Links
If they ask for me
Say: he had some business
In another world.
-- Sokan
Note: This list of web sites is not by any means complete. It lists the sites that I consider the best for one reason or another, and that I visit regularly. Let me know if there are any dead links.
The Empire: Links to the Official L5R Sites
Legend of the Five Rings
The Official L5R collectible card game site, run by Wizards of
the Coast, current producer of the L5R CCG. This site also
has information on the L5R Novels that are coming out.
Legend of the Five Rings
The Official L5R role-playing game site, run by Alderac
Entertainment, current producer of the L5R RPG.
Legend of the Five Rings Diskwars
The official L5R Diskwars site, run by Fantasy Flights Games
and created by Alderac Entertainment. More information can
be found at the Alderac site above.
Legend of the Five Rings Clan Wars
The official L5R Clan Wars site, run by Dark Edge Gaming
and created by Alderac Entertainment. More information can
be found at the Alderac site above.
Living Rokugan: L5R Larping
I believe this is the primary homepage for Living Rokugan,
focused on creating Live Action Role-Playing games set in the
world. This page is sponsored by the RPGA.
The Imperial Highways: Links to the Best L5R News Sites.
The Writings of the Deathseeker
The largest of the News sites, run by Ikoma Andy.
The Stronghold
A news site with good strategy articles.
The Fields of Rokugan
This news site is a good place to get recent rulings from the
CCG Group.
The Pearl Herald
This was one of the best news sites around when Andy was
taking a break. But this site has not been updated since
November, 2000
The Heart of the Empire: Links to the Best L5R Fiction Sites.
The Miya Archives
The best history site on the web, containing almost all, if not all,
of the official fiction related to the game, including quite a bit of
the sequenced card flavor text. Run by Richard Weld.
Kuyden Ryu
A great website with much fanfic and interviews with characters
from the CCG, run by Kakita Brent and Mirumoto
Christopher.
Rokugan 2000
Home of Rokugan 2000, a great fanfic of Rokugan set in the far
future. Also features Rokugan 90210, a parody of the
storyline. By Rich Wulf.
The Libraries of Ikoma Hatori
The best general collection of Fan Fiction out there. Seth
Mason has collected quite a lot of great pieces. This is his old
page. His new page seems to be currently down, but you can
try it out here.
The Asako Libraries
A few nice pieces by Asako Hideyoshi.
The Lands of the Crane: Crane Websites with useful things.
The Official Home of the Crane
Our unofficial Official home page, and an excellent all-round
site. Kakita Seiteki-sama also has a very good, active web
discussion group.
The Crane Clan Egroups Listserver
The Court where we speak amongst ourselves. Our Email
Listserver
The Esteemed Halls of the Crane
Kakita Hazel has an outstanding collection of artwork and
desktop themes here, as well as many other useful things.
The Asahina Temple Archives
Kept by Daidoji Marako, this is an excellent resource for the
RPG, containing all of the History of the Crane, as well as
descriptions of all of its lands and members.
The Valley of Ameterasu
Although Kakita Testuko has retired, his page still has some
nice things on it, including a list of many of the known Crane
players in the world.
The Asahina Library
Asahina Bubbawheat has the scoop on every Crane there ever
was, including quotes and card strategy.
The Doji Plains
Some nice strategy articles here, if not entirely up to date.
Shiro Daidoji
Here, Daidoji Taishi honors all the Daidoji whoever lived. And
well they deserve it!
The Other Clans of Rokugan: Major Websites for Each Clan
Crab
The Mighty Crab
The main Crab page. Often has great scans of new
personalities.
Dragon
The Mountain Keep of the Dragon
The Official Dragon page. This one is known for some very strange humorous things stored there.
Lion
The Official Lion Clan Homepage
The Official Lion page. This page is particularly nice because it has the results from all the storyline tournaments for the CCG on it.
Phoenix
The Phoenix Clan Library
This page has many of the FAQ's and the old accumulated rulings archive, as well as the Phoenix Clan letters.
Scorpion
The Scorpion's Sting
Good RP on the bulletin board here, and some nice stories.
House of the Spring Chrysanthemum
Yogo Ono has a very entertaining page, and also keeps track
of the results for many global storyline tournaments there.
Unicorn
The Lair of the Unicorn
The main Unicorn page. All things Unicorn, from Clan letters to hero descriptions.
The Tao of the Unicorn
News, downloads, fan fiction, and the Unicorn WinAmp skin.
The Gaijin Gazette
Where all well-dressed battlemaidens go for fashion advice and the latest news around Rokugan.
Toturi's Army
The Tao of the Wolf
The main Toturi's Army page. This one has good fiction, artwork, and very excellent music. Beware of slow load times, however.
The Legion of the Wolf
The current incarnation of Toturi's Army. This place has excellent 'imaginary' cards...all the cards that were never made, but should have been. Run by Takezo.
The Brotherhood of Shinsei
The Waterfall Shrine
I love the layout of this Brotherhood page.
Yoritomo's Alliance
Island of Silk
A fun 'History of Rokugan according to Yoritomo', plus many other good links.
Tradeposts of the Mantis
A well maintained alliance page with plenty of fanfiction.
The Naga
Shahadet's Legion
I fear already the Naga go back to sleep, but this page is still there. If there is a more recently updated Naga page, let me know.
The Ninja
The Dark Path of Shadow
The Ninja have been vanquished, but this is what remains.
The Shadowlands
Yogo Junzo's Army
The Official Shadowlands page, graced with Shimekiri's great artwork. Such talent...wasted on oni. ;-)
Save the Ogres
Well, if you're going to save something, might as well make it big. And successful!
Tools for the Journey: Tools to assist you in the L5R RPG.
Geography
This map takes a while to load, but it has all of the locations and
location descriptions from the GM's guide, along with a
clickable version of the Ryoko Owari Map. The site is
maintained by Keskiaik.
L5R Family Mons
Family and Clan Mons for your character sheets.
Real Family Mons
Mons for real Japanese families, good for minor family or personal mons.
L5R Fonts
Fonts to help make your documents look cool. I'm pretty sure
these are all freeware. Included: Preston Script, Cezanne,
RoughBrush, and VTMeiOrnaments.
L5R RPG Errata
This is First Edition errata. Some of it has worked its way into
Second Edition. Some is still relevant, and some is no longer
useful.
The Onomastikon
Thousands of names in many, many languages, including Japanese, great for creating NPC's when you need them.
Japanese/English Dictionary Server
Not only great for coming up with words for things, this site also provides the Kanji for them, and gives the meaning of the specific Kanji. If you're interested in seeing Kanji, be sure to select a color and to put the kanji inline using the check boxes though.
House of the Jade Lantern
Tips to improve your L5R Games.
The Agate Palace
More Alternate rules than you should ever need, kept by Shiba
Toma.
Weapons for Battle: Tools to assist you in the L5R CCG.
Zen's Ruling Archive
Where you go to find out why cards do the things they do (or
why not).
Legendary Search Engine
Full text on pretty much every card in the game.
Superior Tactics
The latest in strategy for individual cards to give you some
ideas. You should also check out Zen's Card of the Week for
more.
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