| Resources: Movies and Television: Kung Fu Cult Cinema: A great place to go to find what WuXia and other types of Asian movies you should be on the lookout for. The WuXia stuff is mostly under the "Swordplay" category, this place also includes links to companies which will let you order original DVDs of most of these films. http://www.kfccinema.com/ D-Addicts: This place is a great message board where you can ask lots of questions about Asian movies and TV series, a good place to learn and find what you are looking for. http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/ An Article about WuXia Cinema: http://members.tripod.com/~journeyeast/wuxia_pian.html WuXia Fiction: (In English) Would you run a Superhero campaign without reading a comic book? Would you run a Star Wars campaign without seeing the movies? Would you tell a Western story without ever having read or seen a Western? WuXia novels are the heart and soul of the genre, it's where it came from, and where by far the best stuff is, before you even think about running a campaign, go here! WuXiaPedia: The Ultimate WuXia Translated Story Site! http://www.wuxiapedia.com SPC Net WuXia Translations Forum: http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=3aa3767f4c49191983a0f9924bbd16e6&forumid=29 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Online: http://www.threekingdoms.com/ Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Wanderer"/ "State of Divinity" Translation: http://www.lannyland.com/wanderer/wanderer.htm Jing Yong/Gong Lu Translations: http://people.clemson.edu/~hmingle/novels/index.html The Romance of Book and Sword: http://www.qiqi.com/cgi-bin/bk2.pl?fd1=book&fd2=wx&fd3=jinyong&in=jy01 YonYon's WuXia Novel Translations http://lovepiekna.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=novels WuXia Mania Forums http://wuxiamania.phorumz.com About China and Chinese History A General Map of China http://www.chinapage.com/map/china_pol01.jpg Maps of China during Most of the Major Dynasties http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Dynasty/history-maps-dynasty.html Houses in Old China: http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/home/3intrhme.htm Historical Maps of China: (including cities, temples, provinces, etc) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_china.html I used this map from the above as the home city of an old WuXia Campaign I ran: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/nankin_1912.jpg Chinese History and Map Page (highly recommended!) http://www.friesian.com/sangoku.htm#china-era A list of Chinese Gods and Goddesses http://fullmoon_deities.tripod.com/chinese.html Chinese Nobility http://www.fact-index.com/c/ch/chinese_nobility.html The Qing Dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty About Chinese Houses: http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/home/3intrhme.htm Generals of the South: A History of Wu, from the Three Kingdoms Period (free ebook) http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/gos_index.html About Jin Yong and WuXia Fiction: "Everybody was Kung-Fu Writing" http://www.sinorama.com.tw/en/1998/199812/712032e1.html "WuXia Fiction" http://www.heroic-cinema.com/articles/wuxia_modern_jin.htm Exploring WuXia and WuXia Jargon http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M03/2003-01-Wuxia-03-Glossary.php Great WuXia Info Site related to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon http://csc.ziyi.org/filmography/cthd/wuxiafiction/ "Regarding WuXia", an essay by Gu Long http://csc.ziyi.org/filmography/cthd/wangdulu/regardingwuxia.html Gaming: Once Upon a Time In China: -One Author's Online Sourcebook and RPG, Extremely Recommended for Source Information, especially his links list. http://www.heroic-cinema.com/eric/ Heroic Cinema's RPG Info Section: http://www.heroic-cinema.com/rpg.htm Fairy Land of the Drinking Horse: -Notes on a Fantasy History of China http://physics.hkbu.edu.hk/~lhung/world3.html The Cathy Arts of Role Playing: -An RPG set in a Fantastic Version of China http://physics.hkbu.edu.hk/~lhung/caorp.html HERO Games: -Wonderful source of info, advice, and games. Especially their forums. http://www.herogames.com Green Ronin Publishing: -Makers of the Upcoming "Dragonfist" WuXia RPG for D20 http://www.greenronin.com Steve Jackson Games: -Makers of GURPS and "GURPS:China" http://www.sjgames.com WuShu RPG: -A small press Martial Arts RPG focussed on Storytelling. http://bayn.org/wushu/index.html Sengoku HERO Site: -A campaign page for one Author's Japanese Campaign, but extremely useful for WuXia campaigns too. http://www.oocities.org/markdoc.geo/Gaming_stuff/Sengoku/sengoku_front_page.htmland author's main Information on The TianGuo/Dragonfist Chinese Fantasy Setting http://rpol.net/rpol/game.cgi?gi=2438&gn=Warriors+of+Legend&date=1066429256 Killer Shrike's HERO System Website, Amazing Fantasy HERO Resource http://www.killershrike.com/ Weapons of the Gods: A very cool RPG based on the Hong Kong comic of the same name published by EOS press. http://eos-press.com/products-wotg.html Back to Main Page! |
