Pyramid Review
Cookie Fu: Fortune Cookie Fighter Collectable Dice Game
Published by Blue Kabuto
System design and graphic layout by Bryan Kowalski
Cookie Fu fighter and dice icon art by Kino Geyer
Starter Set (5 dice, fortune cookie, rules, in a Chinese takeout box), $8.99; Boosters (3 dice, fortune cookie, in a Chinese takeout box), $5.99
Hopefully the public still has the appetite for collectable games the industry believes it to have, because Cookie Fu: Fortune Cookie Fighter Collectable Dice Game from Blue Kabuto is coming out swinging. And, if the public really has an appetite, parts of the game are edible.
The object of the game is to use dice results to perform martial arts maneuvers; the first to knock his opponents unconscious wins.
A starter package comes with five Cookie Fu dice. These have symbols that determine the moves available to you during a round of combat. One of the dice is a Fortune Die, a non-collectable item with fortune cookie symbols that determines who has initiative in combat using a rock-paper-scissors mechanic (in a multiplayer game, you have to get your own regular six-sider and roll the highest).
The other dice -- "Fu Dice" -- are rolled secretly to get Strikes, Kicks, Blocks, Grabs, Throws, and Chi. The person with initiative goes first (unless he passes, which is likely if he rolls all defenses). He reveals some of his dice to form an attack, and the opponent (if he has any defenses) pulls out dice to stop him. A Strike . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: January 31, 2003
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