A Fistful of Kung Fu: Hong Kong Movie Wargame Rules
By (Author) Andrea Sfiligoi
Illustrated by Fabien Esnard-Lascombe
Illustrated by Jesse McGibney
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
20th February 2014
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
793.92
Paperback
64
Width 184mm, Height 248mm
250g
A Fistful of Kung Fu brings the hyper-kinetic, bullet-spraying, demon-slaying, kung-fu-fighting action of Hong Kong movies and Asian cinema to the wargames tabletop. In a modern world walking a precarious line between the advances of next-generation technology and the tradition and mysticism of ancient cultures, Kung Fu schools face off in no-holds-barred tournaments, corporations hire agents and spies to steal each other's secrets, overworked SWAT teams respond to gunfights between feuding Triad and Yakuza clans, and ancient artefacts are sought by hopping vampires, demon sorcerers and cyborgs alike. Combining the gunfights of John Woos Hard Boiled, the hand-to-hand combat of Enter the Dragon, the sheer mystical weirdness of Big Trouble in Little China, the wuxia action of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and everything in-between, A Fistful of Kung Fu is a skirmish wargame unlike any other.
"The value of [Osprey Wargame] books is unbelievably good. Generally, $20 can get you an interesting ruleset with great artwork." - Jacob Stauttener, Must Contain Minis
Andrea Sfiligoi is one of those few lucky fellows who can claim they are 'working' while playing with toy soldiers. The success of his Song of Blades and Heroes line of wargame and roleplaying books, published by Ganesha Games, convinced him to stop doing what he was doing before and write games for a living. Jesse McGibney was born in Saskatoon, Canada in 1987, and graduated with a degree in Illustration from Sheridan College in 2009. He is the co-founder and lead artist of the independent video-game studio, AlienTrap Games. Jesse also enjoys doing freelance illustration for various publishing houses, including Fantasy Flight Games and Osprey Publishing. He currently resides, along with too many half-painted miniatures and rulebooks, in Toronto, Canada.