Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-5
Collection
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Description
A cooperative board game with miniatures set in the world of Legend of the Five Rings where players embody Champions of the major Clans vying for the Emperors favor
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:23:20 sentiment: other
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Click to watch at 3:23:20 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
Curious / Hopeful
Pros
- Based in the popular Legend of the Five Rings universe.
- Potential for lots of Samurai miniatures.
- Cooperative gameplay.
Cons
- Very little information is available about gameplay.
- Publisher (Monolith) has been quiet.
- Launch date uncertainty.
Thematic elements
- Samurai
- Legend of the Five Rings universe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Hopes for the game to be an area control type of game.
- Clan-Based Play — Players embody champions of major clans.
- cooperative play — Explicitly stated as cooperative.
- miniatures — Anticipation of 'Samurai Minis'.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Playing without Val I mean like the moment you play with Valhalla that's the moment you realize I will never not play with balla
- it is now I believe in my top 30 games of all time
- it's not a looker I mean it's just cards a board
- worst demo of any game ever with that ascendency game
- the rakugan game that's B based in uh the l5r universe
- Roller ball is an incoherent mess a jumble of footage in search of plot meaning Rhythm and sense
- I'm this close to a North American cable deal
- Roller ball has a scene where they they have to all her night vision goggles yeah but but it's like but for you know but for whatever Reon I forget the exact reason is but then the camera goes into the night vision look you know so you can see where the night vision but then they take off their night vision goggles but you continue in the night vision look
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Tim Chuon Discussion at 12:23 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Faithful theme to Rokugan, depth from clan asymmetry
Cons
- Combat can look cumbersome with many steps
- Scenario setup may be lengthy
Thematic elements
- Asymmetric clans with unique abilities on a shared map
- Legend of the Five Rings universe with ninjas, samurai, and mages
- Character-driven fantasy with territorial depth
Comparison games
- Flamecraft Duel
- Aquatica Duel
- Wonderlands War Duel
- The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Ultimate Edition
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric clans — Distinct factions with unique abilities and victory conditions
- asymmetric combat/map interactions — Factions translate into varied combat styles and board interactions
- Asymmetric Mechanics — Factions translate into varied combat styles and board interactions
- scenarios and variability — Maps and scenarios alter objectives and play experience
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "The fate of the lodge is in your hands, magister. Choose to see Ephilott's true power in action for the first time or choose to allow Malumbrath to take cruel revenge."
- "these mages being asymmetric without having actually asymmetric abilities"
- "combat looks really cumbersome. So there are 10 steps to combat"
- "it's a two-player game, which is fine. I just feel like we have... a lot of two-player duels this year"
- "The ultimate collector's edition. This is insane. $2,199"
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