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Review – The Great Clans (L5R RPG 4E)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Strange Assembly

           The Great Clans is a supplement for the Legend of the Rive Rings RPG (4th Edition).  Great Clans is a 302-page, full-color hardcover, and retails for about $40.  This review will give a general impression of the book, followed … Continue reading →


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Emperor Edition Decklists #5

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Strange Assembly

It’s been three weeks since our last decklist update (unless you count my Knoxville decklist from yesterday), and I know our readers love checking out decklists, so it’s probably about time we had another one of these, eh?  In this … Continue reading →


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Knoxville Kotei Tourney Report and Decklist

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Strange Assembly

Most of Strange Assembly regulars ventured up to the Knoxville Kotei last weekend (including both the tourney winner and honor winners, Kevin Kennedy and Jay Earle, along with Justin, Mike, and I).  I’m sure we’ll talk about it on the next … Continue reading →


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Shameless Commerce

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Strange Assembly

I’m selling the following on eBay: – Before the Dawn booster box – 2011 Kotei promo pack – 2011 GenCon promo pack – Second City rare set – Emperor Edition rare set – 2012 Kotei promo pack You can check … Continue reading →


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Kotei 2012/Emperor Edition Meta-Game Update #10

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Strange Assembly

There were three more Kotei this weekend, and we also have the full data from South Sioux City last weekend.  I’m sure that everyone who isn’t a Dragon or Crab player will be happy that Dragon and Crab didn’t win … Continue reading →


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2011 Dice Tower Awards Nominations Announced

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Strange Assembly

The nominees for the 2011 Dice Tower Awards have been announced, and wow are they different from the Origins Awards (anyone who knows Tom Vasel’s opinion of the Origins Awards should not be surprised by this turn of events).  I … Continue reading →


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Ten Things I Think I Think #7

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Strange Assembly

Thoughts from April 17, 2012 – April 25, 2012 Board Game Geek, more L5R RPG, Lords of Waterdeep, ESWOTBWDAMS, Colossal Arena, and Kotei decisions – it’s been a varied couple of weeks here at Strange Assembly! 1)      A silly thing, I … Continue reading →


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Our Loyal Readers – Who Are You? What Do You Want?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Strange Assembly

At some point (OK, November 11, 2011, to be precise) I turned on Google Analytics for the Strange Assembly website.  This gives me a vast trove of data that, frankly, I have no particular use for, and probably wouldn’t know how to … Continue reading →


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Kotei 2012/Emperor Edition Meta-Game Update #9

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Strange Assembly

We had three more Kotei this weekend, and have full results for two of them to add in (we need the full cut list for South Sioux City before it can be included; note that the winner for this tournament … Continue reading →


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Review – Commander (Magic: the Gathering)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Strange Assembly

              Commander was the 2012 alternate multiplayer format boutique product for Magic: the Gathering (WotC does one a year now).  I used to play Magic quite a bit, but I dropped it several years ago now.  However, these smaller products (the multiplayer … Continue reading →


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