Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

Crusaders of Khazan
Developer(s)	New World Computing Flying Buffalo Fiery Dragon Productions
Publisher(s)	New World Computing
Designer(s)	Liz Danforth
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, FM Towns, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801
Release date(s)	1990
Genre(s)	Role-playing video game
Mode(s)	Single player
Media/distribution	3½" / 5¼" floppy disks
System requirements IBM PC compatible, 640 KB RAM, FDD or HDD, CGA or EGA

Crusaders of Khazan is a computer adaptation of the tabletop role-playing game Tunnels and Trolls, developed and published by New World Computing in 1990 for the PC, FM Towns, PC-88 anc PC-98. The game is available from Flying Buffalo and in Fiery Dragon's Tunnels and Trolls 30th Anniversary Edition.^[1][2]

Story

A long time ago, a war broke out in the Dragon Continent between the great wizard Khazan and the demon queen Lerotra'hh the Death Empress and her sorcerer consort Khara Kang. Wishing to stop the bloodshed, Khazan proposed a truce to Lerotra'hh: Khazan would go into exile in exchange for a promise that the evil pair would allow humankind and monsterkind to coexist peacefully. Lerotra'hh accepted the proposal and Khazan was never heard from again. As the game begins, however, Lerotra'hh has broken the pact and now she prepares her Dark Legions again to attack again. The player's quest is put this threat to an end (meaning killing Kang and then Lerotra'hh) and to bring Khazan back to this world to enforce the peace.

Gameplay

The game is a fairly typical computer RPG of its era, featuring an icon-driven user interface, turn-based top-down combat and auto-mapping.

Reception

Crusaders of Khazan got quite polarizing reviews. The game received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon.^[3] On the other hand, Computer Gaming World wrote it "could be a good game [but] the only people likely to enjoy it are hardcore T&T fans."^[4]

References

1. ^ Fiery Dragon Productions, 2005. Tunnels and Trolls 30th Anniversary Edition.
2. ^ Flying Buffalo, 2007. Tunnels and Trolls, retrieved July 25, 2007
3. ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (March 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (167): 47–54. 
4. ^ Computer Gaming World 79 (February 1991)

External links

• Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan at MobyGames