Blowing Up The Movies

Description

Blowing Up the Movies at a Glance   Use 24 action movies to help build your Feng Shui adventures…or with any other action/adventure RPG. Sample movies range from popular classics to obscure new titles to discover and enjoy. Written by game designer extraordinaire and cinema aficionado Robin D. Laws.   Cinematic Exploration: More about Blowing Up the Movies   Feng Shui is an action movie RPG, so it only makes sense to take game inspiration from specific movies. Designer Robin D. Laws explains how to do exactly that in this volume dedicated to exploring how to use techniques from films to build stories in Feng Shui or any other action RPG.   Explore 24 movies — some popular, some obscure cult classics — and learn how to utilize their stories to improve your game sessions. Discover how Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon uses fight scenes to express inner conflict or how Star Wars is a model of storytelling economy.   Movie magic awaits you in Blowing Up the Movies!     Blowing Up the Movies: Contents   Chapter 1: Blowing Up the Introduction Chapter 2: Big Trouble in Little China Chapter 3: Chinese Ghost Story 1 & 2 Chapter 4: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Chapter 5: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Chapter 6: Die Hard Chapter 7: Equilibrium Chapter 8: Hard Boiled Chapter 9: Hero Chapter 10: Hot Fuzz Chapter 11: Kamen Rider: The First/Kamen Rider: Next Chapter 12: The Killer Chapter 13: Kung Fu Hustle Chapter 14: The Matrix Chapter 15: The Mission Chapter 16: Mr. Vampire Chapter 17: Once Upon a Time in China Chapter 18: The Raid: Redemption Chapter 19: Road Warrior Chapter 20: Rumble in the Bronx Chapter 21: Saviour of the Soul Chapter 22: Seven Samurai Chapter 23: SPL Chapter 24: Star Wars Chapter 25: Young & Dangerous 2 Appendix A: Select Filmography Appendix B: Author Biography   Awards 2016 Origins Award nominee for Game Accessory.