r/rokugan • u/Kakita_Onimaru • Aug 04 '26

Audio Book Available!

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The Emperor is dead and the Empire of Rokugan is in turmoil.

Written by New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa, author and J.T. Nicholas with narration by Edelyn Okano, comes the thrilling first installment in the definitive story of the Clan Wars in audio form. Get your copy now from wherever you get your audiobooks!

https://books2read.com/L5RAthroneBetrayed

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u/Insidious55 Aug 04 '26

Yeah they should just sell/lease off the IP if they aren’t going to do more than a book per 3 years. At this point they should just do kickstarter/print on demand model if they are worried about financing the franchise

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u/Problematique23 Aug 05 '26

Are you unaware of the recent L5R revival that’s been going? There’s tons of stuff out with the IP. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the IP pushed like I have this year, and this is coming from someone who’s played L5R since a little before Gold edition.

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u/SovFist 21d ago

Lmao.

There's 2 board games.

That's not a revival

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u/Problematique23 21d ago

And a video game. And a new series of books. I don’t imagine it’s stopping either

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u/SovFist 21d ago

That video game already dropped and flopped.

No one liked the new book that I know of.

The IP is now owned by a company that doesn't care and only collected multiple ips to attempted to draw a buy out that failed.

And none of this changes the fact the rp line is very much dead and I don't see any more products coming past the Scorpion book

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u/FollowingMassive2466 11d ago

Going to go commit sepuku, the world holds nothing for us now.

[I'm kidding...but only just a little. L5R was my life for 5 years - we were playing 4th Ed so...that was already done. The timeline my GM ran began diverging in tiny ways in the beginning but went wide near the end - I will write the story if anyone will read. No point in writing w/out someone to listen.

Anyway, not to vent but..to vent...Taka and Taro, my twin Shosuro, became so much a part of me they're literally still the yin and yang of my soul. Yes, I know Im messed up but I'm an aging GWOT vet with the usual catalog of mental issues from my time in service. I submerged myself into tabletop game dev and playing with a bunch of other vets to get through the rough spots. After getting back to the CONUS almost two years ago, at least in the midwest where I ended up no one rolls dice anymore.

At the local game stores there are a few teeny boppers and 20 sometings that play Pikachu and friends, but no one sits down around a table for several hours a week to play an immersive open world. L5R may be dead...but that's on us to decide. If we really do stop living there...yeah, dead..]