So why is Sword and Sorcery so popular in RPGs?

[MonsterMash]

Real sword-and-sorcery is actually a pretty rare beast in rpgs. The aforementioned orc etc. have no place in s&s, where the opponents really are mainly people. Rpgs have really created their own genre of fantasy.

Of course the Conan RPG is probably the best example of real S&S available currently.