Oracle of the Void #l5r

You have access to those Learn to Play sets only? H&T is from Emperor edition era, TCoW is from Twenty Festivals (Ivory). Both are reasonable, and after playing both you may decide what ruleset to follow. As there was some solid many changes between both (gold system, clan discount, naval, cavalry etc.).

Personally i think that best way to introduce into both editions are starters (Gempukku for Emperor and Twenty Festivals ones for 20F). They are more universal and both add more cards to custiomize. Gempukku starters are peak of L5R starter form with over 200 cards to customise. Twenty Festivals ones have 3 boosters inside.

Yes, core of mechanic are same for EE and 20F but changes introduced in 20F made some things different. Whole "gold pool" system of Ivory/20F + Equip as Open action increased importance of gold comparing to older editions.

There even exist different Legacy formats because some people just wanted to stick to pre-Ivory mechanics.

The Gempukku starters you're referring to, are those the Clan-specific starter boxes?

starters were sold separately in the past, there were also such display boxes with all 9 ones

yes, starters are separate for every clan

just 9 clan starters for emperor and same for twenty festivals

ltp boxes are fixed with specific clan vs clan clash

and eg if you don't like mantis or crane there's no other ltp option for you in 20f

I don't yet have a favorite clan

So that's not an issue

i think that currency of war was created to introduce dueling and naval

first ltp of ivory (a matter of honor) was dumb force counting

as many cards there dont have any abilities

as overall first part of ivory block was just super weak ;/

in second part (twenty festivals) they made a much better cards

and as overall twenty festivals arc (cards legal since base ivory till evil portents or blackest storm if you proxy) is much better experience than ivory arc (cards since bridge ee/ivory expansions until aftermath)

it's a problem for many "dead" games

you just need to risk and just put your cads on the table with "let's play" and hope they catch the hook

There's some arguments to be made about going with older arcs if you want to introduce new players and just have quick pick-up games, because the card interactions are (usually) simpler the further back you go. The game state tends to be what you see, and will change predictably, other than what's in the other's hand.

At least, I found the more OG arcs to be easier to teach when it's mil v mil or honour v mil. Cover some core mechanics, cover battles, and off you go. Vs needing a reference for various keywords and so on.

YMMV.

but there's this aesthethics valour of first arcs - they look super vintage and not everyone would like to accept it. i wouldn't go further than Samurai edition - that was also "power level reset" edition and it's rather remembered as good arc for many.

That's a very good point, too. You can either draw in or repel people with the old card fronts.

I doubt that anyone I (attempt to) play/teach in the immediate future would know or care about these details

Obviously if you line them up even a new player will notice

But if you just hand the other person a deck and say "Here you go. Now let's learn to play..." he/she probably won't know what the other version(s) look like

was this revered sensei released officially and legal?

asking because in the end of edition they released this

A lot got changed for Ivory, and not necessarily for the better.

Just slightly confusing.

1. There's a whole phase for combat. You can skip declaring it, so there's no possibility of any fights happening anywhere. Basically you go from your Action Phase to Dynasty.

2. I don't understand the question, because I'm not sure what battlefield means here. In the OG game, you'd declare an attack, assign your infantry armies to the defender's various provinces as you saw fit, then they defend, then you send your cavalry, etc. A battlefield would be created for each province as you'd go through the steps and fight a battle.

3. That depends on the ranged attack. Since ones with nothing special, yeah.

Can't really comment on the specific examples since that'll involve looking up a whole bunch of cards and the arc rules.

4. That depends on the wording. Usually it's a spell's effect/change that can last until the end of the turn, such as Force of Will.

Whether the spell is destroyed or not doesn't matter, what matters is the effect it generates.

3) The book's wording on Ranged Attacks is:

"Ranged X Attack", where X is the Ranged Attack's strength, is shorthand for "Target a Follower or a Personality without Followers in the current enemy army."

Generally, yeah, you have to kill off the Followers one by one. Exceptions are when it says it can hit a Personality with attached Followers, or when the RA targets everything, e.g. Asako Hosigeru.

That's a much clearer