Pyramid Review
In Your Face Again (for Feng Shui)
Published by Atlas Games
Written by Anthony Botz, Darrin Bright, Loki Carbis, Jim Crocker, David Eber, Mark Kinney, Alex Knapik, Tom McGrenery and Mike Mearls Illustrated by Toren Atkinson, Andrew Baker, William Bronson, Eric Hotz, Jim Pavalec, Steven Saunders, Grey Thornberry and David White
128 pages; $19.95
Under the aegis of Atlas games, Feng Shui, the RPG of Hong Kong cinematic action, has been well supported with four good sourcebooks, but barring Robin D. Laws' Four Bastards, actual adventures have been a little thin on the ground. Now this has been rectified with an anthology of ten scenarios, entitled In Your Face Again.
This 128-page book is laid out in the standard Feng Shui style -- easy to read and littered with cheesy sub-titles, but it does suffer from the occasional typographical error. The standard of the interior art is a little variable, with the work of Toren Atkinson, Andrew Baker and David White standing out from the rest.
Seven of the ten scenarios are set in Feng Shui's contemporary juncture, though as evidenced from this book, it has yet to take into account the handing over of Hong Kong to the Chinese government. One each of the remaining three is set in the 69 AD, 1850, and 2056 junctures. Several do make use of the Golden Comeback sourcebook, but referees looking to expand these adventures as part their own campaigns will find Elevator to the Netherworld equally as useful. At the beginning of each adventure, . . .
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Article publication date: June 1, 2001
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