Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
| Roleplaying Game | |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Brian Yoon, Fred Wan, John Wick, Rich Wulf, Seth Mason, Shawn Carman, Rob Hobart |
| Publisher(s) | Alderac Entertainment Group |
| Publication date | 1997 (1st edition) 2000 (2nd edition) 2005 (3rd edition) 2010 (4th edition) |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| System(s) | Roll-and-Keep system |
The Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game originally written by John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, under license from Five Rings Publishing Group, in 1997. The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.
Like most role-playing games, Legend of the Five Rings is played by one or more players and a game master, who controls the events that happen during the game as well as the non-player characters (also called "NPCs"). Legend of the Five Rings features many courtiers and other non-combatant character types as valid player character types.
In 1998, Legend of the Five Rings won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game of 1997. In 2008 the L5R RPG 3rd Edition sourcebook Emerald Empire won the Scrye Players Choice Award.
In September of 2015, AEG and Fantasy Flight Games jointly announced that the intellectual property had been sold to FFG. While confirming the purchase of the RPG, there has been very little official news on the intentions and release of future L5R RPG products as the focus initially seems to be on conversion of the card game.
The fictional setting of Legend of the Five Rings is similar to feudal Japan, though it also includes aspects of other Asian cultures, as well as magic and mythical beasts. There is no given name for the entire world which the setting describes, so "Rokugan" is used alternately to refer to the specific nation within the setting or to refer to the entire world.
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