[L5R LCG] Imperial cycle has releases faster than One Punch Man fight scenes.

tzeentchling

Interesting! Looks like the Crab are going to have effects that involve sacrificing themselves to boost the rest of your clan. Seems like it could be not great against attrition battles though.

italianranma

The wall only stands because of the sacrifice of the Crab. Remember that.

PMAvers

Speaking of which, the Crab fiction is up.

Dark Hands of Heaven.

Athenor

Man. So many names in that fiction.. I had a hard time following them all.

Nealneal

That story just reminded me how much I like Kisada and how much I hate Yakamo.

Kuni Yori was... a little overtly mustache twirling for my tastes, but hey, he's a bad dude who is going to do bad things.

PMAvers

Man, what kind of mind-eff would it be if Yori didn't end up going evil in this timeline?

You'd keep on expecting him to turn, but... nope, he's just a asshole.

Nealneal

That would actually be amazing. "This time I'm sure he's going to do something evil!"

PMAvers

Athenor

Crab card spoilers are coming slower, or maybe I'm not noticing them.

Also, people are starting to print and play to get a feel for the game.

From the Art of War podcast, https://artofwarcast.podbean.com/ :




High influence cost attachment.. that bleeds honor.

PMAvers

It's funny, I was just going to go back and map out when spoilers came out to confirm my feeling that there has been less this preview cycle. Glad I wasn't alone.

Also holy shit that follower. It real good.

Darkewolfe

I'm hoping to convince my buddy, who used to be a crab fisherman, to play a crab deck, so I need more spoilers.

Athenor

There's a couple more, but one of them is being partially masked until the podcast actually comes out that will talk about it.

"The Table Is Yours" was sent:

Kaiu Shuichi
Character, 4 Fate

3 Military
3 Political

2 Glory

Bushi. Engineer.

(they haven't revealed the text box yet)

PMAvers

Here we go, Crab Time.

Rokugan's Shield.

PMAvers

Couple more previews in Team Covenant's video as well. Intimidating Hida and Eager Scout.

italianranma

I like the fluff of the Crab from the RPG, and also the prospect of taking down monsters and dealing with the Shadowlands taint. Being a defensive force isn't really my shtick in a card game, but I'll totally give it a try. I like the sacrifice mechanics: it makes dealing with a big push from your opponent a real gut check, hoping they don't have the ability to do it again next round. I can't wait for this game!

PMAvers

Athenor wrote: »

There's a couple more, but one of them is being partially masked until the podcast actually comes out that will talk about it.

"The Table Is Yours" was sent:

Kaiu Shuichi
Character, 4 Fate

3 Military
3 Political

2 Glory

Bushi. Engineer.

(they haven't revealed the text box yet)

And the full version of Kaiu Shuichi is out in the wild. Link.

PMAvers

Man, it feels neat seeing all the old fan sites popping up again.

Over on the Crab Clan Catastrophe, they've got a Crab event preview: Levy.

Was wondering if they were going to have some sort of econ boost, since their stuff seemed a bit expensive.

Athenor

Holy crap that card...

And 3 influence to boot!

Auralynx

PMAvers wrote: »

Man, it feels neat seeing all the old fan sites popping up again.

Over on the Crab Clan Catastrophe, they've got a Crab event preview: Levy.

Was wondering if they were going to have some sort of econ boost, since their stuff seemed a bit expensive.

... wait, Crab's allowed an economy in this incarnation of the game? Intriguing.

Athenor

I'm really curious which designer over at FFG helped design this faction.

PMAvers

The Bad Publicity podcast got a spoiler tonight as well.

https://twitter.com/ANRBadPublicity/status/885715069073408000

Athenor

I was gonna say that splashing crab was looking promising... Then I noticed that was a dynasty card.

PMAvers

FFGLive's going on right now, on their Facebook page. They're playing a full game.

Athenor

shit shit shit forgot thank you!

PMAvers

Aaaand that's how Crab do. That Kaiu Envoy that has both Courtesy and Sincerity is going to be sacrifice fodder, so they gain both a fate and a card draw when it leaves play.

Athenor

Holy bloody hell.

Next week is Phoenix. And when they said they did ring manipulation, they weren't kidding!

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/885904940367065089

Athenor

This also means that either they double up for the 2 weeks leading to GenCon, or they do either Scorpion or Unicorn.

As a unicorn player, sadface...

Tomanta

Display of Power seems awesome. I'm super impressed at how well every clan has a clear theme and playstyle out of the gate.

PMAvers

I wonder if they might just do the previews & the fiction in the same week a couple of times.

Athenor

Tomanta wrote: »

Display of Power seems awesome. I'm super impressed at how well every clan has a clear theme and playstyle out of the gate.

Yeah. I mean, there are drawbacks - namely that you likely will lose a province, you will DEFINITELY lose one honor (for an uncontensted conflict), you have to have a Shugenja on the field, and it is expensive to play... But not only does that deny your opponent the ring effect, it gives you +1 in the imperial favor (plus more if you deliberately left a readied character out there).

Athenor

PMAvers wrote: »

I wonder if they might just do the previews & the fiction in the same week a couple of times.

Unicorn and Scorpion have always been close, so I can see that.

Tomanta

Athenor wrote: »

Tomanta wrote: »

Display of Power seems awesome. I'm super impressed at how well every clan has a clear theme and playstyle out of the gate.

Yeah. I mean, there are drawbacks - namely that you likely will lose a province, you will DEFINITELY lose one honor (for an uncontensted conflict), you have to have a Shugenja on the field, and it is expensive to play... But not only does that deny your opponent the ring effect, it gives you +1 in the imperial favor (plus more if you deliberately left a readied character out there).

There's a psychological factor, too. If you are planning an attack against Phoenix, how much do you commit to something that might go uncontested? Especially if that becomes a theme for Phoenix - take deliberate losses for great rewards.

PMAvers

Athenor wrote: »

Tomanta wrote: »

Display of Power seems awesome. I'm super impressed at how well every clan has a clear theme and playstyle out of the gate.

Yeah. I mean, there are drawbacks - namely that you likely will lose a province, you will DEFINITELY lose one honor (for an uncontensted conflict), you have to have a Shugenja on the field, and it is expensive to play... But not only does that deny your opponent the ring effect, it gives you +1 in the imperial favor (plus more if you deliberately left a readied character out there).

Actually... does it actually require a shugenja in play? Yeah, it's got the Spell type, but there's Cloud the Mind that actually specifically mentions that you need to control one to play it. This and Know the World don't. Unless there's rule-book text I missed.

There could be stuff that keys specifically off the keyword.

EDIT:

Tomanta wrote: »

There's a psychological factor, too. If you are planning an attack against Phoenix, how much do you commit to something that might go uncontested? Especially if that becomes a theme for Phoenix - take deliberate losses for great rewards.

There's a bunch of stuff that doesn't require actually being in the battle to do as well. If you can, say, shell the opponent enough from home so they don't take the province, it could be worth it too.

Athenor

Hmm. Cloud the Mind is an attachment, but that "only if you control a shugenja" is very clear and very much specific text.

Maybe you are right. Maybe the Phoenix are so badass that they don't even need shugenja out on the field to do their magic.

something a million times dumber

Athenor wrote: »

Holy bloody hell.

Next week is Phoenix. And when they said they did ring manipulation, they weren't kidding!

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/885904940367065089

I'm really wondering how many cards from other LCGs they're going to reprint in L5R

tzeentchling

@Shorty
"Fate Siphon. Scorpion, 4 influence, 0 cost Event. Play only if you win a conflict as the attacker. Your opponent loses three Fate and you gain three Fate. Lose two Honor. "

PMAvers

I forgot to mention it, but they did mention during the stream that the play mats they were using were going to be for sale later in the year. I rather dig them.

Athenor

They will also be giving away signed ones.

Athenor

I don't have the text in front of me, but apparently the storyline tourney is kicking off with a parade that anyone can attend.

PMAvers

Athenor wrote: »

I don't have the text in front of me, but apparently the storyline tourney is kicking off with a parade that anyone can attend.

I assume that it's probably part of the Opening Ceremonies. Where'd you see it?