Has anyone thought about compatibility of these two products? Of course you'd have to "ixnay" the enlightenment path. Does anyone still have their War of Honor game?

I have it, though I think it is cannabalized for the few useful cards out of it.

I suppose it would work, but it honestly felt very weak outside of the starter decks that came with it.

I do, but it's soon bound for the trash. I'm guessing the FFG's L5R will be incompatible with the mechanics of War of Honor.

I seem to remember one of the podcasts saying that they had some rules to make it compatible, but I can't remember which podcast that was.

FFG have pointedly not answered questions about multiplayer rules. We'll have a better idea when/if they announce whatever it is they're working on.

I very much doubt it will be compatible without heavy modification, though. Admittedly, I don't really remember WoH much.

2 hours ago, theninthguardian said:

I do, but it's soon bound for the trash. I'm guessing the FFG's L5R will be incompatible with the mechanics of War of Honor.

Don't throw it out! The component slots make it an excellent box for the new game.

Oh, I could definitely see some thing like the VP system (or whatever it was called in WoH) in FFG's take on multiplayer.

I think that the specific mechanics (how much honor gain / dishonor / ect) would be trash, but the general mechanics (giving everyone a track for victory that is less dependent on the opponent losing) is still very relevant. I doubt we need the province chips with the new province cards, but again - specific mechanics aside - the general mechanics of giving some location to the provinces could be applicable.

All in all - I hope FFG has taken 3+ player games into account during game construction as that is the most important aspect. They have done it before.

13 hours ago, shosuko said:

All in all - I hope FFG has taken 3+ player games into account during game construction as that is the most important aspect. They have done it before.

Ultimately, I'm not sure I could tolerate the knowledge that there is no official way to play this game with three or more. Flavor and theme is a huge factor for me in any CCG I play, and having this LCG establish that conflict in L5R is never between more than two factions (and I use the term "faction" here not in the gaming sense but in the political sense; I understand we can splash a second clan in the conflict deck) would be a bit too much of a flavor miss for me.

23 hours ago, JRosen9 said:

I seem to remember one of the podcasts saying that they had some rules to make it compatible, but I can't remember which podcast that was.

That would be Focus Focus Strike (https://www.facebook.com/groups/474261189578043/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED); I believe, without looking back, that we covered that in Episode 002. Strictly speaking the rules aren't for Nufaivarr, they're for L5R Modern; but Murf promised that if there was enough demand (and once Nufaivarr has a rulebook), he'd do up rules that should work to meld FFG's game with War of Honor.

Oh boy, this reminds me that I still have those titles somewhere in the attic. Maybe it is time to find them.