Feng Shui vs Kill Him Faster

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	Feng Shui	Kill Him Faster
Genre	Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Historical, Modern, Post-Apocalyptic	Sci-Fi, Historical
Tags	Cinematic, Combat-Heavy, Fast-Paced, High-Power, Martial Arts, Playbook-Driven, Pulp Action, Strong GM Support, Tactical, Theater of the Mind	Comedy, Gonzo, Tactical, Cinematic, Mission-Based, Pulp Action, Fast-Paced
Core Mechanic	Roll a positive d6 and a negative d6, subtract the negative die from the positive, and add the Swerve to an Action Value. Meeting or beating the Difficulty succeeds, while open-ended sixes create extreme results.	Two parallel resolution systems. In match combat, every weapon has an associated set of dice and a Kill Roll value: roll under the Kill Roll on any rolled die to kill a nazi (e.g. a combat knife rolls a d4 and kills on a 1–3). For everything else, roll the polyhedral die assigned to one of four stats (Fightin', Hustle, Lookin' Good, Talkin' Nice, d6 through d12) and succeed on a 4 or higher. Each athlete spends Action Points equal to their current Durability per round on attacks or zone shifts, positioning enemies across Melee, Near, Far, and Distant zones tuned to specific weapon ranges.
Dice	2d6	d4–d12
Complexity	Medium	Medium
Availability	Free quickstart	Paid
Runnability	5 of 5 book tools	2 of 5 book tools
License	All Rights Reserved	Standard commercial
Third-Party Publishing	Noncommercial only — Atlas Games Fair Use policy	Not yet researched
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Publisher	Atlas Games	Korvidae Games
Year	2015	2026
Languages	English, French, Russian	English
Best For	Groups that want fast Hong Kong action, tactical shot-by-shot fights, melodramatic hooks, and time-traveling campaigns that mix genres	Groups who want a gonzo, comedic co-op RPG that splits its focus between fast tactical FPS-style firefights and team-management drama: pre-game rap battles, post-game press conferences, trade days, and off-season scandals. Designed for a GM and four players each managing a roster of time-traveling sports stars.
Highlights	A descending shot countdown makes every action and interrupt change when a character acts again. One-hit mooks support crowd-clearing spectacle, while featured foes and bosses use deeper wound rules for climactic fights. Feng shui sites link faction victories to changes in history across four connected eras.	Two distinct resolution systems split match combat (roll low under a weapon's Kill Roll) from non-combat actions (roll a stat die, 4+ succeeds). Zone-based combat (Melee, Near, Far, Distant, Ambush) tunes each weapon to a specific range and is designed to feel like a first-person shooter at the table. Twenty Quirk archetypes, each with three escalating drawback tiers, gained through play and off-season vignettes that double as quirk-granting roleplay scenes. Full league simulation wraps the matches: pre-game rap-battle weigh-ins, post-game journalist interviews, trade days, season championships, and off-season scandals.
Considerations	Most starting archetypes have fixed statistics and schticks, so initial mechanical customization is limited. The default adventure structure treats investigation and social scenes mainly as connections between fights. Exploding positive and negative dice permit large reversals even when a character's Action Value substantially exceeds the Difficulty.	Premise is intentionally gonzo: killing Hitler is the central conceit and the rulebook leans into the joke throughout. Built specifically for five (one GM plus four players each managing a roster of four athletes); other group sizes need adjustment. Match combat is co-op against the GM-controlled enemies by default; head-to-head PvP requires the optional scoring system in which both teams play the same scenario in turn. Heavy framing as a futuristic sports league means tables uninterested in the team-management layer (rosters, hype meters, trade days) will lose a substantial portion of the design.