Ryan was in town, and between hands we shot the RPG breeze. It was a standard bitchfest, but he said something simple that made a lot of sense. I mentioned that Risus of Arabia was based in the real world and that it was more supernatural pulp than high fantasy.
He said "Like Conan".
If I'm going to amp up and expand RoA I'll look to Conan for inspiration. Most of the Hyborian country had a corresponding real world countries. And Howard knew how to amp up stories.
