[Let’s Study: Legend of the Five Rings] Part 6: GMing and Review

And we’ve hit the final entry to this series. Today is a quick peek into the GMing chapter and a final review of the game as it stands.

[Let’s Study: Legend of the Five Rings] Part 5c: Mass Battles

For this last part on the various subsystems of the Legend of the Five Rings RPG, we’re taking a look at another staple of the game: Mass Battles. Being samurai, there’s always the expectation that when the clan goes to war, you’re duty-bound to fight. And in a setting where Clans war against each other […]

[Let’s Study: Legend of the Five Rings] Part 5b: Duels

Given its inspirations, it’s no surprise that Legend of the Five Rings has specific mechanics for Dueling. Over the past few editions, the Dueling mechanics have always stood separately from standard combat, and this one is no exception.

[Let’s Study: Legend of the Five Rings] Part 5a: Scenes and Conflicts

Welcome back! Today we’ll be looking at the play structure of L5R from a broad perspective. This entry will take a peek at the kinds of Scenes and Conflicts detailed in the corebook.

[Let’s Study: Legend of the Five Rings] Part 4: Schools and Techniques

If there’s one thing you’d look for in a game set in a game featuring samurai, martial arts monks, ninja and shugenja, it would have to be special powers. Thankfully Legend of the Five Rings has that in spades