Champions of Rokugan: Legends of the Five Rings Board Game Crowdfunding Campaign Coming Soon

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Mar 19 2025

Monolith Board Games is back with another franchise I’ve been missing. Champions of Rokugan is getting a Gamefound Campaign in Q2 2025!

This is one I did not have on my bingo card but here we are! Monolith Games is preparing to launch another Gamefound Campaign. This time around it’s for The Legends of the Five Rings franchise. Say hello to Champions of Rokugan!

via Gamefound Campaign

Champions of Rokugan lets you take up the sword, spear, or spells of the greatest heroes of the Legend of the Five Rings universe. During these troubled times, danger comes from within the realm and its Clan Wars, as well as from the dark forces of the Shadowlands.

In this cooperative game for 1 to 5 players, investigate and fight to honorably carry out the mission entrusted to your group of samurai. Although a subject of Rokugan, your loyalty is to your clan, and you’ll want to seek Glory for it in the eyes of the Emerald Empire.

Using a flexible and elegant dice mechanic based on the Five Rings which are so dear to this universe, you can divide your results into different combinations, allowing you to succeed in your actions in different ways, while also triggering various effects and techniques specific to each hero.

You can also influence these results through your character’s skills, Ki and Honor resources, but beware: these are limited, and to accomplish your mission, you’ll need to attach as much importance to completing it as achieving it honorably.

Champions of Rokugan

So far… sounds good. I’d be down for a 1-5 player co-op game. On top of that the miniatures that have been teased are looking great.

Those are pretty cool sculpts!

While the miniatures certainly caught my eye what really got my attention was the art style. I was a fan of the Legend of the Five Rings: LCG from FFG when it was in print. This art and style sure looks familiar!

Unfortunately the LCG is no longer available from FFG. It’s a bummer, too. And while the RPG system tried to fill that void it just wasn’t quite the itch I needed scratched. That’s why I’m hopeful that this spin on the Legend of the Five Rings works out better.

From the looks of the teaser, the game play is going to be based on a custom dice set representing the five elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water, and Void. These are rather important to the mythos of L5R so it’s good to see them making a return in this fashion. As far as the rest of the mechanics and contents for this one, well, it’s still too early.

The campaign is scheduled for Q2 2025 — which is quickly approaching! If you’re interested you can toss them a follow on Gamefound. I’m planning on doing that just to keep tabs on this one. I’m a bit unsure if I’ll be throwing any money at this one but I do hope it succeeds and turns out to be a hit. Let’s say I’m cautiously optimistic on this one.

Legend of the Five Rings in Board Game form? You have my attention.

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Author: Adam Harrison

Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and now Tex-Pat, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table. A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam's current obsession are his Death and Chaos Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, an expanding collection of Marvel: Crisis Protocol minis, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection.

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