Mongoose Publishing is adept at creating fascinating games that vividly recreate settings that stimulate our imagination - and allow us to maximally engage those settings through structured play.

For anyone wishing to immerse themselves in the myth, legend and history of the Greco-Egyptian world, there is OGL Ancients.

Besides Greeks and Egyptians (of which there are many social classes and professional sub-divisions), you can also play a number of people whose fates were intertwined with these great powers: Assyrians, Scythians, Persians, Nubians, Phoenicians and Hittites, for example.

You can run a mythical campaign, create a purely historical setting, or anything in between.

Our Voyage of the Argo campaign was based on a simplified version of the OGL Ancients rules. It launched in 2006 and spawned two related Olympian campaigns before winding down in 2009. 

Rather than setting sail with Jason on the Argonaut expedition, you can choose to experience the Peloponnesian War or recreate your favorite scenarios from popular entertainments like Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Troy, Men of Bronze or the Scorpion King.

OGL Ancients is a complete and self-contained product. The game mechanics are comprehensive and easy to understand. The ancient world is physically, socially and spiritually translated into a fun and usable system of rules. There are many new heroic Skills, mythical Magic, clever Items of Artifice and a legendary Bestiary.

As an OGL game, it is compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 3.0, 3.5 and all other OGL and d20 systems - allowing for countless creative permutations.

Review by Thor the Barbarian