Earth Mythology Campaign setting

[JeffB]

I was flipping through Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes tonite, and also thinking about that great drawing of Thor (I believe) posted recently by the late, great, Jim Roslof.

I think 4E with some re-skinning would make for a great ruleset using the Mythology of the various cultures in Earth's history- Egyptian, Norse, Japanese, Greek, Roman, etc. Of course the Gods are real, magic is real, the underworld is real, and there would have to be some liberties taken with timelines and such, but.. Basically something like Glorantha but with the Earth's cultures & cults instead.

Has any publisher done something like this?

About the only things I'm fairly familiar with in passing is the "Fantasy Earth" implied setting of RQIII, and Yaquinto's Man, Myth & Magic. I know Avalanche or someone had the cheesecake cover books in 3E, but I never bothered checking those out.

 

[Incenjucar]

2nd Edition has a significant number of books that explored real-world settings and mythology, for what it's worth, and you might be able to find some of them used.

Legends and Lore, and all of these: http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...8-2nd-edition-historical-reference-books.html

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Those tomes were excellent. I particularly enjoyed the Vikings book. I still read and use them from time to time.

Also Mystara has an 'ancient earth' vibe to it, in that it is supposed to take place in a prehistoric version of earth. I still have the Penhaligon trilogy kicking around somewhere... maybe I should read it again.

 

[JeffB]

Ahh sorry, should have made my question more clear, I was aware of the old greenie cover stuff from TSR.

Has anyone done this type of setting/supplement for 4E?