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Odysseus is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1980.
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Odysseus is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1980.
Odysseus is a legendary/historical system, mixing the heroic and classical ages of ancient Greece. [1] The game includes rules for character creation, combat, warship movement and combat, plus guidelines for campaigns and interference by the gods. [1]
Odysseus was designed by Marshall T. Rose and published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1980 as a 32-page book and four cardstock sheets. [1]
Elisabeth Barrington reviewed Odysseus in The Space Gamer No. 31. [2] Barrington commented that "As new RP systems go, this one is above average. Only one book, and it is well-designed. Historical gamers specializing in the classic period, this is for you." [2]
Donald Dupont reviewed Odysseus for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "Odysseus is a disappointment. The role-playing world could use a good Heroic Age game system. With a great deal of interpretation and interpolation, Odysseus is perhaps usable by players familiar with role-playing systems, but the confused nature of its rules, and the lack of color in its world hardly make it worthwhile." [3]
Lawrence Schick commented that the game was "Indifferently researched; closer to fantasy than to history." [1]
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