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As with 2024, the Onyx Lives! Project will be hosting Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) events at GenCon. This year, we've expanded to more than just the main tournament. Once again, we are pleased to be partnering with Pine Box Entertainment (PBE), makers of Doomtown: Reloaded, 7th Sea: City of Five Sails, and many other fine games, who are generously providing us the opportunity to host these events in the PBE tournament space in ICC Hall C.
Each event on the schedule below is linked to a PDF with more information about the event, also found on our Public files drive in the GenCon 2025 folder. The GenCon Event Catalog ID is linked directly to the event sign-up page for your convenience. To honor the memory of long-time L5R community member Case Kiyonaga, all proceeds from this tournament will be donated to the Red Panda Network.
Our Schedule
Legend of the Five Rings Shiro Big Deck World Championship
GenCon Event Catalog ID: TCG25ND299956
Thursday 7/31/2025, 4PM EDT
Big Deck format constructed deck event (see document for details)
Legend of the Five Rings Draft Charity Event
GenCon Event Catalog ID: TCG25ND273514
Friday 8/1/2025, 4PM EDT
Pack draft event; no materials required (see document for details)
Legend of the Five Rings 30th Anniversary Celebration Charity Event
GenCon Event Catalog ID: TCG25ND273576
Friday 8/1/2025, 9PM EDT
Shiro No Name/"suicide" format event; no materials required (see document for details)
There Will Be Blood: A Shattered Empire Charity Storyline Tournament for Legend of the Five Rings
GenCon Event Catalog ID: CGM25ND273403
Saturday 8/2/2025, 10AM EDT
Shattered Empire format constructed deck event (see document for details)
During the Age of Conquest, after the defeat of the Destroyer, Kali-ma, the Great Temple of Ruhmal was found by the Spider conquerors
in the remote jungles of the territories of the ruined Ivory Kingdoms, known to Rokugani as the Colonies. Within, they discovered a pool of
the blood of a dead god, which was by equal turns a terrifying weapon and a potent tool for fertile renewal. The Blood of the Preserver
could induce rage-filled madness and powerful transformation in those who consumed it; it could also reduce entire swaths of land
to ash and sludge, though after time those lands would be restored to life, more bountiful than ever.
After the defeat of P’an Ku, the Spider Champion Daigotsu Kanpeki made a gift of the Blood to the Empress Iweko I, mere months before she
announced her intention to step down as ruler of the Empire. Where the Iweko Dynasty secluded this powerful artifact is a secret lost to
destruction and time, with none known alive who hold the secret. Were it found, it could affect the balance of power in the Shattered Empire,
whether to relieve the food shortages and famines which still persist in a ravaged Rokugan, or in annihilating the armies of a hated enemy.
As the winner of this event, your clan will be the one who discovers the location of the Blood of the Preserver. You will get to determine
the posture of your clan in the use of the Blood, be it peaceful and bountiful, wrathful and destructive, or otherwise. Your choice of Wind
will determine which of the three major powers in the new world order will benefit from the Blood’s discovery and use, and you may work with
our Design and Story Team to determine a favored Personality to feature in the Blood’s discovery or use, subject to narrative appropriateness.
Legend of the Five Rings Multiplayer Charity Event: Saturday Night Siege
GenCon Event Catalog ID: CGM25ND272270
Saturday 8/2/2025, 6PM EDT
Siege: Heart of Darkness and/or Siege: Clan War format; players may bring Ivory/Twenty Festivals format constructed decks or may use preconstructed decks provided with the Siege sets (see document for details)
The Injuries We Do: A Draft Charity Shattered Empire Storyline Tournament for Legend of the Five Rings
GenCon Event Catalog ID: TCG25ND273519
Sunday 8/3/2025, 11AM EDT
Pack draft event; no materials required (see document for details)
The Imperial prince Iweko Shibatsu, younger brother of the Emperor Iweko II, was thought lost and dead after the disruption of the Phoenix ritual at Ryoko Owari during the War of the Seals. Instead he was transported away to parts unknown and recovered by the Chuda, who broke his mind while attempting to corrupt him, then “rescued” as a barely-cogent prisoner in the hands of the Crane regent, Doji Meiji. But the information that he is alive has now leaked...
The result of this event affects the Shattered Empire storyline (part of the Onyx Lives! fan continuation project). Participants in this draft event will
select a clan to support (which need not be either of the clans they choose for their draft deckbuilding), as well as a Wind. The winner of this event will
have their chosen clan secure the near-catatonic Shibatsu, delivering them to the custody of their chosen Wind. You may work with our Design and
Story Team to determine a favored Personality to feature in the recovery of the prince, subject to narrative appropriateness.
Additional useful links
Pine Box Entertainment full schedule of GenCon events for all games
All L5R CCG events at GenCon (including Obsidian Hand and Modern format events hosted by PlayCCG)
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