Betrayal at Krondor

Dynamix is a studio mostly known for their excellent 3D simulation games, such as 1990s "Red Baron", so it was a little surprising to see them behind the 1993 fantasy RPG we looked at in December 2025: Betrayal at Krondor. Like blobbers of the 1980s, you explore the world of Krondor in a turn-based fashion, one tile at a time. But unlike those old dungeon crawlers, Krondor is a fully explorable 3D open world. Despite being based on Raymond E. Feist's "Riftwar Cycle" universe, Betrayal at Krondor has an original story and is not based on any specific novel. In fact, it's quite the other way around, because in 1998 the Feist novel "Krondor: The Betrayal" was published, a novelisation of the game! As you can see, there's plenty to talk about with this one.

Sadly host Martijn ("Tijn") isn't joined by Florian ("rnlf") for this one, as he was ill when we recorded this, so he had to cancel. Luckily Richard ("Pix") was able to step in, who of course was on many an episode and is also a keen RPG player. Furthermore we're joined by first-time podcast guests Jens ("Jan0sch") and "VGA256". VGA has a special relation with the game, because he is the maintainer of long-time Krondor fansite Dimwood.net. See the links below for more!

We also received a voice message from DGC member Red.Hexapus, which we are very thankful for. If you also want to contribute a voice message for a future episode, please email it to [email protected]

https://www.dosgameclub.com/podcast/2026/02/ep113.mp3

[ download mp3 ] (159 mins, 183 MB)

Thanks to our producer Pix for helping to make the podcast happen, and thanks to DGC member Console for editing the audio.

Thanks to all who make this show possible, we couldn't do this without you!

RELEVANT LINKS:

* Dimwood.net is the current address of one of the oldest and most expansive Betrayal at Krondor fansites on the web, maintained by VGA256

* Pix's Origin Adventures is Richard's website, offering many blog posts and interesting download links on many classic games

* Neal Hallfor's blog tells the story of how Betrayal at Krondor was developed

* CRPG Addict's review of Betrayal at Krondor published only last week!

* Mages & Modems is VGA256's book about their computer history of the 80s and 90s

* Commodork by Rob O'Hara is another personal computer history book, focusing on BBSes and Commodore

* The Riftwar Cycle on Wikipedia, the novel series Betrayal at Krondor is based on / set in