Isle of the Ape

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The Crook of Rao, a significant artifact found on the isle, is rediscovered in "From the Ashes" written by Carl Sargent and published by Wizards of the Coast in 1992. [] A portal to the "Isle of the Ape" was added to "Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk", written by Jason Buhlman, James Jacobs, and Erik Mona and published by Wizards of the Coast in 2007. [cite book | last = Buhlman | first = Jason | authorlink = | coauthors = Jacobs, James, Mona, Erik | title = Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk | publisher = Wizards of the Coast | date = August 14, 2007 | location = | pages = | isbn = 0786943580]

Overview

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. Once 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); ..." [cite web| url=http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/copyright/cases/tsr_vs_gdw2.txt|title=TSR, INC, Plaintiff v. GAME DESIGNERS' WORKSHOP, INC. d/b/a GDW, INC., and GDW, OMEGA HELIOS, LTD., and E. GARY GYGAX|accessdate=2007-12-06]

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