Legend of the Five Rings (1995)
Playtime: 45
Min. Age: 12
Players: 2 - 8
Publisher: Five Rings Publishing Group, Wizards of the Coast, Alderac Entertainment Group
Designers: Dave Williams (II), Bryan Reese, Mark Wootton, Brent Keith, John Zinser, David Seay, Jeff Alexander
Artists: Ron Spencer, Kevin Daily, Randy Liu, Eric Polak, Janine Johnston, Joe Wilson, Kari Christensen, Ellym Sirac, Eric David Anderson, Robin Wouters, Adam Denton, Jose Cua, Jeff Himmelman, Sandra Garavito, Jeff Reitz, Stacy Drum, David Bollt, Ken Meyer, Jr., Ancor Hernandez, Llyn Hunter, Thomas Biondiolillo, Mark Tedin, Pete Garcia, David Trowbridge, Brian Snoddy, Michael Lavoie (I), Monika Livingstone, Randy Elliott, Audrey Corman, Kevin Wasden, Jason Engle, Drew Baker, Paul Herbert, Matt Wilson (I), Chris Arneson, Adam Bray, K. C. Lancaster, Ted Galaday, Kevin Ward, Max Degen, Jason Juta, Mario Wibisono, Jaime Jones, Margaret Organ-Kean, Andrew Hepworth, Stacy Fitz, Quinton Hoover, Doug Kovacs, Raymond Gaustadnes, Thomas Manning, Randy Gallegos, Brad Williams, Britt Martin, William O'Connor, Miguel Coimbra, Doug Shuler, Brandon Leach, Michael Komarck, Mike Capprotti, Jonathan Moore, Gonzalo Ordoñez, Ozan Art, Chuck Lukacs, Glen Osterberger, Bradley McDevitt, Mike Raabe, Luke Stelmaszek, Beth Trott, Michael Apice, Alayna Lemmer-Danner, Mark Hyzer, Monte Moore, Mark Poole, Leonardo Borazio, Angga Satriohadi, Edward Fetterman, Cline Seigenthaler, Jeff Menges, Manuel Calderon, Franz Vohwinkel, Matthew S. Armstrong, Christina Wald, Malcolm McClinton, Aaron Acevedo, Troy Graham, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Brent Chumley, Rob Alexander, Nate Barnes, Heather Bruton, Peter Mohrbacher, Noah Bradley, Theodor Black, Bob Stevlic, David Horne, Ben Peck, Jesus Barony, Jim Pavelec, Julie Baroh, Heather Kreiter, Michael Williams, John Moriarty, Robin Wood, Michael Kaluta, Bonnie Hill, Liz Danforth, Matt Busch, Steve Argyle, Erich Schreiner, Lisa M. Hunt, Daniel Gelon, Diana Vick, Lissanne Lake, Charles Urbach, April Lee, John Donahue, Veronica Jones, Ed Cox, Anson Maddocks, Joachim Gmoser, Sławomir Maniak, Dave Kendall, Anthony Grabski, Nicola Leonard, Carl Frank, Michael Phillippi, Steve Ellis (I), McLean Kendree, Chris Seaman, Alberto Tavira, Chris Pritchard, Jarreau Wimberly, Eric Lofgren, Bryon Wackwitz, Shane Coppage, Corene Werhane, Cristina McAllister, David Fooden, Bob E. Hobbs, Craig Maher, James Hall, Edwin David, Susan Van Camp, Tony Moseley, Patrick McEvoy
Mechanics: Open Drafting, Set Collection, Player Elimination
Min. Age: 12
Players: 2 - 8
Publisher: Five Rings Publishing Group, Wizards of the Coast, Alderac Entertainment Group
Designers: Dave Williams (II), Bryan Reese, Mark Wootton, Brent Keith, John Zinser, David Seay, Jeff Alexander
Artists: Ron Spencer, Kevin Daily, Randy Liu, Eric Polak, Janine Johnston, Joe Wilson, Kari Christensen, Ellym Sirac, Eric David Anderson, Robin Wouters, Adam Denton, Jose Cua, Jeff Himmelman, Sandra Garavito, Jeff Reitz, Stacy Drum, David Bollt, Ken Meyer, Jr., Ancor Hernandez, Llyn Hunter, Thomas Biondiolillo, Mark Tedin, Pete Garcia, David Trowbridge, Brian Snoddy, Michael Lavoie (I), Monika Livingstone, Randy Elliott, Audrey Corman, Kevin Wasden, Jason Engle, Drew Baker, Paul Herbert, Matt Wilson (I), Chris Arneson, Adam Bray, K. C. Lancaster, Ted Galaday, Kevin Ward, Max Degen, Jason Juta, Mario Wibisono, Jaime Jones, Margaret Organ-Kean, Andrew Hepworth, Stacy Fitz, Quinton Hoover, Doug Kovacs, Raymond Gaustadnes, Thomas Manning, Randy Gallegos, Brad Williams, Britt Martin, William O'Connor, Miguel Coimbra, Doug Shuler, Brandon Leach, Michael Komarck, Mike Capprotti, Jonathan Moore, Gonzalo Ordoñez, Ozan Art, Chuck Lukacs, Glen Osterberger, Bradley McDevitt, Mike Raabe, Luke Stelmaszek, Beth Trott, Michael Apice, Alayna Lemmer-Danner, Mark Hyzer, Monte Moore, Mark Poole, Leonardo Borazio, Angga Satriohadi, Edward Fetterman, Cline Seigenthaler, Jeff Menges, Manuel Calderon, Franz Vohwinkel, Matthew S. Armstrong, Christina Wald, Malcolm McClinton, Aaron Acevedo, Troy Graham, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Brent Chumley, Rob Alexander, Nate Barnes, Heather Bruton, Peter Mohrbacher, Noah Bradley, Theodor Black, Bob Stevlic, David Horne, Ben Peck, Jesus Barony, Jim Pavelec, Julie Baroh, Heather Kreiter, Michael Williams, John Moriarty, Robin Wood, Michael Kaluta, Bonnie Hill, Liz Danforth, Matt Busch, Steve Argyle, Erich Schreiner, Lisa M. Hunt, Daniel Gelon, Diana Vick, Lissanne Lake, Charles Urbach, April Lee, John Donahue, Veronica Jones, Ed Cox, Anson Maddocks, Joachim Gmoser, Sławomir Maniak, Dave Kendall, Anthony Grabski, Nicola Leonard, Carl Frank, Michael Phillippi, Steve Ellis (I), McLean Kendree, Chris Seaman, Alberto Tavira, Chris Pritchard, Jarreau Wimberly, Eric Lofgren, Bryon Wackwitz, Shane Coppage, Corene Werhane, Cristina McAllister, David Fooden, Bob E. Hobbs, Craig Maher, James Hall, Edwin David, Susan Van Camp, Tony Moseley, Patrick McEvoy
Mechanics: Open Drafting, Set Collection, Player Elimination
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A collectible card game, set in a fantasy empire called Rokugan, based loosely upon medieval Japan and Japanese Mythology.
The factions available have changed over the editions, but generally include the 7 Great Clans: Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, and Unicorn. Each has specific thematic elements, which are consistent across editions and descendant games. The other currently legal factions include the Spider, Mantis, and an unaligned ronin stronghold.
The Rokugan setting has been changed over the years by participation in the storyline tournaments for the L5R CCG.
Legend of the Five Rings is different from other collectible card games due to the concept of Clan loyalty. The Clans of the game are what you build your deck around, and the communities that have built up around the Crane Clan, Lion Clan, etc are the backbone of the game. When you say "I'm a Crab player" you instantly find yourself with hundreds and thousands of clan-mates who are there to help you become a better player. When one member of the Clan wins, all benefit.
L5R was the first CCG to introduce cards that players directly influenced. These are still a core part of the game.
The L5R CCG has spun off a number of related games:
Clan War, a miniatures game.
Diskwars: Legend of the Five Rings, a Rokugan-themed set of the Diskwars tabletop combat game.
Unpublished Prototype, an as-yet unpublished wargame set in Rokugan.
Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
As of 2006, only the CCG and Clan War have had storyline tournaments. Though the RPG players have been heavily involved in the ongoing plot in recent years.
In 2008, L5R held the first "Mega-Game" which incorporated various methods of competition for the Clans and their supporters, not only in CCG form, but in contests (art, writing, poster-design, etc.), community work (charity, fundraising, food-drives), and more. The Dragon Clan ultimately won the first mega-game, and as such earned the privilege of having the next Empress come from their clan.
In 2009, L5R released its first graphic novel, Death at Koten, which also included exclusive story-themed cards for the CCG.
Also in 2009, L5R released The Imperial Gift the first completely free expansion in CCG history.
In 2010 L5R celebrated its 15th Anniversary with many major events, new prizes, more free cards, and a special flashback set that brought back some of the most popular cards in the history of the game. 2010 also saw the largest World Championships event at Gen Con in the past 7 years.
2011 saw the release of War of Honor, an all new tile-based multiplayer format for L5R that comes with 4 pre-constructed decks.
In september 2015, AEG and Fantasy Flight Games announced that FFG had bought the L5R brand from AEG and will relaunch the card game as a LCG (non-collectible), with significant rules changes and a new design. The game is to go on hiatus following the release of Evil Portents, the final expansion from AEG, and will be relaunched at Gencon 2017. FFG has also plans to continue the RPG at some point (in what form and with which ruleset is yet unknown).
The factions available have changed over the editions, but generally include the 7 Great Clans: Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, and Unicorn. Each has specific thematic elements, which are consistent across editions and descendant games. The other currently legal factions include the Spider, Mantis, and an unaligned ronin stronghold.
The Rokugan setting has been changed over the years by participation in the storyline tournaments for the L5R CCG.
Legend of the Five Rings is different from other collectible card games due to the concept of Clan loyalty. The Clans of the game are what you build your deck around, and the communities that have built up around the Crane Clan, Lion Clan, etc are the backbone of the game. When you say "I'm a Crab player" you instantly find yourself with hundreds and thousands of clan-mates who are there to help you become a better player. When one member of the Clan wins, all benefit.
L5R was the first CCG to introduce cards that players directly influenced. These are still a core part of the game.
The L5R CCG has spun off a number of related games:
Clan War, a miniatures game.
Diskwars: Legend of the Five Rings, a Rokugan-themed set of the Diskwars tabletop combat game.
Unpublished Prototype, an as-yet unpublished wargame set in Rokugan.
Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
As of 2006, only the CCG and Clan War have had storyline tournaments. Though the RPG players have been heavily involved in the ongoing plot in recent years.
In 2008, L5R held the first "Mega-Game" which incorporated various methods of competition for the Clans and their supporters, not only in CCG form, but in contests (art, writing, poster-design, etc.), community work (charity, fundraising, food-drives), and more. The Dragon Clan ultimately won the first mega-game, and as such earned the privilege of having the next Empress come from their clan.
In 2009, L5R released its first graphic novel, Death at Koten, which also included exclusive story-themed cards for the CCG.
Also in 2009, L5R released The Imperial Gift the first completely free expansion in CCG history.
In 2010 L5R celebrated its 15th Anniversary with many major events, new prizes, more free cards, and a special flashback set that brought back some of the most popular cards in the history of the game. 2010 also saw the largest World Championships event at Gen Con in the past 7 years.
2011 saw the release of War of Honor, an all new tile-based multiplayer format for L5R that comes with 4 pre-constructed decks.
In september 2015, AEG and Fantasy Flight Games announced that FFG had bought the L5R brand from AEG and will relaunch the card game as a LCG (non-collectible), with significant rules changes and a new design. The game is to go on hiatus following the release of Evil Portents, the final expansion from AEG, and will be relaunched at Gencon 2017. FFG has also plans to continue the RPG at some point (in what form and with which ruleset is yet unknown).
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Leyenda de los Cinco Anillos ,
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