Does it work for a one off or only as a campaign?

I suppose it could work as a One Shot... But the game seems to work better as a campaign.

I wonder if ZDL has played it.

Nope. It has two strikes against it: first it's based on Amber which is really not my cup of tea, second it was made by someone who I would never wish to support financially in any way.

I like Precis Intermedia, the publisher, but one of the authors Brett Bernstein champions leaves me absolutely cold.

Roger Zelazny's Amber?

There was (ages ago!) an RPG based on Zelazny's books. This is the same system, just retooled for Greek mythology.

So I guess it's the Amber game system you don't like. The Amber books are great. SF/Fantasy adventure narrative. One issue with the book is that the protagonist is actually Hitler or should I say was Hitler since the series starts just after that unfortunate episode (from the point of view of the Amberites). The reason I don't think the magic system is good for RPGs is because walking in shadows and walking the pattern are solitary endeavors so it's diffiucult for a party when every time the magic system is invoked they go their seperate ways. Maybe ok for a single player and a GM.

Yes, I meant the Amber game specifically, yes. I really didn't like it at all, and this game is that same game with a Grecian skin.

It's actually somewhat different. The Magic is different, the setting is different and the rules are based more on the unpublished Amber 2e. As to Pundit, I agree with not liking him, like at all. However I really like his games which by and large are divorced from his idiotic nonsense.

I have no opinion on the quality of his games because no money will ever leave my hands to buy them, nor will any of my valuable time be wasted on examining them.

I generally don't buy from people I despise.

Fair enough