L5R Solitaire Variant
Mikel70
From what I'm to understand, there's a solitaire variant of Legends of the
Five Rings called "Auto-Crab". Does anyone know where I can get a copy of
the rules for this?
kodai
Mikel70 (mik...@aol.com) wrote:
: From what I'm to understand, there's a solitaire variant of Legends of the
: Five Rings called "Auto-Crab". Does anyone know where I can get a copy of
: the rules for this?
The current herald has the info you need.
Kodai
Art Martella
Mikel70 wrote:
>
> From what I'm to understand, there's a solitaire variant of Legends of the
> Five Rings called "Auto-Crab". Does anyone know where I can get a copy of
> the rules for this?
Ahhh, Autocrab... go to Jeff Alexander's page (listed as the Phoenix
page in the back of the C&J rulebook), look for "A Usenet post by Ryan
Dancey". That has the Autocrab deck and how to play it, and it works
fairly well, though it isn't perfect; the algorithm says it never ever
defends, but the deck has 3 Rallying Cries in it. Instinct, i guess. Do
with it what you will.
Kakita Martella
Crane Clan Crabby Samurai
Ryan S. Dancey
Art Martella <"amartell@"@stevens-tech.edu> wrote:
>the algorithm says it never ever
>defends, but the deck has 3 Rallying Cries in it. Instinct, i guess. Do
>with it what you will.
Used to avoid having someone Touch of Death key Personalities like
Hida Amoro.
Ryan S. Dancey
Wizards of the Coast Brand Manager
Five Rings Publishing Group
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mickel ernst knight
On 14 Aug 1997, Lee Murdock wrote:
> I downloaded this from Jeff Alexander's web page
> http://www.zzz.iipo.gtegsc.com/jwa/l5r/
> I hope this helps...
>
> From: Ry...@frpg.com
>
> ---Intro Stuff Clipped---
>
> Just for kicks, try this:
>
> Build a Crab Clan Dynasty deck with 3x Hida Amoro (Berzerker), 3x Hida
> Tskune, 3x Ginawa, 3x Heichi Chokei and 3x Mirumoto Daini. Include 3x
> Blacksmiths, 3x Iron Mines, 3x Small Farms, 3x Jade Works, Glimpse of
> the Unicorn, Inheritance, and Unexpected Allies. (30 cards)
Please, please, please, replace the small farms with Trading Grounds.
It'll make this dynasty deck alot better.
> Build a Crab Clan Fate deck with 3x Naginata, 3x Light Infantry, 3x
> Medium Infantry, 3x Oath of Fealty, 3x Superior Tactics, 3x Deadly
> Ground, 3x Contentius Terrain, 3x Frenzy, 3x Charge, and 3x Rallying
> Cry, and the Ring of the Void (31 cards)
>
> Play with these house rules:
>
> During the Crab Player's turn that player must:
>
> Play all fate cards from the hand that are possible during the Action
> Phase, except Oath of Fealty if there are no valid receipients.
>
> If, at any time, the Crab Player is challenged to a duel, the Crab
> Player must accept if the Chi of the challenged Personality is equal
> to or higher than the opponent. The Crab Player refuses duels if
> possible if the Challenged Personalities Chi is lower than the
> Challenger. If the challenged Personality's Chi is lower by 3 points
> or more, and the duel cannot be refused, the Crab accepts, strikes,
> and dies, otherwise during the Duel, the Crab player will focus one
> time, with the highest focus value in hand, then strike.
>
> Each turn, the Crab player must attack, in this order of preference:
>
> o the most recent player to attack the Crab this round
> o the player with the highest honor
> o the player who most recently attacked the Crab
> o the player with the most force in play
> o the Crane
> o the Crab
> o the Lion
> o the Dragon
> o the Unicorn
> o the Phoenix
> o any other Clan
>
> The Crab Clan player will always attack one Province. The Province
> attacked will be the one with the highest Force Personality, or the
> most expensive Holding, if no Personalities appear. Flip a coin to
> resolve ties. The Crab Clan attacks with all unbowed Personalities.
>
> During the Battle Action Segment, the Crab Player must play as many
> cards from their hand as possible that add force. If a terrain card
> is in play that is detrimental, the Crab Player must use Superior
> Tactics to remove it if possible.
>
> The Crab Player must use Rallying Cry if possible, unless the total
> available Force on cards in play controlled by the opponents does not
> exceed 5 points.
>
> The Crab Clan Player does not defend or ally. Ever. The Crab will
> bow their stronghold for a Strength bonus if possible, but it will
> rarely be possible (they have an agressive purchasing strategy).
>
> During the Dynasty Phase, the Crab Clan player brings cards into play
> in this order of preference:
>
> o Crab Clan Personalities (never pays full price)
> o Jade Works
> o Iron Mines
> o Personalities from other Clans
> o Other holdings
>
> You will find this deck to be very, very fast. It will destroy
> Provinces on the 3rd or 4th turn. It will change the way you play L5R
> forever. Note that it is built from nothing except Basic Set cards,
> and most of those cards are commons.
>
> Readers: You can easily build this deck, and use the above rules to
> have a "standard opponent" to play against. The deck doesn't do
> anything tricky, all decisions are made for it, and it IS a credible
> opponent, even on autopilot. I use a varient of this deck to test
> deck concepts before showing them publicly.
>
>
> Ryan S. Dancey
> Vice President of Game Development
> L5R Design Team
> Five Rings Publishing Group, Inc.
Lee Murdock
Mikel70 <mik...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970804021...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> From what I'm to understand, there's a solitaire variant of Legends of
the
> Five Rings called "Auto-Crab". Does anyone know where I can get a copy
of
> the rules for this?
I downloaded this from Jeff Alexander's web page
http://www.zzz.iipo.gtegsc.com/jwa/l5r/
I hope this helps...
From: Ry...@frpg.com
---Intro Stuff Clipped---
Just for kicks, try this:
Build a Crab Clan Dynasty deck with 3x Hida Amoro (Berzerker), 3x Hida
Tskune, 3x Ginawa, 3x Heichi Chokei and 3x Mirumoto Daini. Include 3x
Blacksmiths, 3x Iron Mines, 3x Small Farms, 3x Jade Works, Glimpse of
the Unicorn, Inheritance, and Unexpected Allies. (30 cards)
Build a Crab Clan Fate deck with 3x Naginata, 3x Light Infantry, 3x