For you pen and paper fans out there, let's talk about tabletop wuxia games!
I shall quickly list all the "big games" that I know of, for those who'd like to see what I'm talking about!:
- Legends of the Wulin
- Weapons of the Gods (predecessor to the above)
- Qin: The Warring States
- Feng Shui (1 and 2!)
- Flying Swordsman/Dragon Fist (Dungeons & Dragons, wuxia-style)
- Basic Roleplaying Celestial Empire
- Wushu (very simple game)
- Tianxia: Blood, Silk, and Jade
- And way back in the day there was a free Outlaws of the Water Margin game that looked promising. The game is incomplete, but all the rules are available.
I think one of the most impressive efforts to capture a wuxia feeling in tabletop gaming is Legends of the Wulin, which I believe is posted in China. It's a successor to a system based on the Weapons of the Gods comic. But fights are known to take forever, and the Secret Arts are very confusing to me and a bunch of others.
So has anyone here tried a wuxia tabletop game? What was your experience? Do you have a favorite not mentioned above?
EDIT: Oh, I forgot! As a shameless plug for an extremely interesting upcoming tabletop RPG, I recommend looking up "Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate" which is inspired by Shaw Brothers movies and the works of Jin Yong! It's due later this summer -- I'm very excited to run it!