Historical Role-Playing Games: Twilight 2000, Forgotten Futures, Feng Shui, Space: 1889, Pendragon, Indiana Jones, Maelstrom, Gangbusters

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Twilight 2000, Forgotten Futures, Feng Shui, Space: 1889, Pendragon, Indiana Jones, Maelstrom, Gangbusters, Retreat, Hell!, Nephilim, Bushido, Weird Wars, Diana: Warrior Princess, Dogs in the Vineyard, Hollow Earth Expedition, D20 Past, Dzikie Pola, Human Age, Adventure!, Boot Hill, Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier, Witch Hunter: The Invisible World, Justice, Inc., Fantasy Imperium, Tibet: The Roleplaying Game, Godlike, Prince Valiant, Weapons of the Gods, Terra the Gunslinger, Grey Ranks, Reich Star, En Garde!, Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game, Forbidden Kingdoms, Credo, Dust Devils, Furry Pirates, Draug, Sengoku, Desafio dos Bandeirantes, Gunslingers and Gamblers, Daredevils, Pirates!, Valley of the Pharaohs. Excerpt: Feng Shui is a martial arts-themed role-playing game, designed by Robin Laws, published first by Daedalus Entertainment and now by Atlas Games. The game shares its setting with the collectible card game Shadowfist. The system is simple, with most detail being in the game's combat system. Combat is made to flow quickly, moving from one action scene to another very quickly. It was inspired and based on Hong Kong style action movies. The characters begin at a high level of skill, as appropriate for protagonists in the source films. In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Feng Shui on its list of The Millennium's Best Role-playing Games. Editor Scott Haring said that Feng Shui found the way to do over-the-top cinematic roleplaying without turning it into an exercise in dice rolling and power trips. The name Feng Shui refers to one of the central themes of the game: those who control places with powerful Feng Shui control the world. These people find that events go in their favour more often than would be explained by chance. The outcomes of all major historical events, such as wars, elections and natural...