Bundle of Holding

"The original Feng Shui roleplaying game came out in 1996 just as Hong Kong action movies were first hitting their stride in the United States. Movies like Rumble in the Bronx with Jackie Chan introduced a new group of moviegoers to the high-flying, fast-paced, over-the-top style of Hong Kong action cinema. Robin D. Laws and Feng Shui First Edition brought quick-moving, action-packed combat filled with spells, gunplay, and kung fu to tabletops everywhere. Launched on Kickstarter in 2014, Feng Shui Second Edition was funded in just 20 minutes. [...]
"Feng Shui 2 is a rolling romp of a good time. It does what it does well, and it doesn't apologize! We ran the Red Packet Rumble demo scenario from the Atlas Games website [.PDF link] for our playtest. This is a simple scenario that includes a modern-day fight against Triad gangsters, a magic-filled battle in the Netherworld, and 12 different archetypes you can preview for yourself. The production quality of the book itself is top-notch, and the GM Screen is full of useful info to keep the game running smoothly. Much of what you need to run the game is contained on the character sheets and GM Screen. After reading through the rules, we only had to reference the rulebook once or twice during our three-hour session. Pretty incredible for our first time running the game!" -- Arthur England, RPG Ready

"The core mechanic of Feng Shui is your standard attribute/skill + dice >= a target number (called Difficulty). The dice in FS are 1d6 - 1d6, giving a mean roll of 0. Either die can explode on a 6, making obscenely high and low rolls possible. In addition, double sixes (boxcars) means something special will happen (good if you succeed, bad if you fail). This roll is added to an Action Value describing how good your character is at doing whatever you're trying to do. If the Action Result (AV + dice) is equal to or higher than the Difficulty, you succeed. If the Action Result is less, you fail. If the Action Result is 0 or less, that's a Way Awful Failure. FS2 adds quite a bit of jargon relating to dice rolls: Action Value, Boxcars, Action Result and Way Awful Failure as already mentioned, plus Swerve (the actual roll), Outcome (Action Result - Difficulty), Smackdown (how much damage you do) and a few others. [...]
"Initiative works on an action-point style system called the Shot Clock. Each character makes an initiative roll at the beginning of each Sequence (turn) to determine their initial Shot. Highest Shot goes first and the GM counts down to 0. Each action has a Shot Cost, usually in the 1-5 range with the typical action (including most attacks) costing 3. Once 0 has been reached, a new Sequence begins. [...] Damage is resolved by taking the base damage value of an attack, adding the Outcome and subtracting the target's Toughness. This results in a number of Wound Points, which are tracked in ascending fashion. At certain thresholds, characters take Impairment: first -1 on all action and then -2. Eventually, a character will take enough WPs to require an Up Check. If they fail, they fall unconscious and if they succeed, they can continue fighting. Either way, they also accrue a Mark of Death. After the battle, any character with one or more Marks of Death, must make a Death Check to avoid dying (after a suitable melodramatic speech). [...]
"Chases are a special form of combat that have been significantly improved from the first edition. I quite like the flavor and the feel of the chase system, and it seems flexible enough to cover everything from racing stage coaches to dueling helicopters. [...] Bad Guys come in four flavors: mooks, Featured Foes, Bosses and Uber-Bosses. Mooks are there to make the PCs look cool and mainly function as speed bumps. An argument can be made that they're so inferior to the PCs as to be almost pointless except as flavor. Featured Foes are important and tough but slightly weaker than the PCs. A Boss should be about equal to a single PC, and an Uber-Boss should take several PCs to defeat. [...]
"The setting of Feng Shui has always been its greatest strength, in my opinion. The game seeks to emulate Hong Kong and Hollywood action movies in all their glorious and wacky variety. So, the setting attempts to do so as well. The central conceit of the setting is that portals exist that allow people (called Innerwalkers) to travel to specific points in time: the Ancient (7th Century AD), Past (1850), Contemporary (present day) and Future (2074) Junctures. Different factions attempt to control the flow of Chi in these different junctions and thereby control the world. In addition, getting to these different time periods requires travel through the Netherworld, an ever-changing otherworldly realm of monsters, spirits, and displaced Innerwalkers. There is also the Underworld (the realm of demons and other malevolent spirits) that is much harder to directly access. This allows for everything from sorcerers with their pet demons to wizened kung fu masters and cybernetic gorillas to all duke it out in downtown present-day Hong Kong.
"Of the changes from first edition, the biggest is probably the destruction of the Architects of the Flesh (mad scientists who blended advanced cybertech with demonic flesh and magic) when the Jammers (rebels seeking to overthrow the AotF) blew up the Future. The Future is no longer an oppressive dystopia ruled by mad scientists and autocratic despots, and is now a blasted wasteland of roving cycle gangs and cybernetic ape armies. [...] The other big change to the setting was the creation of Pop-Up Junctures. These are temporary openings to any time and any where. This really opens up the setting for whatever the GM feels like throwing into her campaign. Your players want to punch some Nazis in the face (and who doesn't)? Send them to the 1940s. Do they want to battle alien monsters? Send them to far-future Mars." -- Deric Page, RPG.net

Feng Shui copyright © 1996, 1999, 2011, 2015 and Red Packet Rumble copyright © 2015 Robin D. Laws, published under license by Trident Inc., d/b/a Atlas Games. "Feng Shui" is a trademark of Robin D. Laws, used under license. All rights reserved.

From the Introduction

Cop movies out of Hong Kong run the gamut from dark and gritty neo-noir to joyful situational kicking and punching action. Women in positions of respect and authority abound enough for there to be a sub-sub-subgenre. There's a lot to love from Johnnie To tension to John Woo stylish blood-splattered crime. The adventure in this quickstart follows the beats of something a little more light-hearted in the vein of Jackie Chan's first Police Story, but make no mistake, you've got a range to work with for drawing inspiration here. [...]

Introducing the Story: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You are in Hong Kong to create a united task force to bring down a growing threat before it takes root in Hong Kong.

"You all have your ways of handling things, from the local cop who knows the intricacies of Hong Kong's streets to the outsiders with their own methods for investigation and crime fighting. You'll have to at least try to work together, possibly while proving to the others that you're the best of the best!

"The specific mission? Eliminate a criminal syndicate pretending to be a drug manufacturer who are using Hong Kong as a new base of power and flooding their streets with their dangerous and experimental drugs. This is going to take more than one cop on a mission, this is going to take the new Hong Kong Task Force Double Eight!"

Hong Kong Task Force Double Eight copyright © 2016 Trident Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games.

"The players witness a group of crippled warriors battling faceless minions. If they're saved, they implore the players' help in overcoming an evil eunuch magician, Kan Kuei, who is attempting to take over the world. In the process, the players have to travel though the Netherworld, seek information from a rather modern Johnny Ko, battle demonic monks in a volcano, and then a climactic battle against the eunuch in a monastery. One of the highlights of that last battle is the flying coffins used by the evil wizard as battering rams. There are numerous add-on points GMs can add to lengthen the adventure and several 'sequel' ideas that can almost form a mini-campaign. The whole thing is told with a very in-your-face Feng Shui attitude, which makes for a remarkably refreshing change from the standard d20 modules. [...] The 'faceless horde' rules allow a player to quickly cut a swath through minor opponents, while the wuxia rules allow them to do it in style using stunts and props, ignoring certain effects of gravity, and using whatever weapon happens to be handy." -- Joe G. Kushner, OgreCave [reviewing the original d20 version]

Burning Shaolin Redux copyright © 2001, 2015 Trident Inc. d/b/a/ Atlas Games. "Pathfinder" and associated marks and logos are trademarks of Paizo Inc., and are used under license. See paizo.com/pathfinderRPG for more information on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Glimpse of the Abyss copyright © 2007 Trident Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games.

"From top to bottom the re-release of the Feng Shui RPG is top-notch gaming fun. Secrets of the Chi War adds a lot more depth to an already rich world. It gives hints on characters and locations for all the major factions, which in the Feng Shui world means more baddies to shoot at and expensive buildings to blow up." -- Rennie S., DriveThruRPG

"I had the pleasure of writing several sections on the Future Juncture, including 'Blowing Up Apeworld.' Piecing together a glimpse of Furious George's fortress-capital was a load of post-apocalyptic fun. I even found a way to work the bananas set design from the original Planet of the Apes into Feng Shui. Secrets of the Chi War also includes looks at ancient Chang'an, 1850s Canton, '70s Harlem and Hong Kong, '80s Miami, and modern Seoul and Tokyo. Even weirder locations include prehistoric Mongolia (complete with dinosaur kung fu masters) and the mutant-controlled sewers of Future New York. It really has something for any Feng Shui game." -- Contributing designer Paul Stefko, One Yard Hex

Contributors to Secrets of the Chi War include Cam Banks, Morgan Ellis, Marissa Kelly, Kevin Kulp, Ryan Macklin, Jack Norris, Paul Stefko, Brennan Taylor, Ruth Tillman, and Filamena Young.

Secrets of the Chi War copyright © 2015 Trident, Inc., d/b/a Atlas Games.

"Chris Pramas's writing [on Blood of the Valiant] is clear and concise. He clearly did his research on both the subject at hand and the Feng Shui feel. All Feng Shui material should reflect a love of Hong Kong movie action -- I want to feel like the author was grinning while he or she wrote the book. Blood of the Valiant pays off that way. [...] Blood of the Valiant is a solid piece of work, well-written and useful for players and GMs alike." -- Bryant Durrell, Innocence.com

"Elevator to the Netherworld is another one of those books Feng Shui GMs will definitely want to have. It's rules-light and heavy on the setting without changing the game world to any appreciable degree (a good example of detailing rather than advancing the setting). The book veers from serious to wacky and back again at breakneck pace, and it makes the Netherworld a viable place for adventuring rather than just a device for getting from one time period to another." -- Kevin Mowery, RPG.net

"[Gorilla Warfare] fleshes and stats out this most chaotic of factions, provides GMs with tips on how to roleplay the Jammers and easily incorporate them into a Feng Shui campaign, gives a nice helping of new archetypes, schticks, and equipment, and is a fun read to boot. Overall, this is a great book that any GM or Feng Shui player would love to read." -- A.J. Mertes, RPG.net

"If you're into the Ascended, like me, or just want more ammunition to keep your games from stagnating, it's safe to pick up [Seal of the Wheel]. The grab-bag nature suits my playing style." -- Joonas Laakso, RPG.net

Seal of the Wheel and Elevator to the Netherworld copyright © 2000 Thorns of the Lotus copyright © 2002, and Blood of the Valiant and Gorilla Warfare copyright © 2003 Trident Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games.

A Fistful of Fight Scenes copyright © 2015 Trident Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games.

The movies blown up

• Big Trouble in Little China
• Chinese Ghost Story 1 & 2
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
• Die Hard
• Equilibrium
• Hard Boiled
• Hero
• Hot Fuzz
• Kamen Rider: The First / Kamen Rider: Next
• The Killer
• Kung Fu Hustle
• The Matrix
• The Mission
• Mr. Vampire
• Once Upon a Time in China
• The Raid: Redemption
• Road Warrior
• Rumble in the Bronx
• Saviour of the Soul
• Seven Samurai
• SPL (aka Sha Po Lang aka Killshot)
• Star Wars
• Young and Dangerous 2

Blowing Up the Movies copyright © 2015 Trident Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games.