The sixth game from Osprey Wargames is coming out next February, and it is titled A Fistful of Kung Fu.
In their own words:
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 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 r4. Overworked SWAT teams respond to street-level gunfights between feuding Triad and Yakuza clans. Ancient artifacts 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.
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 maneuvers 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.
– Author Andrea Sfiligoi
We have signed up to make the figures for this game, as we have with the previous three titles: In Her Majesty's Name, Ronin and Of Gods and Mortals.
We will be making initially several squads, each squad being a starter force to play the game with. They are:
- The Cops
- The Demons
- The Yakusa Gangsters
- The Martial Arts Heroes
The figures are all designed by North Star's Steve Saleh, inspired by the book's artwork and references to Hong Kong cinema. North Star's Kev Dallimore is painting them all up, photographing them for both our use and for inclusion in the book. He will also be designing the packaging for their release.
The figures will all be 28mm-sized, made of metal, and supplied unpainted.
We won't be doing a Nickstarter with this range, but we do have a pre-order deal. Here you get the book, one each of the four box sets, and we send it out post-free, and add a limited-edition figure free.
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