Adam

That, and ooo! Yes, that one was better...1935 cargo/passenger plane losing altitude and crashing down in the Himalayan Mountains. Doors to open to throw bad guys through, windows for people to get sucked through and stuck in, people fighting over the cockpit, squwacking chickens, and of course, the sweet little old lady who turns out to be a Transformed Spider.

Another spectacular fight took place at the Haiga Sophia in Istanbul. Some netherworld arms dealers were trying to sell a stolen Buro neutron bomb to a doomsday cult, and the deal was to go down at the Haiga Sophia. So we show up and it quickly becomes a three-way shoot out between the Dragons (A killer, a martial artist, and an abomination), a buro Tac-Ops squad, and the cultists & arms dealers. The chandeliers and scaffolding (There was some restoration work going on at the time of the fight) saw quite a bit of use in that one.
In one particularly memorable stunt our abomination, Lee Xiaopeng, used his resin cord to tear down a chandelier and use it as a gigantic flail against the mooks before finally sending it flying to knock Barry Chiu (an arms dealer) out of a window as he fled across a balcony.

If I can convince my players to give Feng Shui a try, I intend to have my first battle set in a Walmart. I wanna see smilie faces being destroyed everywhere!

Adam

I _will_ destroy you with my Path of the Angry Refrigerator.

One of the PCs leaped into a forklift, and spent the fight screeching around the warehouse. He trapped vampires under the forks and squished them into the ground, and pinned them through the guts with the forks against crates, backed over them as they attacked his friends, etc. His buddies had to dive and spin out of his way, but it was certainly a novel way to kick ass. (And yes, he couldn't resist yelling "Fork you!" at the last vampire.)

One of the problems I have with running scenarios in Hong Kong is, of course, I've never been there, so I really don't know if I'm evoking the right mood or capturing the local color. I guess I'm still lamenting the loss of the non-existent "Blowing Up Hong Kong".

Any other locations in Hong Kong that could be used for interesting scenarios?

In response to the worries GMs have about properly capturing Hong Kong, let me dish out my practiced response, born from experience. First, unless folks in your gaming group *have* been to Hong Kong, then you should have no worries of the sort. If your players have been to Hong Kong (as one of mine has), are they actively trying to grade your thesis on the city? If so, they should stop worrying and have a good time.

Second, Hong Kong is a big and varied town, so it's easy to rationalize that you've got some corner that's well-suited to the needs of your current scene. How easy would it be for someone to capture the quintessential atmosphere of the big city nearest you? Not very, in my opinion. Every city has nooks, neighborhoods, layers, and depths.

Third, and finally, how often does Vancouver stand in for other cities nowadays? How often do sets in LA pretend to be far-off lands? Your environment only needs to be that good in order to get by. If you want to hold yourself to a higher standard, that's terrific. But don't let it get in the way of your fun, right? Be happy and confident that you have the details, facts, or data you have and maximize its use.

Don't fret about the feeling you fear you're missing. Sure, Hong Kong has a distinct vibe (I'm told), but so do the scenes and sequences in the story you're telling. Focus on that first and be confident that somewhere in Hong Kong there is a place and a history that supports the atmosphere you want to develop in your game.

I admit, this message is in part my way of saying that "Blowing Up Hong Kong" is still not on the schedule. Something similar may appear some day, but I have no facts to share in that regard. Sorry.

word,
Will
Feng Shui
Atlas