Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 IntroductionsMentionsYour links: The Buddhist Hell Realm (learnreligions.com) Adventures in Rokugan - Game Master's Kit - EDGE Studio | DriveThruRPG Onmyoji Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/

Court Games RPG - Reviews and Gaki-Do

Dec 4th, 2023 1h

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 IntroductionsMentionslinkCourtGames is a fan project and is not an official affiliate of Fantasy Flight Games. Legend of the Five Rings is the property of Fantasy Flight Games. All opinions expres

Death, Meido, and New Stuff?

Aug 2nd, 2023 1h 25m

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:15 Apologies4:15 Gencon Games6:00 Free RPG Day6:20 New website legendofthefiverings.com14:30 Meido Introduction15:20 Real World Traditions of Death20:20 Shinto21:30 Confucianism2

The Realm of Dreams with Marie Brennan

Jul 7th, 2023 1h 3m

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 IntroductionsMentionsA Moth follows her Light: http://www.spookyelectriconline.com/L5R-Halloween-2021.pdfInhabitants of Yume-do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_no_seireiGame of 100 Candles Gam

Spirit Away Your Players to the Realm of Senkyo

Apr 7th, 2023 34m 45s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions3:56 Two Courts: Senkakku and Chikusho-do7:22 Senkyo in Folklore11:58 How might you describe Senkyo to your players?15:09 How might your players get spirited away into Senkyo?21:39 Wha

How to create a KILLER Duelist in L5R 5E (Feat. Nick Marini)

Mar 3rd, 2023 1h 3m

Thank you for Listening!You can join future dueling tournaments by reaching out to @DSalazar on our Discord server: https://bit.ly/3Y1wlHTTimestamps0:00 Introductions4:30 How to prepare for a duel10:18 Finishing Blow is the name of the ga

New Techniques in Writ of the Wilds, final review

Feb 4th, 2023 32m 49s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 New techniques12:48 Elemental imbalances are good for plot hooks15:33 New conditions19:11 Pilgrimages are the new "Magistrate campaigns"21:24 Playing non-humans in 5th Edition L5R23:17 New titles2

Writ of the Wilds New Schools Review

Jan 27th, 2023 58m 37s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:15 Dragonfly Clan16:46 20 Questions reprint19:54 New Schools25:50 Laughing Mountain Hearthstone Tradition28:40 Shinomen Naga School30:37 Tattered-Ear Nezumi34:26 Tengu Mask of Air

Writ of the Wild, Our Thoughts on Section 1

Jan 20th, 2023 43m 33s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:06 News3:29 Writ of the Wilds Review9:03 Hitsu: How the Spirit Realms affect the wilderness10:46 Elemental Imbalances11:38 Clans and the Supernatural: It's lacking!17:18 Detailing t

Everything you need to plan the GREATEST Mystery Adventure

Dec 9th, 2022 47m 55s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:19 News2:31 The Problem with Mysteries7:37 The Three Elements of a Crime18:20 The Perfect Suspects20:10 The BIG secret for GMs24:55 Creating clues31:23 The Classic Mystery Story39

Ask THESE questions before making your FIRST character

Nov 18th, 2022

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:06 News6:21 How do I prefer to interact at the table? -- Based on Rings22:03 How do you and the GM approach combat? -- Based on Rings37:15 How do you want to approach problem solving?

Our final review of Adventures in Rokugan!

Oct 21st, 2022 1h 4m

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:32 Writ of the Wilds is out in the wild!2:26 What are character Motivations?10:59 How to martial techniques work?23:40 How do Invocations work?39:16 Is dueling any good in AiR?50:10

Reviewing Adventures in Rokugan's Backgrounds

Sep 30th, 2022 1h 4m

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:43 Writ of the Wilds is out in the wild!1:59 Backgrounds15:07 Changes to the Great Clans16:17 Togashi and Fu Leng new origins29:21 Lady Doji new history32:10 Imperial and Minor Clan

Adventures in Rokugan - Classes and Archetypes

Sep 9th, 2022 1h 5m

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:30 Classes and Archetypes in Adventures in Rokugan4:37 Bushi10:21 Duelist18:36 Courtier25:27 Shinobi31:56 Ritualist43:03 Pilgrim56:12 Acolyte1:02:45 ClosingCourtGames is a fan

Adventures in Rokugan, what's the controversy?

Aug 26th, 2022 55m 24s

Thank you for Listening!This is the start to a short review series for Adventures in Rokugan. It's a BIG book with lots to talk about. This time, we discuss the controversies we're seeing on various forums surrounding the release of this new p

Dueling in Rokugan

Aug 6th, 2022 1h

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:13 News2:12 Dueling in Rokugan11:30 Request for a Formal Duel17:18 Dueling as a legal defense33:30 Dueling as a test of skill37:56 A sudden challenge to a duel45:58 Duel for ones p

Governmental Contracts - Social Contracts in L5R

Jul 8th, 2022 39m 37s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:51 Social Contract recap1:06 The Governmental Social Contract8:49 Enforcing a Governmental Contract10:32 Citizens enforcing the contract16:22 What happens when the contract is broken

Tribal Contracts - Social Contracts in L5R

Jun 24th, 2022 22m 43s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:20 What is a Tribal Contract?4:24 Definitions of a tribal member5:55 Limits of a tribal member11:34 Who enforces the contract?12:11 What if the tribe decides to break the contract?1

Familial Contracts - Social Contracts in L5R

Jun 10th, 2022 42m 39s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions2:31 News9:13 Social Contract Theory11:28 Three types of Social Contracts13:04 Provisions of the Familial Contract16:19 Extra Provisions21:42 Limits of the Familial Contract23:11 Mar

Inflicting Conditions via Grappling and our Homebrew Rules

May 27th, 2022

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:56 News2:56 How do we inflict conditions in 5e?5:57 How to inflict Dazed in 5e11:15 Inflicting Disoriented13:24 Immobilized16:23 Prone18:33 Silenced20:10 The problem with inflicti

The Kolat Conspiracy in Rokugan

May 6th, 2022 45m 10s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions0:41 News, One Page Contest winner announced4:00 The Kolat in L5R, an overview9:17 Who are the Kolat?11:49 The Kolat as the Illuminati14:33 The Kolat as Proletariat Revolutionaries 17

Crafting messages and custom equipment in L5R

Apr 15th, 2022 41m 52s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions3:15 Using crafting to incite a reaction7:30 Related Opportunity Uses9:28 Key related shuji17:05 Mention - Custom Kakita Artisan School17:36 Custom Equipment21:36 Using multiple check

3 Major Reasons Why You Need Crafting in L5R

Apr 1st, 2022 42m 55s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions2:46 Why crafting is difficult in TTRPGs11:13 3 Major reasons why crafting is useful in L5R13:26: 1) Practicing a Passion20:58 2) Repairing weapons and armor25:52 3) Creating gifts38:

Enemies of the Empire - The Lying Darkness

Mar 18th, 2022 27m 29s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions2:10 The beginning of the Lying Darkness5:34 What is the Lying Darkness?7:42 Horror tropes and Inspirations for the Lying Darkness12:24 What makes the Lying Darkness threatening?18:34

Heroes of Rokugan review with Chris Ward

Mar 4th, 2022 25m 32s

Thank you for Listening!Timestamps0:00 Introductions1:11 What is Heroes of Rokugan?2:25 What is a "Living Campaign"?3:25 How do people join?4:19 Heroes of Rokugan LARP6:53 Heroes of Rokugan Battle Interactives9:10 Getting started with