This weekend Kotei Updates

Winners of this weekends Koteis:

Manhattan, KS - Dragon 1st, Unicorn 2nd
Manila, Philippines - Unicorn 1st & 2nd
Pretoria, South Africa - Dragon 1st, Mantis 2nd
Tacoma, WA -Still awaiting results
Valencia, Spain - Phoenix 1st, Unicorn 2nd


so far thats 4 Military pts for Dragon, 1 for Mantis, 2 for Phoenix, and 5 for Unicorn!

Will post other spheres + WA later today :)

End of the Fourth Leg, more updates

Hey all, Todd has released the results from IA Drive for March:
1st Place - Crab
2nd Place - Dragon
3rd Place - Scorpion

This gives a 5/3/1 spread finalizing the spirit sphere for leg 4. Congrats to Scorpion on winning Spirit.

They've also locked up the results for Military, going to Lion, and Economy, going to Mantis. 'Grats to all the clans on the toughest leg to date!

Words & Deeds Pre-Release events

It has been announced to retailers today that the pre-release window for Words & Deeds will be May 16th through the 26th, putting the release date of the set as May 26th.

Given this information and the standard 30-day window before legality, no Kotei should be Words & Deeds legal as the legality date for the set will be June 25th, and the final Kotei is June 21st.

Make sure you talk to your local Dojo-Days store about getting in your pre-release kits!

StS Lion Personalities

The Lion have arrived and are at the Swift Sword. Check out Ikoma Tatsunori, a personality created from Winter Court! Congratulations to Tatsunori's player.

Samurai Ed and Stronger than Steel sell out

According to Todd here, Samurai Edition is on the verge of selling out, and Stronger than Steel is already sold out (despite not having officially released.)

Lion/Dragon wins Festival of the Sea Dragon

Bob Purcell playing Lion has apparently made a deal with Drew Allen playing Dragon for the victory at the Festival of the Sea Dragon tournament. The Lion and Dragon together will find an item of Lady Doji's, which the Lion will then return to the Crane. More details here.

Lion wins Gencon UK

Damien Desperez playing Lion has won Gencon UK - More information here.

STS Mantis Previews

The Mantis previews have been posted. Lots of Ashigaru and Magistrate love.

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.