Hong kong task force 88 was included in free rpg day 2016 as an introduction to feng shui 2. Aug 26, 2017 posts about feng shui 2 written by stephen morffew. For each 1 or 2, move down one step, and for each 5 or 6 move up one. Feng shui 2 is a significant rewrite of the original game by the original author, more than 15 year after the last edition. This is not about the ancient chinese art of geomancy. It does what it does well, and it doesnt apologize. Review by rpg ready kiyaaah the world of feng shui. Hong kong task force 88 comes with quickstart rules for feng shui 2, giving new players and longtime fans an easy introduction to the updated rules.
Its back in all its explodey, chiblasting glory feng shui, the classic game of hong konginspired cinematic action refurbished with a fresh bag full of ammo for a new roleplaying. This crazy pack contains pdfs of the feng shui core. Legend of wulin weapons of the god tianxia fate, and accelerated qin dragonfist wandering heroes of ogre gate fengshui 1st and 2nd edition i. Finally, a roleplaying game that catered to the action movies of my adolescence.
Quick to learn and easy to play, feng shui is the game of cinematic heroes and. As such, feng shui 2, by necessity, cant recapture the wonder of the original game for me. This pdf contains the booklet and gm screen panels of on location, an accessory for the first edition of the feng shui action movie roleplaying game. Between wushu and mythic mortals, i always enjoy games that let me create epic fight scenes and adventures in a bug dumb action movie environment. Only you have the guts, guns, and flying feet to stop them. I wasnt interested in the ccg or the rpg back then, but i guess a couple decades makes a difference because now i think fs2 sounds like tons of fun. Theyll travel through time to take on evil sorcerers, kungfu masters, and hightech nightmares. Sylvan master for ios devices automates most of the mechanics of a feng shui 2 fight scene. Posts about feng shui 2 written by stephen morffew. If you cant understand why you should support your game, go work at burger king for 2 weeks for no pay and you might get a clue. On page 106 of the feng shui 2 book, it states twice the 5 is the difficulty for up checks, but in the example text on the same page, the math makes it 7. I first learned of feng shui back in the 90s via the shadowfist ccg.
Todays video is about feng shui 2, squeal to robin d laws game of action movies. Rpgaday is an annual celebration of tabletop roleplaying. The hobby store had exactly one magazine rack of rpg titles, but by some miracle it was wellstocked. Now every player at the table can affordably join the dragons to take down the combined might of the ascended, guiding hand, eaters of the lotus, or new simian army. It presents a quick, easy character creation system and a fast, flashy combat system that encourages the wild stunts so common to hong kong action films. Feng shui is the hong kong martial arts actionmovie roleplaying game. Feng shui is a martial artsthemed roleplaying game, designed by robin laws, published first. Jul 11, 2015 what it was like mining cryptocurrency fulltime for a year tails health update voskcoin rebrand duration. Feng shui 2 action movie roleplaying game shiny games. Feng shui 2 archetype pack unlock the 36 chambers of shaolin. The system is simple, with most detail being in the games combat system.
As compared to first edition, its a mixed bag with some improvements over the original especially in the areas car chases and setting and some changes im less fond of lack of customization in character creation. Go down a step because of the 2, from good to fair, but then go up a step thanks to the first 5 from fair to x o d but i dont want fudge. Its a game about blowing stuff up and looking cool while doing so. Victory depends on your gravitydefying kung fu powers, your ancient magics, your postapocalyptic survival instincts, or. Living near nature is a sure sign of having better health, and gives us energy, vitality and the zest for living. Sep 26, 2016 hong kong task force 88 comes with quickstart rules for feng shui 2, giving new players and longtime fans an easy introduction to the updated rules. I recently discovered that feng shui 2, the second edition of robin laws hong kong cinema rpg, was released after a successful kickstarter drive. The only book you need to play this fastpaced action movie rpg. It focuses on lester martin who, upon getting the cursed. Ive played a variety of games over the 35 years since then but ive spent most of my time. Rather than modernizing the game to account for current rpg design, feng shui 2 stubbornly clings to the things that made it great almost 20. My son and i both needed new activities after 2 weeks of lockdown, so i tried to combine 2 things we love. Da archive 2016 amended jan 3 2017 this is a compilation of most of the pdf share threads and the rpg generals threads from 2016.
If you cant understand why you should support your game, go work at burger king for 2. We had a lot of fun playing yesterday, and he asked to play again this morning. The 2020 edition of the microlite20 rpg collection includes the basic microlite20 rpg only 2 pages of actual rules and over 100 rpgs based on those rules. Laws, is designed to emulate many of the genre conventions of the heroic bloodshed, martial arts, and wuxia subgenres of the hong kong action film industry. The intro music is true survivor by david hasselhoff. Feng shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in china. Obsidian portal takes the pain out of managing your tabletop rpg. My freshman year dorm room was hot, damp, and emitted a. This document includes the contents of chapter two of feng shui 2, including all thirtysix archetypes, to make it even easier to get into the game. Feng shui 2 is the new edition of the game that did it first.
Feng shui crosses genre boundaries and includes martial arts, firearms, magic and advanced technology. Feng shui 2 is still in print and available through distribution. Feng shui was originally published by daedalus entertainment in 1996, and atlas games is pleased to bring this bestselling game back into print. It has some good ideas in it, but the editing is absolutely terrible, and there are far too many inconsistencies between the maps and the room descriptions. Review of feng shui 2 chi warrior edition rpgnet rpg game index. May, 2015 unfortunately, although feng shui 2 does manage to invoke the feel of the original, it doesnt reach the same thrilling heights. Its back in all its explodey, chiblasting glory feng shui, the classic game ag4020 9781589781528. Or use its pathfinder stats to introduce d20 diehards to the furious. Jan 29, 2017 todays video is about feng shui 2, squeal to robin d laws game of action movies. Feng shui 2 is a game high on style and semilight on crunch. However, im finding very little about what is new and different in this edition compared to the previous version. Its original incarnation was based on the shadowfist card game. Feng shui 2 in feng shui, the action movie roleplaying game, you play heroes of the chi war, protecting humankinds destiny in a titanic struggle across space and time. World war ii may have ended with the axis powers victorious, a large part of the world might have.
My group has expressed an interest in running a wuxia game, and i am out to look for a system. One of the main features of the game is that the physical settings for scenes are meant to be vague, allowing the game master and the players room for creative improvisation and description of exciting stunts during combat. Weve being using the scenario at conventions as part of atlas games special ops program. But if youre here for twofisted, bothgunsblazing roleplaying action, then youve come to the right place. Feng shui is made by atlas games, the same people who make the unknown armies rpg. My love of narrative combat games should be obvious by now. Feng shui is an rpg inspired by hong kong action movies. Players are plunged into the heart of the secret war, a centuriesold struggle to determine the fate of reality. Da archive annex of new links, most needing repair may 5th 2017 new links will be placed here for a while before adding them to da archive. Laws hong kong cinema rpg, is already tearing through kickstarter stretch goals. The game shares its setting with the collectible card game shadowfist. The classic rpg of hong konginspired cinematic action is back, refurbished with a fresh bag of ammo for a new generation. The panels reproduce the mostreferenced tables and charts from feng shui, while the booklet contains a bunch of locations you can use in your adventures when your imagination. The chart in the gm screen also lists 7 as the difficulty for up checks.
Dark heritage 2, ad astra, microlite20 fandom version, m20 modular, cult of undeath. Dont think of it as a library index, think of it as a street filled with bookstores and you have to talk to each shopkeeper. Review of feng shui 2 chi warrior edition rpgnet rpg. If you want the players to really feel like theyre progressing without having to give away feng shui sites like candy, consider increasing the base xp rewards to 56 per game, potentially up to 8 as a reward for dong awesome thingsbringing food to the game.
Feng shui teach es us that certain places have better energy than others. The games setting itself is based around a secret war over the control of feng shui sites. A newage thing that allows neurotic control freaks to look spiritual. The game as written is very stingy with xp until the group starts acquiring some feng shui sites of their own. Feng shui is a martial artsthemed roleplaying game, designed by robin laws, published first by daedalus entertainment and now by atlas games. The black mist spells of light and darkness mythos audio library. Updates from the first edition include an expanded setting and. The film costars cherry pie picache, carmi martin, ian veneracion, and joonee gamboa. If thats what youre looking for, youll want to search elsewhere. I mentioned a few different options and gave a rough sketch on how one might combine various monsters to make a firstlevel adventure without a. If your local game store is telling you otherwise, please use the contact form at our website to let us know who and where so that we can follow up and figure out why theyre having difficulty getting the book in stock. The best thing about feng shui is that it sticks to its premise. It is a complex body of knowledge that teaches us how to balance the energies in any given spacebe it a home, office, or gardenin order to assure good fortune for the people inhabiting it. The rpg where the first session can open with a kungfu master, a loosecannon cop who plays by his own rules, a sorcerer from the mists of chinese history, and a cyborg gorilla eating noodles in a restaurant staffed entirely by ninjas, all with absolutely no homebrewing on the.
The atlas games edition features the same text as the original in a new format. To roll dice for fate, pick your starting level say, good and roll four sixsided dice. And the adventure has all the crimesolving, highkicking, gunsblazing action of a hong kong action movie. The feng shui rpg is about kicking ass and looking cool. Victory depends on your gravitydefying kung fu powers, your ancient magics, your postapocalyptic survival instincts, or your plain oldfashioned trigger finger. Its back in all its explodey, chiblasting glory feng shui, the classic game of hong konginspired cinematic action refurbished with a fresh bag full of ammo for a new roleplaying generation. Feng shui shares the same background and the same world with shadowfist, a collectible card game made by zman games. Virtual online gaming table primarily intended for pen and paper style narrative role playing games.
Once feng shui principles are implemented, we feel healthy, alive and filled with energy. And now, years and years later, a sequel has finally come out, ready to bring me back to that crazy, over the top, hong konginspired action. Feng shui is currently available in a 256 blackandwhite page hardback edition. Jun 14, 2007 feng shui teach es us that certain places have better energy than others. Armed with the secrets of feng shui, all aim to conquer the past, present, and future. Our playtesting, however, has revealed that the scenario is running a little too long to fit comfortably into our four hour convention slots. Here, big bosses and their mooks threaten the world, and its up to a ragtag group of martial artists, magic wielders, masked. Laws rushes your way on a bulletriddled gurney to serve up the thrills fans remember, furiouser and faster than ever. What it was like mining cryptocurrency fulltime for a year tails health update voskcoin rebrand duration.
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