Order Mist-Robed Gate here
Order the PDF here
Sometimes, your feelings are more important than you. So you allow yourself to be hurt in pursuit of your emotion, and when you’re caught between conflicting feelings, you end up manufacturing crises in order to make decisions about yourself. This is emotionally tempestuous arthaus wuxia, in the vein of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, or Hero.
There is a knife. When the knife is on the table any player can take it. When it is in a player’s hand, it cannot be taken; it must be given.
Mist-Robed Gate is now available from me, as a PDF or a softcover book. You can get the book at conventions or by mailorder. It costs 24 USD, plus 5 for shipping anywhere in the world. You can click this link to order one, with shipping included. The PDF is 13 USD, and there’s no shipping because of the magic of Internets! Click here to get a copy.
You can download character sheets here. If you are into the complex naming customs of wuxia fiction, then you should pick up the ‘Drama’ sheet, which has spaces for your character’s given, family, and martial names. The ‘Film’ sheet has spaces for your character’s name, role, and the actor portraying them, instead.
Use the ‘Loyalties’ or ‘Synopsis’ section to keep track of what’s on your character’s mind. There’s some room in the reference zone to keep your voting chips. You can cut off the Prop and Set bits on the side to make cards.
Enjoy!
*claps excitedly*
This is really cool. I love the use of color, weather, and sets.
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So I read about this game at the forge and it really got my attention. I’m planning to playtest a session with my group and if I read it right there are some rules changes regarding conflict called “wirework” or something exactly how does this work? If its not any bother can you mail me a document explaining how it works on play? I really like to try this out with my group. Thanks.
Hey, Dryraisin. Thanks for your interest! I’ll get in touch with you via email.
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