Re: (TFT) Erol and Wuxia

[Eric Coles <eac42@columbia.edu>]

Wuxia is chinese swordsman movies - the "chivalrous knight errant" is a 
standard chinese literature and cinematic (most movies actually taken from 
the literature which is mostly untranslated) genre.  Crouching Tiger, 
Hidden Dragon is simply one of the few that have made it to large scale 
western attention.

Standard terms: http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M03/2003-01-Wuxia-03-Glossary.php

Very good explanation: http://www.heroic-cinema.com/articles/wuxia.htm

By the way, TFT works exceptionally well for a wuxia based campaign, I've 
been running one for 20 years.  If you follow chinese movies, you'll note 
that people die - a lot - including the good guys.

Best,

Eric



At 03:09 AM 4/7/2005, you wrote:
> Hi Erol,
>    A quick question, what is wuxia?
>
>    Regards, Rick
>
> > Actually I do play D&D (the much improved 3rd edition, not 1st or 2nd with
> > "-9 armour class") as well as TFT. But Errol Flynn-type swashbuckling 
> isn't the
> > same thing as Crouching Tiger-type wuxia. D&D is good for the wuxia, but
> > modified TFT is better for the swashbuckling. (And - not a challenge or 
> a criticism
> > by any means, but it just seems to me that someone who doesn't 
> understand the
> > difference between Flynn-style swashbuckling and Crouching Tiger wuxia 
> isn't
> > a good source for suggestions about appropriate game systems for those
> > genres.)
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