Hong Kong Action Theatre!

To begin, the player rolls dice to generate random amounts for the basic attributes of Toughness, Brains, Speed, Cool, and Chi.

The difference between Difficulty Rating and Ability Total (30-20+4) is 14, which the player must meet or exceed on twenty-sided die in order to successfully hit the falling card.

[3] The following year, Event Horizon published three supplements: Film Festival #1, To Live and Die in HK, and The Triad Sourcebook.

In 2000, Guardians of Order acquired Event Horizon Productions, and the following year published a new edition of Hong Kong Action Theatre!, a 176-page softcover book written by Nicole Lindroos, Jeff Mackintosh, Chris Pramas, and Lucien Soulban, with contributions by Scott Kessler, John R. Phythyon Jr., David Pulver, and Terry Richards.

[4] After the bankruptcy of Guardians of Order in 2006, the White Wolf imprint ArtHaus acquired some of the company's assets, including the rights to Hong Kong Action Theatre.

[2]: 228 In the November 1997 edition of Dragon (Issue #241), Rick Swan was pleasantly surprised by this book, calling it "a stunner, easily one of the year's best games."

He thought the character generation system was "remarkably novel", and called the addition of Star Power and Signature Move "nifty touches."

Swan concluded by giving this game a perfect rating of 6 out of 6, saying, "Elegant, evocative, and as exciting as a roller coaster ride over a cliff, Hong Kong Action Theatre is a start-to-finish delight.