Ok so for the first time in a little over 12 months I flopped cardboard last weekend at the Charity Tournament in Melbourne. In the process I managed to finish 4th overall, being knocked out in the t4 by the eventual winner.Before I go on with deck feedback in detail I want to . . . → Read More: Once More Into The Breach
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Yes this is a tired old topic, but while the game rules remain the same, with honor and dishonor competing over the same resource it is never going to go away. Much about L5R is great, in particular how 3 of the victory conditions interact, but that red headed step child that has grown . . . → Read More: Dishonor vs Honor With almost a year behind them now, I figured it was time to take a look at the newest card type for L5R, the Celestial. Whether you run one, two or their Event counterpoint, The Lost Path, it’s rare to find a deck that has not taken them in to account when being designed . . . → Read More: Phenomenal Cosmic Power! In my last article, From the Ground Up, we outlined a new Dynasty deck working under the theme of Crane Dueling Magistrate. In this article, we will complete the Fate deck, make a few final tweaks to both decks and present a ready to playtest list. No sense wasting any more time, let’s dive . . . → Read More: Fate of the World – EaW Deck Building, part 2 What with Empire at War’s release right around the corner and the influx of 160 new cards in to the Celestial Edition card pool, I figured it might be time to show our readers a little bit of insight in to how I go about building a deck for the new tournament environment. I’m . . . → Read More: From the Ground Up – EaW Deck Building, part 1 Sorry for the hiatus everyone! GenCon has come and gone, and what has been traditionally been a lull for the competitive L5R scene has seen new life with the announcement of the Jeweled Championships, the Solving the Riddle Charity Tournaments, and a whole slew of Winner’s Choice events. But where do Crane decks fall . . . → Read More: Between a Rock and Hard Place Here is a riddle for you: How is Daidoji Inada like Angelina Jolie? The longer you have the both of them around, the more you realize they just ruin everything. Daidoji Inada, one of Crane personalities from Death at Koten. Being a big nerd, I spend a fair amount of time in the Crane . . . → Read More: Why Daidoji Inada ruins everything There’s been a lot of talk about dueling since the release of TPW, mostly due to Seawatch (Candy) Castle, Shadow’s Talon and Impetuous Challenge. Between these three cards, it is once again exciting to challenge, focus, and strike. That said, the mechanics of dueling haven’t changed, if you can out focus your opponent, you . . . → Read More: The Stat is Quo With the advent of Seawatch Castle the words “Focus Effect” have suddenly taken on a whole new importance for Crane players. An importance that I think some folks are putting above and beyond deck consistency and winning games. As I mentioned in the “Everyone Duels” entry in older environments, most notably LE, it was . . . → Read More: Focused Effect Meta. The word often strikes fear in to the heart of Joe Average Player around the globe, often followed by rants of how Design hates whatever deck type is hampered by the meta. Honor meta in particular is very easy to identify and with the release of The Plague War, two new, powerful cards . . . → Read More: Don’t Pick on Me! |
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