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 Magic Labyrinth (board game) board, connected to the wizard piece by a magnet. The pieces start out from the four corners of the board. At the start of the game, a treasure is randomly selected, and the players have to get to the square representing the treasure. On his/her turn, a player throws a die deciding how many spaces his/her piece can move. If the player's piece hits a wall, the metal sphere underneath the board falls off, audible to the player. When this happens, the player forfeits his/her turn, having to move his/her piece back to the starting corner. The idea of the