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3 unusual facts about Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game


Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game

The mechanic for which the game is most widely known is the "Roll & Keep" system, designed by Dave Williams and John Wick.

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.

This ring, like the other four, is taken from Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings, although "Nothingness" is a better translation of the text.


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Other RPG work includes Realms of Sorcery (2005) and Old World Armoury (2005) for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game by Black Industries, and The Four Winds (2005) for Legend of the Five Rings by Alderac Entertainment Group.


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