Legend of the Five Rings Player's Guide

by Ree Soesbee, Rich Wulf, Patrick Kapera

Return to the Age of Heroes. The L5R 2nd Edition RPG offers a completely revised book encompassing the culture, history, and background of the Emerald Empire. The Player's Guide contains character creation and gameplay mechanics, and suggestions for building your own samurai or shugenja. This book is completely revised, containing a comprehensive treatment of the Way of the Clans and Winter Court sourcebooks.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons

257 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2001

About the author

Ree Soesbee is a writer, game designer, and lore editor for massively multiplayer online games as well as traditional pen and paper RPGs. She has authored more than sixteen novels in a wide variety of fantastic worlds ranging from the popular Legend of the Five Rings setting to Star Trek, Dragonlance, Deadlands, and Vampire: the Masquerade. Her body of work includes over a hundred RPG texts, and inclusion in numerous short story anthologies and professional literary journals. Currently, she is a lead designer and lore writer for Guild Wars 2; innovative follow-up to the award-winning Guild Wars MMORPG. Already, Guild Wars 2 has recieved Gamescom's 'Best Online Game' and MMORPG.com's 'Most Anticipated MMO' awards.

Reviews

[Brienprime · Rating 3 out of 5]

I preferred the 1st Edition rules to 2nd Edition.

[Larry Kenney · Rating 5 out of 5]

To this day, this is still my favorite RPG I've ever played. The rules system is fast and easy to learn. The game rewards good storytelling. And if you are like me, and don't enjoy simple hack n slash adventures, there is a wealth of great roleplaying experiences to be had with this game.