Fantasy Flight Show Off New Legend Of The Five Rings Mat Designs
September 25, 2017 by brennon
Showing loyalty to your clan is a big part of Legend of the Five Rings and so when Fantasy Flight Games puts out a selection of new mats for you to choose from, you better make your decision wisely.
There is a mat for each of the different clans giving you a flavour of their Champions as well as their style and feel in the game. I think the half-and-half style of their designs works really well as it's not cluttered and won't absorb your cards into the background of the art.
I've promised myself that I'm not going to get into this game as I already play Destiny and Game Of Thrones but the factions are looking great, especially Crab, who you can see above with their playmat design.
Mats are one of those things that, while not essential to playing card games, just make things feel cooler when you have them down on the table.
One of the factions, Dragon, in particular, looks like it's going to be very popular and you can see why when you look at the artwork for them as a Clan. They also play really well on the tabletop too.
Which clan do you support?
"I think the half-and-half style of their designs works really well..."
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Scorpion
Those are some great looking playmats.
Why are they white people?
So I can’t really answer why the crane woman is blonde I have to wonder if it’s a “bihaku” thing with her skin tone…
Diverity?
Unicorn
there is some sunning art on show here.crane, phoenix and dragon are my favourites.
as for white people, only the crane strikes me as being white. the Japanese love their stylized archetypes and you see this kind of thing all the time.
not a fan of the crab though Ben mate. it highlights the clash of art direction we are seeing in legend of the five rings.