorcery	WW 15013	Van Richten's Guide to the Mists	all levels	Carla Hollar & Rucht Lilavivat	never published	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign Setting supplement due to licensing expiration was never published but released online instead.
Ravenloft campaign adventure hardback. WotC, Inc.	WotC 95393	Expedition to Castle Ravenloft	levels 6-10	Bruce R. Cordell & James Wyatt	2006	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) Campaign adventure. ISBN 0-7869-3946-X
Ravenloft: the Covenant series, Dominion Ravenloft paperback. WotC, Inc.	WotC ?	Heaven's Bones: A Novel of the Mists	novel	Samantha Henderson	Sep. 2008	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) paperback novel. ISBN 0-7869-5111-7
Ravenloft: the Covenant series, Dominion Ravenloft paperback. WotC, Inc.	WotC ?	Mithras Court: A Novel of the Mists	novel	David A. Page	Nov. 2008	Wizards of the Coast, Inc.	Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 edition) paperback novel. ISBN 0-7869-5068-4
Ravenloft campaign D&D Adventure System Cooperative Games.[34] WotC, LLC.	WotC C-1827A	Castle Ravenloft	board game	Bill Slavicsek, Mike Mearls and Peter Lee	2010	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	Dungeons & Dragons (4th edition) rules set. board game. ISBN 978-0-7869-5557-2
Dungeons & Dragons adventure hardback book. WotC, LLC.	B 6517	Curse of Strahd[35]	levels 1-10	Bruce R. Cordell & James Wyatt	2016	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) adventure hardback. ISBN 978-0-7869-6598-4
Dungeons & Dragons accessory. Gale Force nine.	GF9 73705	Dungeon Master's Screen: Curse of Strahd[36]	all levels	various	2016	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) accessory DM's screen.
Dungeons & Dragons accessory. Card deck (version 1) Gale Force nine.	GF9 73706	Curse of Strahd: Tarokka Deck	all levels	various	2016	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) accessory 54 card deck.
Dungeons & Dragons accessory. Card deck (version 2) Gale Force nine.	C 5690	Curse of Strahd: Tarokka Deck[37]	all levels	various	2018	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) accessory 54 card deck Plastic tray larger box. ISBN 978-0-7869-6658-5
(54) Endless Quest (series 3) Candlewick Entertainment	WotC 0919	Escape From Castle Ravenloft[33]	solo reader	Matt Forbeck	2019	Wizards of the Coast, LLC.	AD&D (5th edition) Ravenloft Endless Quest Books series, available in hardback and paperback. ISBN 978-1-5362-0923-5

Novels

A number of tie-in novels were released, set in the Demiplane of Dread:

• Vampire of the Mists (September 1991), by Christie Golden (ISBN 1-56076-155-5)
• Knight of the Black Rose (December 1991), by James Lowder (ISBN 1-56076-156-3)
• Dance of the Dead (June 1992), by Christie Golden (ISBN 1-56076-352-3)
• Heart of Midnight (December 1992), by J. Robert King (ISBN 1-56076-355-8)[38]
• Tapestry of Dark Souls (March 1993), by Elaine Bergstrom (ISBN 1-56076-571-2)
• Carnival of Fear (July 1993), by J. Robert King (ISBN 1-56076-628-X)[38]
• I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire (September 1993), by P. N. Elrod (ISBN 0-7869-0175-6)
• The Enemy Within (February 1994), by Christie Golden (ISBN 1-56076-887-8)
• Mordenheim (May 1994), by Chet Williamson (ISBN 1-56076-852-5)
• Tales of Ravenloft (September 1994), Edited by Brian Thomsen (ISBN 1-56076-931-9)
• Tower of Doom (November 1994), by Mark Anthony (ISBN 0-7869-0062-8)
• Baroness of Blood (March 1995), by Elaine Bergstrom (ISBN 0-7869-0146-2)
• Death of a Darklord (June 1995), by Laurell K. Hamilton (ISBN 0-7869-4122-7)
• Scholar of Decay (December 1995), by Tanya Huff (ISBN 0-7869-0206-X)
• King of the Dead (March 1996), by Gene DeWeese (ISBN 0-7869-0483-6)
• To Sleep with Evil (September 1996), by Andria Cardarelle (ISBN 0-7869-0515-8)
• Lord of the Necropolis (November 1997), by Gene DeWeese (ISBN 0-7869-0660-X)
• Shadowborn (March 1998), by Carrie Bebris and William Connors (ISBN 0-7869-0766-5)
• I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin (June 1998), by P. N. Elrod (ISBN 0-7869-0754-1)
• Spectre of the Black Rose (March 1999), by James Lowder and Voronica Whitney-Robinson (ISBN 0-7869-1333-9)
• Before I Wake, by Ari Marmell (October 2007) A short story released for free on the Wotc website with the announcement of new novels in publication.[39]
• Heaven's Bones (Dominion) (September 2008), by Samantha Henderson (ISBN 0-7869-5111-7)
• Mithras Court: A Novel of the Mists (Dominion) (November 2008), by David A. Page (ISBN 0-7869-5068-4)
• Black Crusade, by Ari Marmell released for free on the Wizards of the Coast website[40]

Video games

• Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession PC game(1994)
• Ravenloft: Stone Prophet PC game(1995)
• Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft PlayStation 1 game(1996)
• Neverwinter (video game) expansion module Ravenloft. Windows, XBox One, PS4 (June 26, 2018) [41]

Reception

Game designer Rick Swan commented in 1994 that when the Ravenloft setting first came out, it "just didn't seem special, a Forgotten Realms variant with a few more bats", but after supplements like Forbidden Lore, The Created, and the Van Richten's Guide series, Swan felt that "the Ravenloft campaign has proven to be a credible adventure alternative for players interested in the dark side of the AD&D game. Though it lacks the flamboyance of Call of Cthulhu and the, er, bite of Vampire, the Ravenloft setting remains the hobby's most enduring fusion of horror and fantasy."[42]

Darker Days Radio declared Ravenloft the "greatest D&D campaign setting," citing the unique gothic horror elements and classic villains such as Azalin Rex.[43]

See also

• List of Ravenloft characters

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External links

• Fraternity of Shadows – Founded in 2003 after the Secrets of the Kargatane site closed, this is the most important setting fan website.
• Mistipedia – The Fraternity of Shadows' Ravenloft wiki.
• Secrets of the Kargatane – no longer updated, this website was once one of the largest sources of Ravenloft information on the Internet, as well as being the Official 3rd Edition site as designated by Wizards of the Coast, until the Ravenloft setting was licensed to Arthaus Games.
• TSR Archive AD&D 2nd Edition Ravenloft product list
• TSR Archive D&D 3rd Edition Ravenloft product list
• Wizards of the Coast Official Dungeons & Dragons page