A fistful of Kung fu by Osprey.

[zacharyw]

I finally got some photos of my full cyber-ape gorillas done. I love how open the army/gang design is with this game.



More on the hobby blog for the curious.

http://middlingwars.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/apes-apes-apes-for-a-fistful-of-kung-fu-dust-warfare-or-pulp-ventures/(

Will hopefully have more photos of the martial artists I've painted up soon.

[carlos13th]

That's pretty awesome mate.

[zacharyw]

Thanks! Got a battle report written for a game on my blog, for those interested:

http://middlingwars.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/play-a-fistful-of-kung-fu-trilogy-episode-one-the-challenge-1-of-3/

Martial Artists vs. Cyber-Apes



vs.

[SotF]

who makes the Fu dogs?

[zacharyw]

I want to say Bushido, though it's been a bit since I purchased them. Yup, Bushido:

http://www.bushido-thegame.com/catalog/shisa

[zacharyw]

Second battle report written up on my blog:

http://middlingwars.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/play-a-fistful-of-kung-fu-trilogy-episodetwo-sabotage-2-of-3/

[Smith]

I'm a little late to the party, it seems, but I LOVE these battle reports - they're exactly the sort of wackiness for which A Fistful of Kung Fu is perfect!

The ape gang is great. If you're looking for some additional firepower, though, to keep those pesky martial artists at arm's length, perhaps West Wind's Panzeraffe or one of Pulp City's Ape Revolutionary Committee could be pressed into service...

[zacharyw]

Thanks! Those are some excellent suggestions… I'd seen one of the gun apes before, but had no idea of the manufacturer. Might need to add some firepower to the gang in the future…

The openness and wackiness of the game really lends itself to hobby and force-builing imagination… and their seems to be some wonderful tactical complexity to the game as well, so long as you avoid trying to break the game.

[zacharyw]

The last episode in the battle report of the trilogy is posted:

http://middlingwars.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/play-a-fistful-of-kung-fu-trilogy-episode-three-secrets-3-of-3/

Enjoy!

[zacharyw]

A few more martial artists completed:

http://middlingwars.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/finished-more-martial-artists-for-a-fistful-of-kung-fu-because-can-you-ever-have-enough/

[obsidian3d]

A local gamer has a copy of this and I was considering it for some games to pit the Foot clan against my nearly-complete Ninja Turtles. The protagonist rules look like they'd work well for the foot, who would be led by the Shredder. What didn't seem clear to me was how I could make the turtles feel more equal. While I don't mind having them be slightly different in power levels, it doesn't feel right that one of them would be the hero and the rest just schmoes.

Could this be done with four protagonists and no helpers, or would that make the sides just TOO imbalanced?

[carlos13th]

Maybe two protagonists and two bruisers for the turtles?

[eilif]

I've not played it, but my reading is that it might be possible to play it as a band of protagonists. 

However, the system is pretty flexible.  I think you could tone down the protagonist and beef up the bruisers a bit and stick with the one-protagonist feature.  Leonardo could be your protagonist and make the rest bruisers.

On the other side, the Foot Clan could be mooks, and (assuming you're doing the cartoon) you've got bruisers for Rocksteady and Beebop and Shredder as a protagonist.

Best of luck whatever you decide.

[Jiron]

I just started to look on the thing and I love it!!!! I just saw few pages and started thinking about some awesome gangs. In my mind are Machette (I just need to find miniature of Denny Trejo) and a band of mexicans, Mortal Kombat inspired gang (mostly ninjas with Sub Zero as a Protagonist), Expendables, Wild West themed band of outlaws...

[obsidian3d]

I ended up buying a PDF copy and have made stats for my Turtles and Splinter. I have to put together a list for Shredder and the Foot Ninja yet before I can actually try out a game.