The book also includes suggestions for incorporating the adventure into an existing generic setting, Forgotten Realms, Eberron or d20 Modern campaign. Expedition to Castle Ravenloft is designed to be played as a mini-campaign lasting about 20 game sessions, much longer than the original module, although it contains options for running long 8-session or short 4-session adventures. It was based on the original module, and not the Ravenloft material made in the intervening years. In October 2006, Wizards of the Coast released an updated and expanded version of the original module for Dungeons & Dragonsversion 3.5 as a 226-page hardcover book entitled Expedition to Castle Ravenloft.
Nesmith introduced some new creatures, developed Strahd's tactics further, and added a Time-Track Table so that the referee can anticipate the sunset. The module credits the original work by the Hickmans, but was revised by Bruce Nesmith, who along with Andria Hayday created the Ravenloft campaign setting. It was updated to include rules from the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. In 1993, TSR published House of Strahd (module code RM4). The original Ravenloft module has been revised and expanded three times. It includes descriptions of the town of Mordentshire, as well as some haunted moors, and a manor house, all mapped in perspective like the original module. This module is playable alone, or as a sequel to the original Ravenloft. The module also introduces Azalin the lich, who later became a major character in the Ravenloft campaign setting. The module's plot features an artifact known as The Apparatus that switches a monster's personality with that of an ordinary townsperson player characters, therefore, are uncertain about the true identity of the people they meet. It shared structural elements with the original, including variable NPC goals and variable locations for key objects, so that Gryphon Hill plays differently each time. The adventure was 48 pages, and included a large color map and an outer folder. The adventure is designed for first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons characters of levels 8–10. Clyde Caldwell, who had done all of the art for the original Ravenloft module, provided the cover, but interior art was done by Jeff Easley. Each writer pursued a different section of the module in order to meet the deadline. The writing was done by David 'Zeb' Cook, Jeff Grubb, Harold Johnson, and Douglas Niles, following the Hickmans' outline. Although Tracy Hickman was credited in Ravenloft II, he had left TSR before the module was completed.
Ravenloft's success led to a sequel in 1986 titled Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill.
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