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

Athenor · May 2018

Which, I should note, was the very first post, answering: "Unicorn. Why?"

We knew it was coming.

Yay!

Athenor · May 2018

Not a new card, but a full reveal:

tzeentchling · May 2018

Top 4'd the San Francisco kotei this weekend! Played Crab/ Scorpion splash. Lost in semifinals to eventual winner who was on Crab/Unicorn.

Athenor · May 2018

I played in my first tourney (as opposed to organizing it). I went 0-3, which is what I was expecting given my limited higher level play. First match was against Crane, second was against Scorpion, third was against Unicorn/scorpion.

All three were dishonor losses for me, being too aggressive with my honor.

PMAvers · May 2018

...And that's not what I was expecting to be announced today.

Scorpion Clan Pack: Underhand of the Emperor. Slated for a October release.

Whispers of Shadow and Steel, the Scorpion book.

HamHamJ · May 2018

PMAvers wrote: »

...And that's not what I was expecting to be announced today.

Scorpion Clan Pack: Underhand of the Emperor.

Whispers of Shadow and Steel, the Scorpion book.

This seems like a bizarre decision. Either this pushes Scorpion to dominate again or none of these cards get played as they are worse than what they already have.

ArcticLancer · May 2018

Correct me if I'm wrong, but ...
- FFG still struggles with things needing to be printed reasonably far out from release
- Scorpion is a very popular clan
Therefore ... this is probably more about printing money and entertaining a larger percentage of the player base than something grounded in expected design VS competitive performance/balance

PMAvers · May 2018

On a positive note, I like that the book is going to be Yojiro-focused. I always respected that fellow (only one of the very few Scorpion characters I could say that about), especially with his whole "eff it, if no one's going to believe what I say, I'm just going to always tell the truth" creed.

PMAvers · May 2018

A couple of spoilers from the stream:

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/1001886877224525824

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/1001887380746448896

Athenor · May 2018

Wow. Super situational one-shot protection to give you JUST that last little squeeze of effort.

PMAvers · May 2018

Oh god, could you imagine the reaction someone would give if they were going to play Duty to save themselves, but it got cancelled?

Athenor · May 2018

PMAvers wrote: »

Oh god, could you imagine the reaction someone would give if they were going to play Duty to save themselves, but it got cancelled?

You know the exact timing of interrupts is gonna be vital for that. Can you cancel a cancel?

admanb · May 2018

Athenor wrote: »

PMAvers wrote: »

Oh god, could you imagine the reaction someone would give if they were going to play Duty to save themselves, but it got cancelled?

You know the exact timing of interrupts is gonna be vital for that. Can you cancel a cancel?

Yup.

PMAvers · June 2018

Oh hey, so apparently GTM had a article about the upcoming cycle... And there were some cards shown there. (Overlapping so you couldn't see the full text...)

OH HI UNICORN-AFFILIATED NAGA YES FUCKING PLEASE

PMAvers · June 2018

And apparently Brad is at the UK Games Expo, and previewed a bunch of Unicorn cards.

Cerberus · June 2018

I made the cut at the Grand Kotei with Crab. Didn't play the cut as I'd also made the cut in Netrunner.
Game was super fun.

Athenor · June 2018

Cerberus wrote: »

I made the cut at the Grand Kotei with Crab. Didn't play the cut as I'd also made the cut in Netrunner.
Game was super fun.

Nice! Can you post your deck list and strategy?

Cerberus · June 2018

Sure, list is here, pretty standard Crab Uni

https://fiveringsdb.com/strains/f2f3c86a-c943-11e7-9e9b-8e1ccf16fca4/view

PMAvers · June 2018

Article just went up with previews of the first pack of Elements. Also has a preview of the new Lion stronghold that's in it.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/6/6/breath-of-the-kami/

HamHamJ · June 2018

So the new rumored Unicorn stronghold is a actually a Lion stronghold. Oh well, back to the binder Unicorn, you were almost playable.

Athenor · June 2018

HamHamJ wrote: »

So the new rumored Unicorn stronghold is a actually a Lion stronghold. Oh well, back to the binder Unicorn, you were almost playable.

Spoilers aren't allowed in the main sources of my info, but I think someone mentioned that the Unicorn one is going to be similar, just with a caveat that if you have more units than your opponent or something - as opposed to +5 mil strength.

HamHamJ · June 2018

Athenor wrote: »

HamHamJ wrote: »

So the new rumored Unicorn stronghold is a actually a Lion stronghold. Oh well, back to the binder Unicorn, you were almost playable.

Spoilers aren't allowed in the main sources of my info, but I think someone mentioned that the Unicorn one is going to be similar, just with a caveat that if you have more units than your opponent or something - as opposed to +5 mil strength.

That would be weird if they released two new strongholds with such similar mechanics.

tzeentchling · June 2018

Also that Crane attachment is bonkers good.

HamHamJ · June 2018

tzeentchling wrote: »

Also that Crane attachment is bonkers good.

It can't copy the Let Go that kills it, so probably not.

tzeentchling · June 2018

Then they're not using let go on other good attachments, like Cloud the Mind? Or anything splashed for, like Reprieve? Also that's a more valid complaint pre-RL, but now splashing Dragon will be a lot less common.

Athenor · June 2018

Right now my focus is on the news about Netrunner, but what's going on does shed some light on why the new LCG Designer Journal series was started.

I haven't read it yet, but this article does have some things about L5R in it.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/6/8/state-of-the-lcg/

PMAvers · June 2018

Oh hey, there's the announcement for the final version of the core RPG book. As well as the dice pack and GM's kit.

Q3... so that's totally a GenCon launch, right?

Athenor · June 2018

PMAvers wrote: »

Oh hey, there's the announcement for the final version of the core RPG book. As well as the dice pack and GM's kit.

Q3... so that's totally a GenCon launch, right?

Undoubtedly so. I was expecting that ever since the beta.

PMAvers · June 2018

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/1006917882964578305

Pack 2 preview article up. Oh look, a bunch of Shadowlands and maho showing up at the same time as Kuni Yori? COLOR ME SHOCKED.

tzeentchling · June 2018

PMAvers wrote: »

Pack 2 preview article up. Oh look, a bunch of Shadowlands and maho showing up at the same time as Kuni Yori? COLOR ME SHOCKED.

Excited to see Yori! I think he'll be good for a while. The maho/Shadowlands stuff actually seems more interesting to me as a splash outside of Crab. A more aggressive, province-breaking Scorpion deck would probably like them.

PMAvers · June 2018

Stream just started too talking about the Elemental Cycle.

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/1006948668598095872

https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/1006960070196891649

PMAvers · June 2018

6'th Ring has a preview, Unicorn Event: Unleash the Djinn

tzeentchling · June 2018

Combine that with Force of the River - oh hey I now have up to 12/12 of stats in the conflict, plus maybe whatever was already in there.

PMAvers · June 2018

Another 6'th Ring preview: Unicorn Character: Minami Kaze Regulars

PMAvers · June 2018

Couple of Lion previews today from the Imperial Advisor.

Matsu Seventh Legion
Even the Odds.

PMAvers · June 2018

https://twitter.com/AsmodeeUK/status/1009471059693850625

HamHamJ · June 2018

Monk deck is happening!

PMAvers · June 2018

Pack 3 article is up: The Fires Within.

Also the goddamn ninjas are at it again, and there's two Scorpion previews in the previous Breath of the Kami article: Disguised Protector and Deceptive Offer.

Athenor · June 2018

YAY NAGA!!!!

And man, those Scorpion cards are nasty if you fall into the Scorpion's traps.

tzeentchling · June 2018

Also the new Fire province is probably going in Scorpion decks from now on. "Oh, you're going to break this? Let me just Way of the Scorpion your best dude first."

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