OSPREY WARGAMING
KUNG FU HONG KONG MOVIE CHINESE TRIADS JAPANESE YAKUZA NINJA
SOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH
OSPREY PUBLISHING WARGAMES SERIES
Recreate scenes from Hong Kong
action cinema like Enter the Dragon, Kill Bill, Big Trouble in Little China,
Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, and Hard Boiled.
A Fistful of Kung Fu is set in a
modern world walking a precarious line between the technological advances of
next-generation technology and the tradition and mysticism of ancient cultures.
Kung Fu schools face off in no-holds barred martial arts tournaments. Evil
corporations hire hitmen and infiltrators to steal each other's secrets.
Overworked SWAT teams respond to street-level gunfights between feuding Triad
and Yakuza clans. Ancient artefacts are sought by hopping vampires and cyborgs
alike, each seeking to harness the power of the Four Dragon Kings and control
the world. Bullets, punches, kicks and throwing stars fly in slow motion as martial
arts heroes and gun-wielding cops defeat enemy after enemy in the pursuit of
evil masterminds.
Possible factions range from
Chinese Triads and the Japanese Yakuza to Ninja clans, martial arts schools,
the men and women of the Hong Kong Police Department, demons, secret societies
and almost anything else you can imagine! All struggle for supremacy -
destroying the city in the process.
A Fistful of Kung Fu uses a
colored dice system to keep track of wounds and fatigue of the main characters.
Mooks and supporting cast are swatted like flies, but can still be dangerous
when given the advantage of numbers or automatic weaponry. Based on the popular
Ganesha Games rules system, A Fistful of Kung Fu introduces martial arts combat
with manoeuvres that have different outcomes depending on the degree of
success, and which allow for counter-attacks when they fail, giving a flowing,
appropriate combat system. The game also includes rules for challenges and
"gun-fu" stunts. Each gang in the game comprises 1-3 principal
characters and 5-15 mooks that move as small groups of up to 5 models each