Wuxia Weekend

19/05/2024

On oblique encounters:

Three days ago my wife told me to go to the store and get some rice. Sadly, my car battery had died, so I decided to make the long walk to t...

21/04/2024

The latest session of my Ogre Gate campaign:

T his is a sandbox campaign for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , operating in "Condor Heroes Mode". I used a lot of the procedures described...

02/04/2024

https://thebedrockblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/mad-monkey-kung-fu-animal-disciples-in.html

In Return of Condor Heroes, Yang Guo, after losing his arm is aided by a giant bird called Divine Eagle. Companion of the great martial arti...

19/03/2024

We talk about the movie Swordsman II. Lead-in music is Isaac Albeniz, Suite espanola op. 47 - Asturias leyenda, performed by Gordon Rowland.

29/02/2024

This is great news. Eureka is releasing The Valiant Ones on Blu-ray and in UHD

26/02/2024

Did a late night review of Kung Fu Wonderchild:

This is part of a series I started when working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , reviewing wuxia films and discussing their relevance to ...

05/02/2024

Did a review of Duel for Gold:

This is part of a series I started when working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , reviewing wuxia films and discussing their relevance to ...

30/01/2024

Review of Raining in the Mountain:

This is part of a series I started when working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , reviewing wuxia films and discussing their relevance to ...

23/01/2024

I talk about wuxia sandboxes and 'pinning it down': https://thebedrockblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/wuxia-sandbox-pinning-it-down.html

16/01/2024

The state of the party in a wuxia sandbox:

Art by Jackie Musto This is part of my Wuxia Sandbox series. You can see the previous post HERE . These are all primarily written with ...

02/01/2024

Wuxia Sandbox: The State of the Martial World

This is part of my Wuxia Sandbox series. You can see the previous post HERE . These are all primarily written with Wandering Heroes of O...

29/12/2023

More wuxia sandbox discussion:

This is part of my Wuxia Sandbox series. You can see the previous post HERE . These are all primarily written with Wandering Heroes of O...

25/12/2023

Are the players the heroes?

This is part of my Wuxia Sandbox series. You can see the previous post HERE . These are all primarily written with Wandering Heroes of Og...

24/12/2023

I review The Devil's Mirror

This is part of a series I started when working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , reviewing wuxia films and discussing their relevance to ...

19/12/2023

I review Lady of Steel and talk about finding inspiration in it for wuxia RPGs:

This is part of a series I started when working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate , reviewing wuxia films and discussing their relevance to t...

21/04/2023

We debate whether The Terminator is a perfect movie or the perfect movie.

01/01/2023

30/07/2022

In this episode of Wuxia Weekend we discuss the 1972 Chang Cheh film Four Riders starring Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-Tai, David Chiang and Wang Chung. Written by Chang Cheh and Ni Kuang (who passed away this July)

04/05/2022

We shake off the rust and return for Wuxia Weekend, with a Jimmy Wang Yu film: Magnificent Chivalry