''Film Festival #1'' is an adventure published by
Event Horizon Productions
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in 1997 for the action-adventure role-playing game ''
Hong Kong Action Theatre!''
Description
''Film Festival #1'' is a 120-page perfect-bound softcover book containing 15 adventures for the ''Hong Kong Action Theatre!'' role-playing game. The adventures were written by
Gareth-Michael Skarka
Gareth-Michael Skarka is an e-book author and game designer who founded Adamant Entertainment and has worked primarily on e-published role-playing games.
Career
Gareth-Michael Skarka's cinematic '' Hong Kong Action Theatre!'' (1996) was first pu ...
,
John R. Phythyon Jr., David Brandon Sturm, Matt Harrop, and
Aaron Rosenberg
Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (August 26, 1912 – September 1, 1979) was a two-time " All-American" college football player, and a film and television producer with more than 60 credits.Robert Slater (2000)''Great Jews in Sports''/ref> He received a ...
,
and are evenly divided between ''
Hong Kong Action Theatre!''s three genres: Gunplay, Martial Arts, and Bizarre Fantasy.
Gunplay
* "Two Fisted Justice"
* "To Catch a Thief"
* "Last Chance"
* "Full Auto"
* "Dead On Arrival"
Martial arts
* "Five Fists of Kung Fu"
* "Five Fists of Kung Fu II: Martial Fury"
* "Police Target"
* "Deadly Relations"
* "The Beat"
Bizarre fantasies
* "Son of the Dragon II: Dragonfist"
* "Magic Hunter"
* "Dragonknights"
* "The Mighty Heroes"
* "Ghost Ship"
The book also includes a movie title generator.
Reception
In the February 1998 edition of ''
Dragon
A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
'' (Issue #244),
Rick Swan
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR.
His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995.
Swan also wrote ''The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Pre ...
acknowledged he was already a fan of the ''Hong Kong Action Theatre!'' RPG, and thought ''Film Festival 1'' "presents 15 top-notch adventures." Swan's favorites were "Five Fists of Kung Fu", and "Magic Hunter".
References
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Role-playing game adventures
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1997