So, the GenCon Event Calendar just went up for preview, and the Fantasy Flight Games line up did feature this little gem.
Taken from:
https://www.gencon.com/events/128888
Wedding at Kyotei Castle
You have been honored with an invitation to a wedding uniting 2 prominent families of different Great Clans. However, not all of the wedding guests have arrived to congratulate the honored couple.
Pre-generated characters and all materials required to play will be provided.
System: L5R RPG 5th Edition
Seats: 15 per timeslot
Price: $6
Length: 4 hours
Timeslots:
Thursday - 10 AM, 3 PM
Friday - 10 AM, 3 PM
Saturday - 10 AM, 3 PM
Sunday - 11 AM
Based on the announcement today, I would expect the Beginner's Game for the L5R RPG will be released alongside this at GenCon 2018, with a pre-release of the final game at Winter Court / World's Championship and the open release in December / January. Due to the price point of this event, I would not expect anything too fancy as take home swag.
Due to the Beginner's Game components, I would almost guarantee that this ticket will give you a character folio and maybe a map of Kyotei Castle, which would be AWESOME, personally. The Kintani Valley and Kyotei Castle are two classic locations for me, along with Tsuma Village in the Beginner's Game. The direction this seems to be heading has me excited.
And, despite my criticism in other places, I intend to secure a ticket to this. I would like very much to play it, and see what improvements have been made since the Beta.