<s>
Crusader	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
of	I-Application
Islam	I-Application
is	O
a	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
developed	O
by	O
Paradox	O
Development	O
Studio	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
grand	O
strategy	O
wargame	O
Crusader	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
play	O
as	O
any	O
Christian	O
dynasty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
in	O
the	O
original	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
it	O
would	O
display	O
a	O
percentage	O
chance	O
of	O
having	O
a	O
character	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
action	O
,	O
the	O
updated	O
mechanic	O
has	O
characters	O
work	O
together	O
on	O
those	O
assassinations	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sword	O
of	O
Islam	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
expansion	O
to	O
Crusader	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crusader	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
of	I-Application
Islam	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
on	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
included	O
an	O
introduction	O
of	O
minor	O
and	O
major	O
claims	O
on	O
land	O
for	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
map	O
extension	O
,	O
going	O
further	O
south	O
west	O
into	O
Africa	O
to	O
add	O
Mali	B-General_Concept
and	O
Ghana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
preview	O
piece	O
for	O
Kotaku	O
,	O
Luke	O
Plunkett	O
described	O
the	O
idea	O
behind	O
Sword	O
of	O
Islam	O
as	O
"	O
awesome	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
normal	O
lack	O
of	O
opportunity	O
to	O
play	O
realistic	O
Islamic	O
or	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
characters	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
whilst	O
dismissing	O
the	O
"	O
fairy-tale	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
cliched	O
ideal	O
"	O
of	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
waste	O
not	O
to	O
have	O
Muslim	O
characters	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
original	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
expansion	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
positive	O
step	O
forward	O
"	O
for	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
