The next beginner clan preview (Scorpion) is up on the blog at
 
https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/06/l5r-newbie-part-vi-introduction-to.html

The next beginner clan preview (Scorpion) is up on the blog at
 
https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/06/l5r-newbie-part-vi-introduction-to.html

The next beginner clan preview (Scorpion) is up on the blog at
 
https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/06/l5r-newbie-part-vi-introduction-to.html

Good write up.  That Crab match up is just rough and yes the Extra time in a finals makes it even worse since their board state endurance just makes them stronger the longer the game goes on.

Up on the blog at
 
https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/06/birmingham-grand-kotei-2019-final-match.html

its not a retcon. Its a new world. The sooner you stop comparing apples and oranges and enjoy it the happier you will (hopefully) be.

My next beginners guide is up on the Phoenix.   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-v-introduction-to.html#more

Less snarky than if one of us had written it!

My next beginners guide is up on the Phoenix.   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-v-introduction-to.html#more

My next beginners guide is up on the Phoenix.   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-v-introduction-to.html#more

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

Glad someone likes them..

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

bollards forgot the map. 
 
Added though this is actually very dodgy on boundaries..

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

Thank you for writing these. I've read each one so far as well as some other stuff on your blog and it's really helped. 

My newbie Lion clan RPG/LCG intro is up on the blog at   https://shirodaidoji.blogspot.com/2019/05/l5r-newbie-part-iv-introduction-to-lion.html

Almost everyone I've spoken to in recent months, including a lot of people that play Scorpion, think the game right now is the most balanced and enjoyable environment we've seen for the LCG. A large part of that is due to the Restricted List pulling Scorpion back into the pack. I'd say the RL is working as intended right now, and the game feels more vibrant and healthy as a result of that.
 

I enjoyed it and it does make a pleasant change from being outmanoeuvred politically all over the place.

FFG posted a new Crane Clan fiction.
Please see the below link:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/4/24/tactical-maneuvers/
Personally, I enjoyed the Crane-Scorpion team up at the beginning of the story.  
Also, the Crane Clan is finally getting some story wins so that's new.

We did Dark Tides with the players on the boat, and as Gaku starts to 'villain exposition' he coughs blood, and the players step back as the blood animates into a hand and smother/chokes him. The blood then dissipates trailing off toward the water where they see 'a woman' with a knife plunged into her arm glaring at them as she is rowed away.
So the party never even got anything on her other than the initial line with her name.
As we started Mask, the clues they get allude to is this woman that woman, but they are still trying to figure that out.