Comments on: Alternate Settings for Feng Shui http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui The Game Mastering Blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thausgt http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-3775 thausgt Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:24:23 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-3775 Anime inspirations (yes, dagnabbit, I'm showing my age): * "Riding Bean" featuring an indestructible car freak who is probably related to Frank "Transporter" Martin. * "Demon City Shinjuku" in which Tokyo (where else?) is cut off from the rest of the world by magic and a frikkin' big canyon, but life still goes on... oddly, but it does go on... * "Wicked City" More adult version of above, and could easily be confused with it. NOTE: keep any and all ideas you generate from this one in a separate shelf in a separate room from your game if ANY of the players are under 18. * "Bubblegum Crisis": Just in case you missed it, there are wacky androids who absorb machines, and girls in high-heeled power armor. Non-Anime inspiration: * "Transporter" movies. It's not just the action sequences, it's the creativity in the sequences. Not a lot of other movies would dare to stage a many-vs-one fight where the floor is covered with oil, and it just gets bettter from there... * "Buckaroo Banzai" The Hong Kong Cavaliers, backed up by the Blue Blaze Irregulars are just a very large team of Dragons from all walks of life, battling more threats to the safety of the world before nine a.m. than most Dragons do all day. What's not to like? * Bonus challenge: A gateway opening to a world in which a Chinese Emperor, sometime in the late 16th or early 17th century (C.E.), decided to expand the empire over the seas. The Golden Age of Piracy kicks off a few decades early, bringing muskets and wu xia into direct conflict and high adventure for all.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3775','thausgt'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Anime inspirations (yes, dagnabbit, I’m showing my age):
* “Riding Bean” featuring an indestructible car freak who is probably related to Frank “Transporter” Martin.
* “Demon City Shinjuku” in which Tokyo (where else?) is cut off from the rest of the world by magic and a frikkin’ big canyon, but life still goes on… oddly, but it does go on…
* “Wicked City” More adult version of above, and could easily be confused with it. NOTE: keep any and all ideas you generate from this one in a separate shelf in a separate room from your game if ANY of the players are under 18.
* “Bubblegum Crisis”: Just in case you missed it, there are wacky androids who absorb machines, and girls in high-heeled power armor.

Non-Anime inspiration:
* “Transporter” movies. It’s not just the action sequences, it’s the creativity in the sequences. Not a lot of other movies would dare to stage a many-vs-one fight where the floor is covered with oil, and it just gets bettter from there…
* “Buckaroo Banzai” The Hong Kong Cavaliers, backed up by the Blue Blaze Irregulars are just a very large team of Dragons from all walks of life, battling more threats to the safety of the world before nine a.m. than most Dragons do all day. What’s not to like?
* Bonus challenge: A gateway opening to a world in which a Chinese Emperor, sometime in the late 16th or early 17th century (C.E.), decided to expand the empire over the seas. The Golden Age of Piracy kicks off a few decades early, bringing muskets and wu xia into direct conflict and high adventure for all.

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]]> By: age http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-404 age Thu, 22 May 2008 21:04:17 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-404 "I love that man, Go Jackie Chan, I'm his greatest fan, wo-wa-wa-wo-wo-o!" (Ash)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('404','age'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> “I love that man, Go Jackie Chan, I’m his greatest fan, wo-wa-wa-wo-wo-o!” (Ash)
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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-248 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Thu, 15 May 2008 20:49:32 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-248 Ah... That's what I get for replying before the second cup of coffee. :-( What inspires me? I'd have to go with <i>Last Action Hero</i>, at least for the 'in the movie' scenes. And anything Jackie Chan.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('248','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Ah… That’s what I get for replying before the second cup of coffee. :-(

What inspires me? I’d have to go with Last Action Hero, at least for the ‘in the movie’ scenes.

And anything Jackie Chan.

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]]> By: Knight of Roses http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-234 Knight of Roses Thu, 15 May 2008 16:12:03 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-234 Personally I like the "everything and the kitchen sink" approach of the Feng Shui setting but then, I am also a player and fan of Shadowfist (the FS CCG) which features all the wacky factions in their crosstime glory. But the system work just fine for modern guns and martial arts, Wuxia epics or any of several other action genres. So, go play, have fun!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('234','Knight of Roses'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Personally I like the “everything and the kitchen sink” approach of the Feng Shui setting but then, I am also a player and fan of Shadowfist (the FS CCG) which features all the wacky factions in their crosstime glory.

But the system work just fine for modern guns and martial arts, Wuxia epics or any of several other action genres. So, go play, have fun!

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]]> By: Adam Nave http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-231 Adam Nave Thu, 15 May 2008 15:40:28 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-231 @Telas: Not what movies *could* you use for a Feng Shui setting, because franky, you can use anything. What movie settings *inspire* you? True Lies and xXx are both over the top spy movies, with crazy stunts, lots of guns and tons of action, but which one of those would you find more interesting to play in? True Lies has an appeal, but for me, it's hands down xXx.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('231','Adam Nave'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Telas: Not what movies *could* you use for a Feng Shui setting, because franky, you can use anything. What movie settings *inspire* you?

True Lies and xXx are both over the top spy movies, with crazy stunts, lots of guns and tons of action, but which one of those would you find more interesting to play in? True Lies has an appeal, but for me, it’s hands down xXx.

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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-227 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Thu, 15 May 2008 14:17:53 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-227 You had me up until <b>Van Helsing</b>. It's the only movie ever able to make me not care about the fate of Kate Beckinsale's character. What movies would I use "the invulnerable doing the impossible" mechanics for? Anything starring Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Stallone, or other 80s action stars. Jackie Chan movies. Power Rangers. Mass "Zombie Attack" movies. (Although I think an argument could be made for a Paranoia approach - each player makes up six characters, and picks up a new one when the old one dies.) Anime. Comic Books (not just spandex, but ones like Sgt. Rock, etc).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('227','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> You had me up until Van Helsing. It’s the only movie ever able to make me not care about the fate of Kate Beckinsale’s character.

What movies would I use “the invulnerable doing the impossible” mechanics for?

Anything starring Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Stallone, or other 80s action stars.
Jackie Chan movies.
Power Rangers.
Mass “Zombie Attack” movies. (Although I think an argument could be made for a Paranoia approach – each player makes up six characters, and picks up a new one when the old one dies.)
Anime.
Comic Books (not just spandex, but ones like Sgt. Rock, etc).

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]]> By: John Arcadian http://www.gnomestew.com/specific-rpgs/alternate-settings-for-feng-shui/comment-page-1#comment-226 John Arcadian Thu, 15 May 2008 13:53:22 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=85#comment-226 I don't know if you've ever seen it, but there is a Japanese Movie called http://www.deathtrance.us/. It is so over the top that the only rules I can think it would work with would be Feng Shui.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('226','John Arcadian'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I don’t know if you’ve ever seen it, but there is a Japanese Movie called http://www.deathtrance.us/. It is so over the top that the only rules I can think it would work with would be Feng Shui.
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