Editing Ravenloft (section)

=== 1st edition ===
The first appearance of the setting was in ''[[Ravenloft (module)|Ravenloft]]'', a stand-alone ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]'' adventure module, published in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|year=2003|title=Dungeons & Dragons FAQ|url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818164317/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-08-18|access-date=2009-02-09|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rateliff|first=John D|title=L2. The Assassin's Knot|url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20001229b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010617011036/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20001229b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-06-17|access-date=2009-08-13|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref><ref name="Hick4to6">{{cite book|last1=Hickman|first1=Tracy|title=Ravenloft|last2=Hickman|first2=Laura|publisher=[[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]|year=1983|isbn=0-88038-042-X|page=30|author-link=Tracy Hickman|author-link2=Laura Hickman}}</ref><ref>Mona, Erik; Jacobs, James; Dungeon Design Panel (2004). "The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time". Dungeon. Paizo Publishing (published November 2004) (116): 68–81.</ref> In 1984, it won the Strategists' Club Award for Outstanding Play Aid.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick|first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books|year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5|page=102|author-link=Lawrence Schick}}</ref> 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.<ref name="HW" /><ref name="WD87">{{cite journal|last=Sargent|first=Carl|author-link=Carl Sargent|date=March 1987|title=Open Box: ''AD&D'' Adventures|journal=[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]|publisher=[[Games Workshop]]|issue=87|pages=2–3}}</ref><ref>Bulmahn, Jason; Jacobs, James; Mike McArtor; Mona, Erik; Schneider, F. Wesley; Todd Stewart; Jeremy Walker (September 2007). "1d20 Villains: D&D's Most Wanted; Preferably Dead". Dragon. Pazio. 32(4) (359): 54–69.</ref>