Mankcam
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I love Mythic Greece and Mythic Greek inspired settings, and generally am pretty happy using some version of BRP to portray the flavour of these settings.
As an adolescent I used Rolemaster's Mythic Greece book and we used Rolemaster. I later just went with RQ3 instead, it seemed to capture it really well.
These days RuneQuest Adventures in Glorantha partly fits the bill (Glorantha is inspired by Mythic Greece in some places), as well as the Ancient Greek-inspired World of Thennela (for use with Mythras). I'm also waiting on the publication of the Mythras book called 'Mythic Greece', which will be a nice companion to Mythras' 'Mythic Rome'. So RQ or Mythras can certainly do the setting justice.
However for my teen sons, as well as friends new to rpgs, I generally find D&D 5E to be a more accessible and welcome entry point to rpgs.
I may like to run a D&D game with more of an Ancient Fantasy flavour than D&D's default High Fantasy flavour.
Of course there is the old free indie game 'Mazes & Minotaurs' which is quite good, it's a D20 game, but I would prefer something that fits contemporary D&D.
Running an Argonauts style game is very appealing to try in D&D 5E, so I'm after suggestions
There doesn't appear to be an actual Mythic Greece setting done for D&D 5E, but in recent times there are a few choices for Mythic Greek-inspired settings for D&D 5E
The ones that I am aware of are:
I'm not sure if there are any others, I am aware Ken Hite may also be producing one down the track - although I am unsure if it will be using D&D 5E or not.
I'm just wondering if any one can give me advice on any of the above products?
What are their strengths and weaknesses, and why one product may be appealing more than another etc
Any advice helpful!
(I'll check back in a day or so!)
As an adolescent I used Rolemaster's Mythic Greece book and we used Rolemaster. I later just went with RQ3 instead, it seemed to capture it really well.
These days RuneQuest Adventures in Glorantha partly fits the bill (Glorantha is inspired by Mythic Greece in some places), as well as the Ancient Greek-inspired World of Thennela (for use with Mythras). I'm also waiting on the publication of the Mythras book called 'Mythic Greece', which will be a nice companion to Mythras' 'Mythic Rome'. So RQ or Mythras can certainly do the setting justice.
However for my teen sons, as well as friends new to rpgs, I generally find D&D 5E to be a more accessible and welcome entry point to rpgs.
I may like to run a D&D game with more of an Ancient Fantasy flavour than D&D's default High Fantasy flavour.
Of course there is the old free indie game 'Mazes & Minotaurs' which is quite good, it's a D20 game, but I would prefer something that fits contemporary D&D.
Running an Argonauts style game is very appealing to try in D&D 5E, so I'm after suggestions
There doesn't appear to be an actual Mythic Greece setting done for D&D 5E, but in recent times there are a few choices for Mythic Greek-inspired settings for D&D 5E
The ones that I am aware of are:
I'm not sure if there are any others, I am aware Ken Hite may also be producing one down the track - although I am unsure if it will be using D&D 5E or not.
I'm just wondering if any one can give me advice on any of the above products?
What are their strengths and weaknesses, and why one product may be appealing more than another etc
Any advice helpful!
(I'll check back in a day or so!)
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