Courts of the Crane Clan

What if a card effect asks you to pick a card at random? It's not really random if I can see my sleeve there.

This may be a noob question, but I never played with my opponent's cards before: Do you resleeve the card?

As long as Honor works, I have no problem with a pure honor stronghold. However, there's a reason we have been saddled with several variants of battle strongholds: Design has been very outspoken for the last several arcs that "Honor has to be forced to go to battle" and is supposed to falt...

the statement that the Crane box should support a military victory should be interpreted in the spirit that Crane should have one competitive victory condition...

Location: Spy Network (Holding) - Okay, hear me out, the reason is slightly rambling. I feel the Crane's power in the courts has almost diminished to the point of them "just being likeable". I think that's just one step away from an informed ability, so I wanted to have a look at earlier c...

Crane are close to the Emperor (related by blood, educated in the same dojo)

I wonder what Sensei they will pair with that stronghold. It's like seeing only part of the puzzle. Most seem to assume that a Sensei will blank the stronghold, but I wonder if there is another way. Reducing family honor by a big chunk, for instance, so that the Crane start behind but will be able t...

It doesn't seem to touch the consequences for winning though.

So the Scorpion merchant caravan slaughters a Lion border patrol and it's the Lion's fault because of ...reasons?
How can that be a sensible political position?

Like the Naga, some things that 'needed to be gone' from L5R never cease to haunt you... until they come back, that is. Food for thought.