[2] Crisis at Crusader Citadel is an introductory adventure published in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited and written and illustrated by Dee and Herman.

The scenario begins with the players controlling neophyte superheroes, based on themselves, who are looking to apply for membership in the established super-hero team called the Crusaders.

During the adventure, the player-heroes have to stop a crime wave being carried out by the Crusaders' opposite numbers, a villain team called the Crushers.

(This device was also used in another comic book limited series published by Eclipse, based on the superhero role-playing game the Champions, during the same period.

)[19] Two early adventures for the game by Bill Willingham, Death Duel with the Destroyers and The Island of Dr. Apocalypse, used characters that would later appear in his Comico comic book series Elementals.

[20] In the inaugural edition of Ares Magazine (March 1980), Greg Costikyan commented "Villains & Vigilantes is an imaginative, enjoyable game.

[21] In Issue 29 of The Space Gamer, Marc Weidenbaum wrote, ""Villains and Vigilantes is a good, firm, introductory role-playing game with easy-to-learn rules.

The case also asserted that at the time of its dissolution in New York, FGU was current on all obligations with that state and in good standing which then devolved into the entity now operating simply as Fantasy Games Unlimited.

2:2011-cv-02036 in U.S. Federal court, Arizona district ruled in favor of Scott Bizar resulting in Jeff Dee and Jack Herman being found guilty of defamation and unfair business practice and causing unspecified damages to the plaintiff.

In January 2013, the U.S. District Court of Arizona found[27] that Jeff Dee and Jack Herman own all copyrights to Villains and Vigilantes, including the previously contracted to Fantasy Games Unlimited.

Finally, the court found that Fantasy Games Unlimited had legally abandoned its trademark rights to the title "Villains and Vigilantes" due to disuse.