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Re: [wushurpg] Re: Wushu newbie

On 9/16/05, motherlessgoose <motherlessgoose@...> wrote:
> Alright, since I have pulp-fu and don't really have much knowledge of
> kung fu, would Wire-fu do anything more for me?

Wire-Fu gives you everything you need to run a action movie (American
or Hong Kong) style game. Wire-Fu and Pulp-Fu cover the same basics,
but each has their own area of specialty. Me, I got both, and I have
no regrets. :)

> I was thinking about the rules again...It seems to me that if you
> wanted to have a little bit of a toned down game (ie not as combat
> oriented) you could have more scenes that require one-upmanship. An
> example of this would be a mystery where the players are searching for
> clues, and then at the very end they confront the culprit.
>
> Does Wushu work well in not-so combat intensive games?

Definitely.

Check out this thread on the RPGnet forums, in which the author
discusses running a CSI style investigation game in Wushu:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=208177

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A couple of days ago, I downloaded Pulp-fu and Gun-fu from RPGNow. I've been reading over the rules. I can't wait to play this game. I do some questions: It...
motherlessgoose
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Sep 16, 2005
5:57 pm

... Yep. That's absolutely right. It works even better if you don't require that the list of conflicts be overcome in a particular order. Don't get caught up...
Vasco Brown
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Sep 16, 2005
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... Alright, since I have pulp-fu and don't really have much knowledge of kung fu, would Wire-fu do anything more for me? I was thinking about the rules...
motherlessgoose
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Sep 17, 2005
2:16 am

... Wire-Fu gives you everything you need to run a action movie (American or Hong Kong) style game. Wire-Fu and Pulp-Fu cover the same basics, but each has...
Vasco Brown
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Sep 17, 2005
3:14 am

... Also, check out this thread, in which a fan describes how he handles 'social combat' in his game, which involves the senate of ancient Rome. ...
Vasco Brown
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Sep 17, 2005
4:06 am

... Boy and how. In my Jedi-Fu last Saturday, I asked the heroes if they wanted to do anything special during the two days of down time before the next phase...
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