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Raymond Lau has posted this year's invitees
to GenCon. Last years invitees are also invited.
Here's an excerpt of his letter as it pertains to the Dragon
(originally found on Deathseeker): From: Raymond Lau
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:33:21 -0700
Subj: [L5R-CCG] Gencon 2002 Invitees The Horde has stormed pass the wall and with
surprisingly organized haste, assaults the capitol,
Oto-san-Uchi. However, the Horde have uncharacteristically, left
little destruction in its wake.
There is more to his attack than meets the eye and all shall
be revealed at "The Revelation of the
Darklord" at Gencon 2002.
Each Clan has sent representatives to harry the Shadowland demons
and to unravel the mystery
behind Lord Daigotsu's goal. They shall be automatically seeded
into our main Revelation of the
Dark Lord tournament and may participate in our Invitee only
tournaments. Warlords are determined by having the top
points in their clan. Hatamotos are determined by
have the best finishes in their clan. Standard Bearers are determined
by play the most tournaments
in their clan. Points were awarded through sanctioned tournaments
through performance and participation.
Points were accumulated from the period of Gencon 2001 through
May 2002. I'm proud to announce this year's Warlords,
Hatamotos, and Standard Bearers. Congratulations to
these invitees to this year's L5R World Championships at GENCON
2002! . . .
Dragon Warlord Osborn, Greg
Dragon Hatamoto Haywood, Chris
Dragon S.Bearer Allamaug, Alex . . .
In addition to these players, we're honored
to invite last year's Warlord, Hatamoto, and Standard
Bearers, and the 2001 Gencon Best of Clan finishers in our Invitee
only tournaments.
(Does Not include automatic seeding) . . .
Kelly Garcia Warlord Dragon
Donald Gates Standard Bearer Dragon
Barry Kunz Hatamoto Dragon . . .
GENCON 2001 BEST OF CLAN
Jeremy Holcomb, Crab
Brandon Flores, Crane
Kevin Christopher Dragon
Conrad Jackson, Lion
Bob Beverage, Phoenix
Matt Demand Ratling
Marc Orr, Scorpion
Jonathan Rigsby, Shadowlands Raymond Lau
L5R Brand Manager
Alderac Entertainment Group Wizard of the Coast Removes L5R Content
Off It's Web Site It was inevitable that Wizards would remove
the L5R card game from its servers after the license
returned to Alderac. For all the real and imagined faux pas that
were attributed to Wizards during
their stewardship of L5R, they did have a nice web site. It's
unfortunate that their work wasn't
archived for historical purposes. Season of the Mantis Tournament -
Southeast Pennsylvania Brave New Worlds will be holding its Season
of the Mantis Tournament on Wednesday
July 17, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. Entrance fee is $6.00, format is 40/40
Gold Constructed.
Contact Eric (store manager)
for more details.
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An old L5R promotional picture has been found
which may show all the onisu of the clans. It was
briefly seen on Deathseeker but WotC/AEG asked that it be removed
because it pre-empted the
introduction of Gold edition. Now that the Gold edition storyline
is almost over there shouldn't be
any objections to it's release. The Dragon clan mailing list
had some interesting discussions on the
Dragon's onisu, thought to be called "Despair". They
think that it's one of the two unlabeled figures
on the lower right side of the picture.
 click
on the picture for larger image
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Imperial Histories - Part II
is now available at Alderac. It covers Isawa Years 1130 to 1158.
With the passage of time and
heated passions, the events from the last generation of characters
can now be told. Those of you
who played the L5R card game over the last 2 years know how confusing
and contradictory the
"official" story of Rokugan was at that time. Even
though the events listed on Alderac's page do
not exactly match my recollection, it is close enough.
Besides, having it on Alderac's web site makes it the official
history and the last word.
Imperial Assembly Membership info can
be found at Organized
Play. Guess it takes a while
for re-subscriptions to be processed - my current renewal for
next year hasn't yet been entered
into the database.
More L5R players are needed at Jenkintown,
PA for casual play. Tuesday and Thursday
nights are generally when we get together with occasional tournaments
being held on the
weekends. Isawa Darth (who usually posts on Deathseeker)
is trying to generate more interest in Legends
of the Five Rings and to win back those who have strayed to other
CCGs such as Lord of the
Rings and the new Star Wars CCG by Wizards of the Coast. Contact
Eric (store manager for
Brave
New Worlds) at 1-215-887-3335 for directions and to ask how
many L5R players are
present before you come.
Store amenities include gaming tables, refrigerated beverages,
parking in the back and multiple
fast food places that deliver.* * disclaimer: no financial reimbursement
was received from Brave New Worlds nor am I a store employee
... yet (almost everyone works for George eventually.... :) A new group of samurai whose mission is to
win without curruption. Hmm ... didn't the
(HDM) Honorable
Dragon Movement do the same thing 2 years ago? The Jade Hand has a
web presence that you can look at here.
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Take Time Off to Celebrate the Dragon
Boat Festival The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival celebrates
the failed rescue of Ch'u Yuan from the Mi-lo
River in Hunan Provence. Ch'u Yuan was an honest and wise former
minister who was
banished from the Imperial Court after slander discredited him.
As a means of preserving his honor, he clasped a large stone
and jumped into the Mi-lo River
to commit suicide. The villagers saw him in the water and tried
to rescue him by frantically
paddling boats out to reach him. Rice cakes were thrown into
the water as a distraction to
prevent the fish from eating him.
Although the rescue attempt was not successful, years of retelling
the story made it famous
enough to became The Dragon Boat Festival. The holiday is held
during the Fifth Day of the Fifth
month of the lunar calendar (Double Fifth).Each year, rice cakes
(both the sweet and the salty type)
are served and the rescue attempt is commemorated by a boat race. The boats have detachable carvings of the
head and the tail of a dragon. These parts are kept on
the shore until the annual competition. Prior the to race, the
boats are brought to life by attaching
the head and tail pieces. A Taoist priest presides over the ceremony
ofbringing the boat to life.
Eyes are painted on the head of the dragon, firecrackers are
lit and paper money is place in the
dragon's mouth and in the water to dispel evil spirits.
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Rich Wulf Reveals Secret Origin of
Hitomi Hogai Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 04:10:35 -0500
To: dragon@michonline.com
From: Rich Wulf
Subject: [dragon] Hitomi Hogai
Hogai is one of the two individuals involved
in the recent hostage
exchange between Crab and Dragon. Hogai not only decided to visit,
but he took the Hitomi name and began following the philosophy
of the
kikage zumi as well. The tattoos showed up shortly thereafter,
though
even he was surprised when they appeared.
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Hitomi Monks Recruit From Crab in
Broken Blades Dragonstrategy.net has a picture of
the Hitomi Monk's newest tatooed man, Hida Hogai.
Hogai statistics are as follows:
4 Force and 3 Chi
--- Family Honor, 8 Gold, 0 Personal Honor Dragon
Clan Tattooed Madman
May not have more than one Tattoo. You may play
one Tattoo from your
hand immediately
after
he enters play, paying all costs.
"Once a Hida, his Tattoos appeared less than a week
after his arrival. I think perhaps the Hitomi are deeply
troubled"
--- Mirumoto Ukira
Illustrated by Ben Peck. 111/155
Discussions on Hitomi Hogai can be found on:
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Dragon Clan is Currently in Third Place
for Kotei Wins Cumulative Kotei results are available at
Ryoko Owari, la Cité des Rumeurs
It's written in French but fortunately for us, Dragon is still
called Dragon on his site.
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Alderac Entertainment Group has placed part
one of The Imperial Histories on its site.
It covers Year 1103 - Hantei XXXXVII to Year 1130 - Disappearance
of Toturi I.
The second part is to be posted in two weeks.
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Mirumoto Shokan has posted "An *Average* Dragon Deck" for Gold Edition
(2001-2002)
to the Dragon Clan mailing list. Click on the link to review
it.
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Tainted Taki Talks at the 2002 Kotei LARP
Session In "Way of the Samauri", Mirumoto
Taki is revealed to be the "Sensi of the Lost", training
Lord Daigotsu's Shadowlands army. Taki was tainted after he fell
at the Battle
of Volturnum.
The 2002 LARP session will feature the "City
of the Lost" and includes further information
on Mirumoto Taki. It starts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday June 15,
2002 at HeroesCon in
Charlott, North Carolina. Mirumoto Taikishi has agreed to play
the tainted Taki. He accepted
only after obtaining the blessings of the HDM and the Dragon
clan mailing list.
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Want the latest Clan gossip? The rumour
monger has been able to piece together some
recent clan letter information - you
just have to use your imagination to get at "the truth".
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Imperial Herald vol.2 / #3 Arrives
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Alderac Robbed. Entire Print Run of Foil
Lion Swords Stolen! In a press release from Alderac, Raymond Lau (L5R
Brand Manager) reports that the
entire 2000 card print run of the foil Lion Celestial Sword was
stolen. To drop the
market value for these "hot" cards, they will not be
tournament legal. A foil version
of Akodo's Shrine and Rikugunshokan will replace the stolen cards.
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Promotional cards from Imperial Herald
vol.2 / #2 have been scanned.
They are available here.
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Dragon Clan Letters volume 2, # 1 and # 2 are now available. Former Dragon General Junnosuke writes
the latest Ronin Letter.
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Season of the Crane Promo Card
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Dragon Clan News Archives
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Thank you for visiting my page at Angelfire.
Please come back and visit again!
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Legends of the Five Rings CCG is copyright of the Five Rings
Publishing Group and Wizards
of the Coast.
Artwork is copyright by various artists who illustrated for Alderac Entertainment
Group.
Other names, stories and ideas are copyright MountainView.
Dragon logo by R. Stier.
revised July 12, 2002
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