L5R Gets Graphic
News / April 22, 2009

There are manga that are based on video games and have had CCGs created about them, but this is the first time (that I am aware of), that a CCG is getting a graphic novel made about it!  Alderac Entertainment has announced a graphic novel for it’s CCG Legend of the Five Rings.  Titled Death at Koten, it follows Imperial Magistrate Seppun Tashime as he investigates the assassination of the Crab Clan Leader. It’s about time that Legend of the Five Rings got a graphic adaptation.  The concept was just made for graphic novels, and shouldn’t have taken 15 years to get here!  Legend of the Five Rings was born in the CCG boom, and it differentiated itself from other CCGs by having a storyline running through the game.  The base set would set up a story, and then players could influence the direction of the story through voting and tournament play.  It also set itself apart by being based on Asian culture instead of European or some fantasy/sci-fi universe.  It takes place in the land of the Emerald Empire which is ruled by the Emerald Emperor, and the clans sworned to serve and protect him.  The conflict comes from…