Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. "Treasure Island" was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine "Young Folks" from 1881 through 1882 under the title
The Treasure Vaults of Lindoran published by Judges Guild in 1980 as a 32-page book. Geoffry O. Dale is the pen name used by Paul Elkmann. Elisabeth Barrington reviewed the adventure in "The Space Gamer" No. 29. She commented that ""The Treasure Vaults of Lindoran" has an interesting new feature: 'special skeleton and zombie guards' which are cleric-immune, along with lots of magic mouths. Each room is nicely details, and written so that anyone could convert it into his own system. If the characters use their brains, they can find their way to more treasure than they could carry. She noted, "It is advisable to