This was the twenty first session of my Heavenly Fragrance Campaign, a living adventure for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, prepared using tools and procedures discussed in the Wuxia Sandbox blog posts. This campaign is intended to play as a sandbox but with more dramatic elements. It is a two player campaign where run in what I call…
This week, a poster in the Bedrock Games discord asked about how to make the weapon in The Dragon Missile, a 1976 Ho Meng-Hua film for our dark wuxia game Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. Ho Meng-Hua directed The Flying Guillotine and this movie presents us with another lethal weapon that decapitates people and fills the…
This is a casual review of The Lady Assassin, which I have posted elsewhere online. I am making slight edits to this version but it is basically just my initial thoughts after seeing it. My hope is to do more reviews like this one where I just react to a film after first seeing it…
Here is my second casual review. In these installments I just do quick immediate reactions to films after viewing them. I hope to do more in the coming weeks and months. The Sword is a 1980 wuxia film directed by Patrick Tam, that stars Adam Cheng and Norman Chu. It also stars Jade Hsu, Tien…
This is an attempt to game the film The Sword for Righteous Blood Ruthless Blade, me and Jeremy’s wuxia TTRPG published by Osprey. In the movie there is a weapon called the Qiwu Sword, and it is heavily suggested it is cursed but effective. I highly recommend the film and you can see my review of…
Killer Darts is a 1968 Ho Meng-Hua film, starring Chin Ping (Jin Yu-Sien), Yueh Hua (Liu Yu-Long), Fang Mian (Liu Wen-Lung), Chang Pei-Shan (Hu Chi-Feng), Pang Pang (Ah Fu), and Shen Yi (Lin Heung-Kam), and Ma Ying (Chou Chao). The movie opens with Chou Chao, a wicked bandit chief, burning down the home of Master…
This is another casual review where I give my immediate thoughts after watching a movie. Today I am discussing The Crimson Charm. The Crimson Charm is a 1971 film directed by Huang Feng, starring Ivy Ling Po, Chang Yi, Shih Szu, Fang Mian and James Nam Seok-Hoon. Huang Feng would go on to direct a…
This is another casual review where I give my first impressions of a film right after watching it. The Young Avenger is a 1972 wuxia film directed by Griffin Yueh Feng, starring Shih Szu (Bao Zhu), Yueh Hua (Chen Shi Lun) and Fan Mei-Sheng (Liu Tuo). Griffin Yueh Feng had a long career going back…
My review of The Black Tavern is up at easternKicks. You can check it out HERE. This is an amazing movie. I had a lot to say about it. If you like movies like The Hateful Eight, this is definitely one to check out. Also it is an outstanding performance by Ku Feng, who passed…
This is a casual review of the film Swordswomen Three. Swordswomen Three is a 1970 film directed and written by Shen Chiang, that stars Essie Lin Chia, Shen Yi, Lo Lieh, Chang Yi, and Violet Pan Ying-Zi. Shen Chiang was a notable a writer who penned the Temple of the Red Lotus Trilogy and films…
Lo Lieh finds the sword’s use limited against wooden weapons This is a new potential top ten weapon for Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. It is inspired by the sword in Swordswomen Three, a 1970 film directed by Shen Chiang and starring Essie Lin Chia, Shen Yi, Violet Pan Ying-Zi, Chang Yi, and Lo Lieh. You…
You can check out my review of Lady with a Sword over at easternKicks. This was quite a good movie. It starts out with a terrible crime committed against a woman coming from mourning her murdered father, and her son joins up with his aunt to get revenge. What is cool about it is the…