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*Fable of the 5 Rings*

Designers	David Seay, John Zinser, and David Williams
Publishers	Alderac Entertainment Group
Players	two-viii
Playing fourth dimension	1 hour
Random chance	Some
Age range	14+
Skills required	Card playing Arithmetics/Patience/Grasp of strategy Bones reading ability

Legend of the Five Rings ( L5R ) is an out-of-impress collectible card game created by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995 and published until 2015, when it was appear that the game would be discontinued for a rules-incompatible successor that will be part of Fantasy Flight Games' Living Card Game line.^[1] L5R takes identify in the fictional empire of Rokugan from the Legend of the Five Rings setting, where several clans and factions vie for domination over the empire.^[2]

The card game shares some similarities with Magic: The Gathering merely has its own game mechanics and flavour, providing "passive" win conditions similar the Enlightenment Victory, likewise as a version of Magic's goal of destroying the opponent. Games can be very long, with some matches lasting hours.

A major distinctive feature of the game is the importance of the storyline: new fiction pieces advancing the story of Rokugan are published on a weekly basis, in improver to being released with every expansion, and in a quarterly publication, the Imperial Herald. Many of these stories reflect the outcome of tournaments, where players utilise their decks to make up one's mind which faction will claim a detail prize inside the storyline. Ii novel lines, covering the Clan War and 4 Winds arcs, have been published.

Fable of the Five Rings has garnered many accolades throughout the years, including several Origins awards (such equally the most recent 2008 award for best CCG with Samurai Edition) and the 2008 Scrye Players Choice Best CCG Honour for Samurai Edition.

History [edit]

The game was created past Alderac Amusement Group and published past Isomedia. It was starting time previewed at Gen Con in 1995,^[3] followed by the release of the starting time fix, Imperial Edition, in October of that year, beginning the Clan War arc. Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG) took over the intellectual property before long thereafter, before being purchased by Wizards of the Coast in 1997.

In 2000, at the bidding of Wizards' female parent visitor, Hasbro, the intellectual belongings to the game was put up for auction. Alderac Entertainment acquired the rights to publish the game in 2001, and total rights over the game within the following years, and have since published the game.

The release of Lotus Edition (in 2005) and Samurai Edition (2007) saw extensive changes to several aspects of the game.

Bill of fare appearance changes [edit]

Originally, cards featured intricately ornate front sides, while the back of the card, either black or green, featured five interlocked rings and the words "Fable of the Five Rings".

Starting with the release of Pearl Edition in 1999, the card fronts were changed to a simpler, cleaner wait that allowed for more card text, also every bit returning the visual focus of the card on the fine art, rather than the borders of the carte.

Following a legal issue with the International Olympic Committee, which has trademark-like rights in the United states to all designs featuring five interlocking rings, information technology was agreed that Wizards of the Coast would change the card back. This was done with The Spirit Wars in 2000, when the pattern was inverse to five non-interlocking round symbols depicting each of the five elements of the game (Burn down, Air, Globe, H2o and Void).

The card fronts were redesigned for a second fourth dimension in 2008.^[iv]

Factions [edit]

There are a number of different factions that a player may use in Legend of the Five Rings. Each faction has unlike strengths and weaknesses and often can utilize one or more different paths to victory. At diverse times in the game's history, factions have been added and removed for storyline reasons, simplification of mechanics for newer players or power-level reasons. At the time of Imperial Edition six factions were included: Crab, Crane, Dragon, Panthera leo, Phoenix and Unicorn. The near recent arc, Emperor Edition, features the six original factions and three others: Mantis, Scorpion, and Spider.

Regal Edition factions [edit]

Crab Clan: Defenders of Rokugan from the creatures of the Shadowlands, the Crab Clan are traditionally a military association.
Crane Clan: Artisans, courtiers and duelists, the Crane Clan ordinarily tries to achieve victory past gaining recognition for its honorable deeds.
Dragon Clan: Isolated and mysterious monks and deadly duelists, the Dragon Association frequently speak in riddles and act in unpredictable means. The Dragon has been a clan that can win through whatever victory condition, and has normally been i of the best clans to be able to achieve an enlightenment victory.
King of beasts Clan: Firm adherents to Bushido, and mortiferous warriors, the Panthera leo Clan tends to win through military victory, but is often able to win by being more honorable, gaining its honor from boxing instead of words.
Phoenix Association: Honorable shugenja (wizards or spellcasters) and their dutiful yojimbo (bodyguards) let the Phoenix clan to win through honor. Despite being pacifistic in nature, the Phoenix Clan has oft had a stiff military machine theme, utilizing tricks and spells to prevail against stronger private forces.
Unicorn Association: Masters of horsemanship, the Unicorn Clan is primarily a military clan that uses cavalry to assail around the enemy defenders, allowing them to attack resources as well as being strong in direct confrontations. The Unicorn are seen by many to be outsiders but are capable of honor victory.

Introduced during the Clan War arc [edit]

Naga (Shadowlands): A race of ancient serpent people, the Naga were unable to win through honor victory, but had a stiff military theme.
Scorpion Clan (Shadowlands): A dark mirror to the Crane Clan, the Scorpion also use the power of the courts, merely where the Crane seek to be more virtuous than their adversaries, the Scorpion seek to shame theirs. The Scorpion also have military strength, but their ninja and warriors are more subtle than the Lion or Crab, using the ability of their courtiers to wearisome the enemy downwards.
Toturi's Army (Anvil of Despair): A grouping of ronin (unaligned samurai) united under the imprint of Toturi the Black, the sometime Lion Clan champion who was shamed and forced to leave his clan. Toturi's army was both a armed services and honor faction that eventually morphed into the Monkey Clan, a minor association of Rokugan.
Yogo Junzo's Army/The Shadowlands Horde (Anvil of Despair): Monstrous oni, goblins, trolls, and corrupted samurai from the evil Shadowlands who follow the dark kami, Fu Leng, and seek the destruction of Rokugan. The Shadowlands Horde has in function merged into the Spider Clan, a not bad clan of Rokugan.
Yoritomo'due south Alliance (Carmine and Jade): An alliance of several minor clans. At the conclusion of the Association War, Yoritomo was immune to make his alliance into a swell clan, the Mantis Association. The original four clans in the alliance were the Mantis Association, the Wasp Association, the Fox Clan and the Centipede Association, as well equally other members from the great clans and minor clans.
The Brotherhood of Shinsei (Crimson and Jade): Identified by the monk keyword, the Brotherhood of Shinsei were pacifists who primarily dealt with enlightenment and honor victories, just were able to use their powerful magic to defend the empire as well.

Introduced during the Hidden Emperor arc [edit]

The Ninja/Lying Darkness (Dark Journey Home): Identified by the ninja keyword, they served every bit the ultimate evil bent on destroying everything that existed. They were defeated at the end of the Jade Arc, but many ninja have survived and are now a part of the Spider Clan.
Ratlings (Heroes of Rokugan): A race of anthropomorphic rat people who received a stronghold that was allowed in both Jade and Gold Editions.
Spirits (The Spirit Wars): Received one stronghold in the last expansion of Jade Edition.

Introduced during later arcs [edit]

Spider Clan: Founded by Daigotsu, the dark lord of the Shadowlands, the Spider clan has at present been elevated to bang-up clan condition.
Royal (Emperor Edition): Had a stronghold representing the forces of the Imperial Household during the raid on the Second Urban center.
Fudo (Coils of Madness): A rogue faction of the Shinsei who followed the teachings of a new chief.
Pan'Ku (Coils of Madness): The forces that followed the whims of the mad Dragon Pan'Ku.

Other factions [edit]

In addition to the playable factions, several minor clans exist in Rokugan, each with a purpose and task given to them by the Emperor and some carte and storyline back up. They include the Badger Clan, Bat Clan, Boar Clan, Dragonfly Clan, Falcon Clan (now the Toritaka family of the Crab), Fox Association (now the Kitsune Family of the Mantis Clan), Hare Clan, Kolat, Monkey Clan, Oriole Association, Snake Clan (at present the Chuda Family of the Spider clan), Sparrow Clan, Tortoise Clan, and Wasp Clan (at present the Tsuruchi Family of the Mantis Association).

Game play [edit]

Fable of the Five Rings can exist played with any number of players, although two to four are most common. Unlike most CCGs, which are geared towards 1-on-one duels, L5R was designed with multi-player matches in listen. Each player represents a leader of ane of the factions battling for ability.

Before the game [edit]

Each player has two decks that are kept divide during play: One Dynasty deck, consisting of black-backed cards, and 1 Fate deck, consisting of green-backed cards. Each deck must contain at to the lowest degree 40 cards, with no upper limit. No deck may incorporate more than three of any particular bill of fare, and no more than ane of whatever particular unique bill of fare. In add-on to a Fate deck and a Dynasty deck, each player must choose 1 Stronghold card to correspond his or her faction and ancestral home.

At the beginning of a game, all players commencement past simultaneously revealing their called stronghold. The family unit accolade value printed on the stronghold determines play order, with the highest value going showtime. If a tie occurs, a random method such as a die roll or coin toss is used. Each histrion shuffles his or her Fate and Dynasty decks, and places them some altitude autonomously on the game surface. Players then place the kickoff four cards of their Dynasty deck confront down on the table in front of them next to each other, betwixt their two decks. This represents their provinces, the lands their clan control. Finally, each player draws v Fate cards and places them in his or her hand.

The two well-nigh important type of carte in the game are the personality and the holding. Personalities represent warriors, courtiers, scholars, monks and creatures of the empire. Almost every personality card has a unique proper noun corresponding to a grapheme in the story of Legend of the Five Rings; many characters accept several versions, representing the development of the character over the class of the story. Many cards require a personality in play to exist played; in addition, Personalities are necessary in order to attack or defend. Holdings, meanwhile, are used to produce gilded, which is in turn used to pay for farther cards.

Plough sequence [edit]

At the beginning of each of his or her turns, during the Straighten Stage, a role player straightens all bowed (turned xc degrees to betoken using an upshot) cards he or she currently controls.

During the Events Phase, a player turns all of the face-downward Dynasty cards in his or her provinces face-up. If these cards are regions or events, they immediately have event. Regions (representing places in Rokugan) modify the province they are revealed in, while events (representing rare specific occurrences) have one global result before being immediately discarded. Whenever a province becomes empty, the top card of the Dynasty deck is put into it, face-downwards.

The player then proceeds to the Activity Stage, where he or she may purchase a diverseness of cards to improve personalities he or she controls. These cards, collectively known equally attachments, are items (such as weapons and armor), followers (representing troops and retainers), spells, and ancestors (guiding spirits). During the limited phase, the thespian may also use sure abilities on cards in play or on activeness cards in paw; the latter are discarded when used. Other players may besides accept deportment during this phase, but the abilities available to them are more limited.

The actor then has the option of attacking opponents in the Attack Phase. If he or she does so, the attacking and defending players takes plough assigning personalities they control to attack or defend the defending player's provinces. The attacking player assigns first, assuasive the defending player to position his or her cards in response to the attacking player's choices. Once all assignment is done, the battles at each province are played out, with players using abilities on cards they control or in hand in turn until both players pass; the battle is then resolved with the side having the highest total force becoming victorious. All cards on the losing side are destroyed; if the defending thespian loses, the province may too be destroyed. Destroyed provinces cannot hold Dynasty cards.

Once all battles (if any) are played out, the game moves on to the Dynasty Phase. The actor may buy confront-upwards personality or holding cards in his or her provinces. The abilities of newly purchased holdings generally cannot be used until the beginning of their controller's next turn, whereas those of personalities can exist used immediately. Once a player has no farther actions, he or she draws a carte from the Fate deck, then the turn ends.

Victory and defeat [edit]

There are several ways to achieve victory or defeat in Legend of the 5 Rings.

A actor may win the game by having his or her honour score (representing the public view of his or her association) reach over twoscore, at which point he or she will win the game past an laurels victory at the kickoff of his or her next turn. A player may besides win past playing all of the titular five rings, representing philosophical mastery of the universe; such a victory is chosen the enlightenment victory.

Another mode to attain victory is by eliminating all opposing players from the game. Players can be eliminated in two ways. The start is to destroy all of a thespian'due south provinces (military victory) while the second involves reducing another player'south award score below -nineteen (dishonor victory). Until Samurai Edition, published in 2007, victory by eliminating other players was termed "military victory" regardless of how the elimination was achieved.

In addition, several cards offer alternate, unique paths to victory or defeat, and certain factions are similarly allowed to winning or losing the game in some means.

Release history [edit]

The history, story, and organized play rules of L5R are divided into a series of arcs. The beginning of each new arc redefines which cards may be used in tournament formats. Arcs typically begin with the publication of a base of operations set of 300 or more cards, primarily reprinted older cards, followed by the release of several expansions of 50 to 180 new cards, and one promotional set, of variable size, which is sold directly to players by the manufacturer. Often, the last few expansions of one arc will be legal for play in the next arc; such cards are referred to every bit dual bewitched, with circular indicators (bugs) at the bottom of the card indicating their legality.

Acquire to play sets are standalone releases that let new players to be easily introduced to the game. Several learn to play sets accept been released over the course of the game's history. Generally, these sets feature detail season text and promotional cards relating to a specific event in the storyline.

The Association War (Royal Edition) [edit]

The Clan State of war arc began in October 1995 with the release of Purple Edition. It initially had six legal factions for play (Crab Clan, Crane Clan, Dragon Clan, Lion Clan, Phoenix Association and Unicorn Association). Later expansions added 6 more : the Naga and Scorpion Clan in Shadowlands, Toturi's Army and Yogo Junzo'south Army in Anvil of Despair, and Yoritomo's Brotherhood and The Alliance of Shinsei in Crimson and Jade. The learn to play set Battle at Beiden Laissez passer was released in November 1996. The arc (and the game as a whole) was originally intended to end with Time of the Void, but was extended due to its popularity and ended with the release of Scorpion Clan Insurrection.

The Hidden Emperor (Jade Edition) [edit]

This arc began in May 1998 with the release of Jade Edition. It contained originally all twelve factions playable at the end of the Clan War arc, to which were later added the Ninja in Night Journey Dwelling, the Ratlings in Heroes of Rokugan, and the Spirits in The Spirit Wars. Heroes of Rokugan was the commencement promotional set, depicting sure by figures of Rokugan'south history. The acquire to play sets were Siege of Sleeping Mountain (May 1999) and Storms over Matsu Palace (July 2000).

The Four Winds (Gilded Edition) [edit]

This arc began in July 2001 with the release of Gold Edition. Several factions were removed from the game, to retain only eight: the original six factions from Royal Edition, the Scorpion Clan, and the Shadowlands Horde (until and so known as Yogo Junzo's Army). In addition, all cards in Heroes of Rokugan remained legal for play. Subsequently, in the Dark Allies expansion, Yoritomo's Alliance was re-introduced equally the Mantis Clan. The promotional set was A Thousand Years of Darkness, depicting an alternate timeline where the Shadowlands Horde ruled over Rokugan. Instead of a learn to play prepare, during The L5R Experience (July 2002), elementary demonstration decks were freely distributed.

The Rain of Claret (Diamond Edition) [edit]

This arc began in October 2003 with the release of Diamond Edition. Information technology featured all the factions of the 4 Winds arc (including Ratling), this time all fully supported. The promotional fix was Dawn of the Empire, depicting events surrounding the creation of Rokugan. The learn to play set was The Preparation Grounds (Nov 2003).

The Age of Enlightenment (Lotus Edition) [edit]

This arc began in October 2005 with the release of Lotus Edition. Several significant rules changes marked this release, redefining several key concepts of the game. A new faction, the Spider Clan, was introduced at the very end of the Age of Enlightenment, with the release of The Truest Test. The promotional set was Exam of Enlightenment, which, different previous promotional sets, depicted current events, focused on results of the 2006 tournament season. The learn to play set was The Grooming Grounds Two (July 2006).

The Race for the Throne (Samurai Edition) [edit]

This arc began in July 2007 with the release of Samurai Edition. It featured pregnant faction changes, with the removal of the Ratlings and the Shadowlands Horde. The latter group was replaced with the newly introduced Spider Association. The promotional fix for the Samurai arc was The Emerald and Jade Champions, again depicting current events inside the game, this time centered on the results of the 2007 World Championship. This arc did not feature a learn to play set.

The Destroyer War (Celestial Edition) [edit]

The arc began in June 2009 with the release of Celestial Edition. The story begins with events following the tournament story line of The War of Dark Burn down. The promotional set was Forgotten Legacy. A bit autonomously from the other acquire to play sets were The Imperial Gift (Part 1 to three), released in August 2009 and distributed through Stronghold Stores as free sets. The learn to play set up was Boxing of Kyuden Tonbo (September 2010), featuring decks for Lion and Dragon.

The Age of Conquest (Emperor Edition) [edit]

This arc began with Emperor Edition. Originally scheduled for release November 2011, it was delayed until February 2012. The learn to play set up, Honour and Treachery (Dec 2012), depicts a set of battles between the Phoenix and Scorpion clans.

Ivory Edition [edit]

This arc began with Ivory Edition, which released on March 24, 2014. The Ivory Edition seeks to streamline the rules and make the card text easier to read and sympathize. AEG is making a serious attempt to lower the entry barrier for new players (the complexity level has been seen as a stumbling block to alluring new players) while at the same time, retaining the richness and deep play that veteran L5R players have come to love. The acquire to play set is "A matter of Honour" featuring the newly rewritten core rules of Ivory Edition. The clans featured in the learn to play set "A Matter of Accolade" are the Crab Clan and the King of beasts Clan.

Reception [edit]

Wolfgang Baur comments: "In the case of collectible card games, the outstanding title after Magic: The Gathering is Legend of the V Rings (known to its fans as L5R). It inspires loyalty and devotion in those fans unlike whatever other CCG, and for good reason."^[5] Co-ordinate to Matt Wilson of Alderac, the game had a potent following in Philadelphia and "towards New York" as well as stating "we own southern California".^[6]

In 1997, Legend of 5 Rings: Battle of Beiden Laissez passer won in a three-way tie the Origins Award for Best Card Game of 1996.^[seven]

Legend of the Five Rings won the 2007 Origins Laurels for All-time Collectible Carte Game of the Yr.^[8]

Reviews [edit]

Pyramid #18 (March/Apr, 1996)^[ix]

References [edit]

^ Gordon, David (Oct 7, 2015), Dave of the Five Rings: Chapter 20-One , retrieved October 1, 2017
^ Kaufeld, John; Smith, Jeremy (2006). Trading Card Games For Dummies . For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN0470044071.
^ L5R checklists Archived 2003-06-04 at archive.today
^ New Await Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ Baur, Wolfgang (2007). "Legend of the V Rings". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 172–175. ISBN978-i-932442-96-0.
^ Varney, Allen (September 1996), "Inside the Industry - Reports on Trading Carte du jour Games", The Duelist, no. #12, p. 73
^ "Origins Award Winners (1996)". University of Risk Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
^ "The 2007 Origins Awards". 2007. Retrieved 2015-03-05 .
^ http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=4550

External links [edit]

Legend of the Five Rings - official Legend of the Five Rings home page
Alderac Entertainment Grouping - creators of Legend of the Five Rings
Websune Search Engine - searchable database of Fable of the Five Rings cards
Oracle of the Void - official card database

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