Test of the Emerald Champion

Shawn Carman has posted a new fiction: Test of the Emerald Champion, Part I.

New L5R Lead Designer

According to Todd (here), Brent Keith has moved on from being the L5R lead designer, to take up a Research & Development position (preparing new games).

Stepping up to the plate as L5R lead designer will be veteran player and PDT member Bryan Reese.

AEG Office temporarily closed

A water issue has forced the AEG offices to be closed for the day. They are expected to be open for business as usual Monday.

More details here

StS Prerelease in high demand

According to Todd Rowland here, the number of applicant stores for the Stronger than Steel prerelease has gone sharply up (additional 75%) from the Truest Test number.

Todd states that this is most likely the result of increased player participation surrounding the release of Samurai Edition.

Emerald Empire releases

The latest book for the L5R RPG, Emerald Empire, has released and should be available at your local gaming store. For a preview of the first few pages, visit here.

Storyline Event in Chicago

Chicago is getting a storyline tourney: Guardians of the Crow will take place on Saturday, Sept. 29 at THEgamecon. Visit www.thegamecon.com for more details.

StS: Phoenix previews

The Phoenix previews for Stronger than Steel have been released. Personalities can be found on http://www.thelionclan.com and spells are at http://www.asako.de.

Their stronghold, Brilliant Rebirth Temple, has been added to the thirty-day countdown.

According to Todd Rowland here this will be the only clan-specific batch sent out this week.

StS Countdown

The preview countdown for the next set, Stronger than Steel, has begun! Check out Akodo Hiroyuki, Lion Clan Samurai.

Welcome to CSI: Rokugan

What is CSI: Rokugan? We are the Rokugani news service. Whenever an interesting piece of information is posted, regardless of where it is - we will be there, and will report on the information (while respecting any hard-earned exclusivity other webmasters may have, of course).

This does not mean everything will be there. Announcements and result of minor local tournaments, for example, (including the local part of a global storyline tournament) would simply bog down the project, so we will not report them.

Now, who is working on this ambitious project?

Tamori Shosei, is the founder of CSI: Rokugan. He is probably best known as the webmaster of the Legion of the Jade Hand website, where he has worked tirelessly to keep up one of the most complete archives of storyline results of all sort.

Dace is a well-known figure throughout the L5R community. Very knowledgeable about Rokugan, he is perhaps best known for his participation in debates in the story forum, and for his interpretation of Bayushi Kaukatsu in the 2006-07 Winter court.

Doji Tsukaede needs little introduction. His in-depth knowledge of the L5R RPG has earned him the position of official rules deputy. He is also a moderator of the AEG forums for the RPG.

Enlightened Madness is a frequent poster on several L5R forums. He is probably best known for his interpretation in Winter Court 2006-07 of his custom-created character, Kitsuki Sasuke

Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin, probably better known as Kakita Himoto, is a long-time member of many of the L5R message board. He was involved in the creation of the Legacy Format and its rules.

Hiruma Teri is a long time member and forum moderator of the Jade Hand. He is also a frequent sight on several of the other forums.

We are also discussing with a few other potential members regarding their joining ; more on this as it develops!