Legend of the Five Rings - Legend of the Five Rings, Legend of the Five Rings, Rokugan, Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Legend of the Five Rings, Legend of the Five Rings, Rokugan, Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Legend of the Burning Sands, Shugenja, Phoenix Clan. Excerpt: Legend of the Burning Sands ( LBS ) is a collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast ) in 1998. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG Legend of the Five Rings . Legend of the Burning Sands was set in the same fictional world as Legend of the Five Rings, but with an Arabian setting rather than an Oriental one, with a few characters appearing in both games. Both games had similar mechanics and emphasized a continuing storyline. The first three Legend of the Burning Sands sets were released under FRPG's experimental "Rolling Thunder" scheme, which emphasized small, regular releases of cards. The Rolling Thunder distribution mechanism proved to be unpopular, however, so the game was put on hiatus. After six months, the game's massive conclusion set, The Awakening, was released, but interest in the game had already faded significantly. Sales were poor, and most of the stock was destroyed rather than being warehoused. Today, cards from The Awakening are in high demand from collectors. Much like Legend of the Five Rings, LBS included many factions, especially towards the end of the game, where 12 different groups existed: The Ashalan, Ivory Kingdoms, Assassins, Ra'Shari, Senpet, Yodatai, Celestial Alliance, Jackals, Ebonites, Moto, Dahab and Qabal. Revival In 2006, a movement was started to revive LBS at Origins and GenCon. A project was later started to photo document all known cards in the hopes of building standard rules for proxying cards to be able to play. A plugin for the free LackeyCCG engine was also created. It includes all the cards pic...