User blog comment:Shaldemar/New World Calendar/@comment-70.190.216.70-20160622012344/@comment-70.190.216.70-20160623223524

The D&D craze that swept the US and UK in the late 70's spawned a bunch of other paper and pencil RPGs -  including Traveler, Gamma World, Runequest, Tunnels and Trolls, Dragonquest (the reason the first DQ games to come to the US from Japan had to be renamed Dragon Warrior), etc. In Runequest there were a number of different Troll races including a very intelligent magic using Troll race that were the principal antagonists to Elves. I assume In Maruyama's NW it might be similar and all Trolls are not as stupid as those depicted in LOTR.