Legend of the Five Rings CCG

First published in 1995, Legend of the Five Rings is a collectible card game set in Rokugan, a fictional empire drawing on feudal Japanese and other East Asian cultural motifs. Players build around rival clans, using characters and armies alongside events, attachments, and other cards. Military action and political maneuvering operate within a setting where honor also provides a route toward victory. The game connects competitive deck construction to a continuing fictional world.

Its organized-play storyline allowed tournament results to help shape developments in that world, giving some matches significance beyond their immediate outcome. It suits players interested in clan identity, competing victory conditions, and a setting that develops alongside the game. This entry concerns the original collectible game, whose expanding card pool and storyline distinguish it from the later Living Card Game adaptation. Rokugan's social conflicts give its card battles a context broader than combat alone.