Hot on the heels of the Morikage Castle tourney and the Pearl Edition pre-release events comes the second Global Storyline tournament for L5R - The Gift of the Emperor. Although the Gift of the Emperor is the second of these tournaments for L5R it does mark an important first - this is the first time where a major storyline tournament was held as a sealed-deck event. This was intended to allow new and old players to compete on a more even footing.
Once in each Emperor's lifetime, he may give a life-gift to one of the clans. Toturi announced that he wwould give his life-gift to the winner of the contest on the weekend of June 18-20th at stronghold stores worldwide. Each clan was allowed to choose what manner of gift their clan will receive if they win the day, so the stakes are high. Will Toturi accept a Crane for a bride? Will the Scorpion get back their land and their title? Will Toturi's Army get an Imperial Shugenja School? It is all up to you!
For those of you who didn't participate in Morikage or are new L5R, here's the deal. On the weekend of the 18th-20th of June, many of our stronghold stores held a Gift of the Emperor event. The stores reported back to us all sorts of information - who won, clal participation, anecdotes, number of corrupt decks, etc. We will the pool all the results to see who the ultimate 'winner' was. That is the clan that wins the day and in this case, receive the Emperor's gift. We will then reflect the results of the tournament in upcoming set by adding cards and modifying flavor text. The storyline follows much more than just the 'big winner' though, we are always on the lookout for game-play trends and we do our best to reflect those trends in the games' on-going story.
If you're looking for the nearest stronghold store, check out the listing in this issue. And keep an eye out for more worldwide story line events in 2000!
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