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  Five Rings Publishing Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FRPG was incorporated in the spring of 1996, and was funded by a pool of investors recruited in the Seattle area by Robert (Bob) Abramowitz, who became the CEO of the new company.
FRPG signed a development deal with AEG to allow the AEG team to continue to work on Legend of the Five Rings, and licensed the L5R property to AEG for its roleplaying game line.
FRPG continued to exist as an organization within Wizards of the Coast through the end of 1998, when it was finally dissolved.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Five_Rings_Publishing_Group   (503 words)

  
 Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.
Attributes (called "traits" in Legend of the Five Rings) are common in most role-playing games to gauge a character’s level of ability in different physical or mental abilities, such as strength, agility, intelligence, and charisma.
Legend of the Five Rings has the bushi and shugenja to fill these roles (and to a lesser extent, the monk also fills the latter role), but has one more vital role to fill: the courtier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings_Role-Playing_Game   (2054 words)

  
 River Von- History of Rage
Five Rings was so late on their release that many retailers had assumed that Rage had died the final death and never ordered any when it finally did come out.
Five Rings had a large booth set up in the dealers hall at the convention, complete with a large demo area, but refused to demo Rage or sell it at their booth.
Five Rings had been gracious enough to grant an automatic first year’s membership in Garou Nation for all the old player's who’d bought membership in the club when it was still handled by White Wolf.
www.rainydaypaperback.com /files/ragestuff/ragehistory.html   (3468 words)

  
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A: Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. WotC bought FRPG in the early summer of 1997.
Five Rings is responsible for sales, marketing, business and brand management, logistics, and all the other operational activities that make a game go.
Five Rings Publishing Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All graphic elements, characters, storyline elements and card illustrations are Copyright (C) 1998 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
www.vic.com /~dbd/NFd/l5r/faqtext.doomtown   (11906 words)

  
 A Review of the Legend of the Five Rings RPG
The CCG apparently focuses on a major war that occurs five years after the time period where the RPG is set.
Traditional Traits such as strength, agility, intelligence, etc., are reflected by a character's Ring rankings, often in a rather non-intuitive manner, but it does give characters a somewhat Eastern feel.
Most groups will work better if there are more bushi than shugenja, though, and the assumption seems to be that the majority of PCs will be bushis.
www.amadan.org /gaming/Lot5R.html   (2484 words)

  
 Don Bassingthwaite: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy
Welcome to the world of Legend of the Five Rings, a world of honour and glory, of bushi and shugenja, of spirits, monsters, magic, intrigue, and an epic struggle for the survival of a empire.
Published by Five Rings Publishing Group - now a division of Wizards of the Coast - the L5R CCG cast players as the leaders of armies based on the seven clans of Rokugan, the Shadowlands horde, or the legendary Naga.
Now, with five years of development into the setting, Wizards of the Coast is making the move that will take Legend of the Five Rings beyond the gaming community by launching a series of novels based on the events of L5R.
www.sff.net /people/dbassing/reviews/review-l5r.html   (2871 words)

  
 Rage CCG - White Wolf - A Wikia wiki
It had five sets, Limited/Unlimited (sometimes called Basic, or the base set), Umbra, Wyrm, War of the Amazon, and Legacy of the Tribes.
Rage was then sold to Five Rings Publishing Group, who completely redesigned the game, keeping only the setting and the card backs the same.
Five Rings Publishing was then bought by Wizards of the Coast.
whitewolf.wikia.com /wiki/Rage_CCG   (783 words)

  
 Button Men: Five Rings
Five Rings Publishing Group created these 10 Button Men as part of a continuity tournament for their trading card game, Legend of the Five Rings, at Gen Con 1999.
The buttons were sold in a set of 10 at Gen Con, and later two more Rares were added and the entire set of twelve buttons were made available directly from Five Rings.
In the Five Rings set, the dice are denoted only by a different color of die frame, which is a marking Cheapass Games has never explicitly defined.
www.cheapass.com /bpu/fivering.html   (191 words)

  
 Allen Varney: Legend of Five Rings article
Because the publisher was giving away ten thousand starter decks of its Asian-fantasy collectible card game, "Legend of the Five Rings" -- absolutely free.
In summer 1997 Five Rings publishes Wick's "Legend of the Five Rings" roleplaying game, set in Rokugan before the clan wars.
In today's tough game market, the acclaim for "Legend of the Five Rings" is one of the industry's most welcome surprises.
www.allenvarney.com /av_l5r.html   (1768 words)

  
 Battle of Beiden Pass - Legend of the Five Rings
The net result is that L5R bubbles away in the top five of many gamer's lists, is nearly always mentioned as the top also-ran in the press, and therefore has all the signs of the classic sleeper title.
You can win by playing all five of the eponymous ring cards, but since I haven't even seen one yet in six packs, that would seem a tad difficult to pull off.
The illustrations contained herein are taken from Crimson and Jade, the latest expansion for Legend of the Five Rings and are courtesy Five Rings Publishing Group.
www.gamecabinet.com /reviews/BeidenPass.html   (1822 words)

  
 Rage - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia - A Wikia wiki
Rage is a trading card game originally published by White Wolf in 1995 based on the roleplaying game, Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
FRPG produced a new version of the game with the same card backs and set in the same world, but with completely different mechanics.
FRPG was bought out by Wizards of the Coast (the makers of Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon), who were in turn bought out by Hasbro.
furry.wikia.com /wiki/Rage   (950 words)

  
 Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game
The Legend of the Five Rings 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.
These points may also be used to purchase Advantages, which give the character some extra bonus or ability that is designed to help in certain situations (such as "Large", which increases the damage a character can inflict, or "Social Position", which increases that character’s standing in the courts of the land).
Despite the name, this book is not generally considered to be part of the "Way of" series, which dealt with player character options.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Legend_of_the_Five_Rings_Role-Playing_Game.php   (1852 words)

  
 RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming
Scheduled to debut on May 24, 1999, The Siege of Sleeping Mountain introductory game is especially designed to acquaint new game players and fantasy fans with the popular and creative Legend of the Five Rings game.
Created by well-known game designer Dave Williams, the Legend of the Five Rings: The Siege of Sleeping Mountain trading card game features more than 150 different cards in a two-player starter set.
Wizards of the Coast Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of entertainment products, including the world's bestselling _Magic: The Gathering_(R) trading card game.
www.rpg.net /news+reviews/press/press.909.html   (444 words)

  
 Steve Jackson Games Daily Illuminator - June 1997
Alderac Entertainment Group, the parent company of Five Rings Publishing and themselves publishers of Shadis magazine and the just-released Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game, is not affected by the sale and remains independent.
Wizards CEO Peter Adkison said in the press release, "Five Rings Publishing is a young, dynamic company that has created an impressive model for producing high-quality games over a short period of time.
Future Publishing has announced that issue #20 of arcane will be their last.
www.sjgames.com /ill/1997/ill-jun97.html   (3816 words)

  
 Rage Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Dancey's announcement was followed immediately by the information that Luke Peterschmidt had been retained by Five Rings to serve as the developer for the RAGE product line.
Because of the continuing support for RAGE in the marketplace, and the growing success that Five Rings has experienced with collectible card gaming products, Five Rings is convinced that RAGE can become a growing, profitable line for the company.
As final details are arranged between White Wolf and Five Rings, more information will be made publicly available on the Five Rings web site, and distributed to the Adventure Gaming industry press.
www.white-wolf.com /News/Pages/Ragepressr.html   (281 words)

  
 Who's Who and What's What
White Wolf Game Studio, Inc., licensed by Five Rings Publishing Group.
All card text is the copyrighted property of Five Rings.
This page is not sanctioned or authorized by Five Rings or White Wolf.
www.lycanon.org /kickaha/rage/cards/index.html   (228 words)

  
 L5R: Lion Clan Home Page
Our exploits are captured in Legend of the Five Rings, a collectible card game and role-playing game produced by Five Rings Publishing Group.
If you're looking for CCG information, be certain to check out Jeff Alexander's Legend of the Five Rings site as well.
This site is part of the Sixth Ring, a Web ring dedicated to Legend of the Five Rings.
munitions.com /~fianna/lion/main.html   (825 words)

  
 L5R Hida Kirin`s Page
Legend of the Five Rings: Honor Bound CCG expansion.
The Shootin' Ponies and The Master of Five.
"Legend of the Five Rings", "L5R", all characters featured on this page or its links, the distinctive likenesses thereof, and all related material are trademarks of, and Copyright © 1995-99, by Five Rings Publishing Group, Inc.
members.tripod.com /~Kutchin/page1.htm   (90 words)

  
 Iuchi Datsuko's Five Ring Image Scriptorium
All logos, names, and ideas are © Five Ring Publishing Group.
All concepts were created by Five Rings Publishing Group.
The Emerald Empire, Legend of the Five Rings, the Legend of the Five Rings logo, and all other related marks, names, etc. are TM  and © 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998  and 1999 by Five Rings Publishing Group.
www.geocities.com /darksidhelair/roleplay/scriptorium.html   (284 words)

  
 Rage - CCG Workshop Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Rage: Apocalypse was the first version produced by White Wolf Game Studios and is the one available on the gatlingEngine.
Rage: Tribal War was produced by Five Rings Publishing Group and is not available on the gatlingEngine.
Rage: Apocalypse also has 4 additional fan made sets that are approved by White Wolf for tournament play and are available on the gatlingEngine and as a PDF download.
www.ccgworkshop.com /wiki/index.php/Rage   (283 words)

  
 Legend of the Five Rings
Alderac Entertainment Group is proud to announce the launch of http://www.samuraiedition.com.
This all-new web site will be the home of information on Legend of the Five Rings new base set, Samurai Edition, launching in July of 2007.
Legend of the Five Rings ™ and © 2006
l5r.alderac.com   (1348 words)

  
 Bastion Press - ADKISON, DANCEY JOIN BASTION PRESS BOARD
He was a co-founder of Five Rings Publishing Group (a hobby game publishing company sold to Wizards of the Coast), co-designer of the Legend of the Five Rings trading card game, and a co-founder of ISOMEDIA, a multimedia/internet business management company.
In 1997 he oversaw the acquisition of TSR, Inc. by Wizards of the Coast, and subsequently sold Five Rings Publishing Group to Wizards of the Coast as well.
In his position as a Wizards of the Coast Vice President, Ryan was responsible for reviving the failed business of the former TSR, Inc, overseeing a global business management team which generated annual revenues in excess of $50 million.
www.bastionpress.com /Press_Releases/board.htm   (736 words)

  
 Doomtown History and Resources
A: Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) is an outside game design firm that has a contract with Pinnacle to develop and publish the DOOMTOWN game.
A: Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG) were the original publishers of Doomtown.
FRPG no longer owns any part of the product.
www.gamesmeister.com /doomtown/history.htm   (1655 words)

  
 Group card games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
For example, you cannot leave a group of two cards, even if they are edge...
This game may be used in a group format and may also be used with adults.
Empty tableaus may be filled with any single card or group of cards in proper...
4735.xe8arh.info   (1157 words)

  
 MicroProse - Press News - Coming Soon Magazine
ManaLink is scheduled for general release at www.gathering.net on January 1 in five languages, including English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.
MicroProse, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for use on CD-ROM-based personal computers.
Wizards of the Coast is a leading developer and publisher of entertainment products, including the world's best-selling Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
www.csoon.com /issue30/p_micro2.htm   (558 words)

  
 Interesting Territories
Card checklists (for both the White Wolf and Five Rings versions).
Some interesting info here about the assorted Rage promotional cards (for both the White Wolf and FRPG incarnations of the game).
Makers of the original Rage card game (before it died and Five Rings picked up the pieces).
www.lycanon.org /kickaha/rage/links.html   (818 words)

  
 Scene7 - Clients
AGAM Group, Ltd. is the original equipment manufacturer of an Aluminum Modular Display System.
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. is the largest specialty retailer of big and tall men's apparel, with over 520 store locations throughout the United States, London, England and Canada, along with substantial e-commerce and catalog operations.
Balfour®, Keepsake®, Taylor Publishing and Who’s Who Among American High School Students®, their legacy is based upon the delivery of exceptional, innovative products, including class rings, yearbooks, graduation products, achievement publications and affinity jewelry through in-school and retail distribution.
www.scene7.com /clients/index.asp   (5114 words)

  
 Legend of the Five Rings History - Part I of III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Legend of the Five Rings History - Part I of III
This is part 1 of a 3 part series published in the Imperial Herald #14.
Contents Copyright (C) 2000 by FIVE RINGS PUBLISHING GROUP, INC.
my.execpc.com /A1/3F/tlmadden/games/l5r/world/history_1.html   (447 words)

  
 Rolling Thunder post-mortem
In late 1997 to early 1998, Five Rings Publishing Group conducted what may well have been the largest and most concerted effort in the trading card game industry to release CCGs with flattened rarity.
Considering that we were going from one game to five games, the potential cash flow headache was tremendous.
And we thought our systems for player support and tournament organization would be able to handle the growth from one game to five without major disruption - boy, was that a blown assumption.
pages.sbcglobal.net /sarah-and-zen/l5r/rollingthunder.html   (3463 words)

  
 ALWheaties Report on Wizards of the Coast Xena/Hercules TCG
Wizards of the Coast subsidiaries include TSR, Inc., and Five Rings Publishing Group, Inc. Headquartered outside of Seattle, Wash., Wizards of the Coast has international offices in Antwerp, Paris, London, and Milan.
Wizards of the Coast subsidiaries include TSR Inc. and Five Rings Publishing Group Inc. Headquartered just outside of Seattle, Wash., Wizards of the Coast has international offices in Antwerp, Paris, London and Milan.
TSR Inc. and Five Rings Publishing Group Inc. are subsidiaries of Wizards of the Coast Inc. C1998 Wizards of the Coast Inc.
alwheaties.com /Wizards.html   (1665 words)

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