Greetings! It seems the L5R bug has bitten me once again, and I find myself preparing to run the RPG for some friends on Discord. I'm looking forward to picking up the LCG when my local game store gets it, and delving into the lore once more.

Back when it came out (some 23 years ago, ouch!) I gathered as much lore as I could for when I ran the game, wrote fiction, and joined the e-mail lists. There, I was Bayushi Tashiro, the Scorpion Clan Archer. (In fact, if you look at the 2nd printing of the 'Way of the Clans' books, you'll see me there (I believe as Foxtrot). During this time I joined a group called the Annoying Bushi Clan , and we would tell stories, goof off, and just have a great time online. Among our illustrious members was Rich Wulf, who wrote such things as Rokugan 90210, The Hidden Chicken, and Rokugan 2000 - until he got picked up as an official writer for L5R. Props to him! I became a playtester for 3rd Edition, but it was about that time I stepped back from the game as my group had dissolved due to other responsibilities. Still, I got to take part in the first play-by-post of the Winter Court (as Bayushi Kwanchai), and even made it into TV Tropes due to my RP there.

With the new LCG coming out, and hopefully the RPG seeing a 5th edition, I'm very excited to get into this once more. I'm happy they're starting - I think - Pre-Coup, because I'm quite curious to see how things will play out and what will be done with the game. Thanks for having me here, and I hope to get the chance to have some deep discussions with the other people who love Rokugan as much as I do.

Hello and welcome, not that I have any authority to give it, but we're glad you're here anyway.

I've role-played and LARPed L5R for many a year, although not in the last 5-10 years. I also look forward to seeing where they go with the plot, and possibly to introducing another generation and iteration of the rpg to Ryoko Owari (I've run the campaign 3 times in different versions of the rules).

Hiya. Always good to have another 'old timer' back, especially from my second-favorite clan.

Thanks for the welcome. And yeah, Dragon's my second-favourite Clan. May the Scorpion-Dragon alliance continue!