I've been writing up notes for a swords and sandals campaign and I'm
getting the feeling that HQ2 might be a better fit than Risus, a
rules-light RPG that I really love. I love Greek mythology, but I
think if I went for the more Classical approach I'd be more serious.
(and less entertaining). I'm contemplating a "Steve Reeves meets
Kevin Sorbo/Lucy Lawless" approach, with the campiness turned up to
11. I also have to give credit to Olivier LeGrand's "Mazes and
Minotaurs", his affectionate alternate-reality look at retro-gaming
(What if the first RPG had been inspired by ancients wargaming rather
than medieval?), which is D&D inspired by Greece and Rome rather than
Tolkien and Poul Anderson and Fritz Leiber.
Guy (Hoyle)