Thursday, October 30, 2014

Teaser: Maze of the Fireflies

The time of the second annual Zaibatsu Invention and Innovation Expo has arrived! After hearing of the wonders of last year's expo, the Crab have decided to send a delegation of young up and coming engineers, along with the last invention of the late, great, Kaiu Ketsue. In honor of his dead friend, Hida Hachigoro has decided to take a break from law enforcement to see the ship safely to the expo.
He has asked any of his deputies who wish to volunteer to come with him. 

The delegation must travel north, up the Humbling River, if they wish to make it in time. But the rushing water and cold, muddy depths of the river are not the only dangers. Gangs of vicious river pirates prowl the river, and tribes of Ujik-Hai and Nezumi patrol the shores. But that's not all! The villagers say some new evil has taken up residence beneath the dark water and between the misty spires of Lake Meiro. Why in the name of whiskey and Shinsei are lakes always haunted? Keep you wits about you or you'll be pondering that question from a watery grave, dear samurai!

Teaser: A Half-Dozen Samurai

The war between North and South rages across Rokugan and the West. Both armies are pushed to the limit of their endurance and sometimes, faced with the shameful realities of war, they must cut their losses and withdraw to lick their wounds. But what of those they leave behind?

A nameless village sits nestled along a nameless river. Over the years it has fallen under the rule of first the Union, then the Confederacy, and then back again. But now both sides have withdrawn to fight over territory deemed more important. The nameless village stands alone. Now bandits circle them like vultures over a dying horse. This story has been told time and time again, always ending in tragedy. But the villagers have decided that this time will be different! They send two brave representatives to Seikitsu City to seek salvation. Their plan: to hire samurai to negotiate with the bandits or to fight them off. That's where you come in! They have heard what Shiba Motoko and her brave deputies did for the village of East Creek. But be warned: in the West, things are often worse than they first appear and much...weirder.

Monday, October 6, 2014