The Last Province Podcast

25/07/2024

The tallies are in, and the readers have chosen the winning clan patron in the River of Gold series!

But we respect spoilers here at the Last Province... well, usually... so you'll have to check it out for yourselves.

We'll give our candid reactions to this conclusion (*sniff* Yasuki Taka, my boy...) in our next episode.

Thank you to Aconyte Books for this amazing series! And if you enjoyed these stories, let Aconyte and Fantasy Flight know that you'd like to see more fictions penned by our intrepid co-host, Robert Denton III!

Read the sixth and final story in the River of Gold series.

23/07/2024

Last chance, folks! Affect the River of Gold storyline and choose who takes on the River pirates!
We’ve chosen our daimyō for this endeavor. Have you?

Hey there fellow friends of Rokugan! Over the past several weeks we've released a series of short stories taking place on the River of Gold. This past Friday, we asked you to vote for which clan may ultimately defeat the "pirate prince"! We've heard from tons of you already, and we're so happy the stories have been so well received, but we want to give a little reminder to vote if you haven't already. Voting will be closing shortly so please take a few moments to let us know what you think at the link below!

https://tally.so/r/w52O5v

20/07/2024

The guys are at it again as they discuss the first three parts of Bobby's new fiction series for The River of Gold board game. Let us know what you think!

With the release of the River of Gold board game, Bobby has been at it again. Today we discuss the first three parts of the fiction series, written by Bobby and narrated by Heather Jinmaku.    "Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licens...

19/07/2024

All five initial chapters for the River of Gold tie-in fictions are now live on the L5R website. And now WE get to choose who will handle the river pirates and confront Bakuchiku!

Will it be Yasuki Taka with his improvised buyout plan?
Will it be Daidoji Uji, confronting the pirates and delivering them to magistrates?
Will it be Bayushi Kachiko, and her infiltration method?
Or will it be the Son of Storms, and his plan to rebuild the Golden Fleet?

Read or listen to those fictions (or check them out on Youtube), and then vote on the option you like best! You'll be supporting our co-host Robert Denton III, who wrote this series. And big thanks to Aconyte Books for their amazing work!

Choose who will decide the fate of the river in this limited series of short stories featuring the samurai clans from the River of Gold board game.

09/07/2024

Part 2 of the River of Gold series from Aconyte Books is up now, and it features our favorite wily trader Yasuki Taka! But our favorite is Taka's poor yojimbō... she really has no idea what she's in for, does she?
It's written by our co-host Robert Denton III, so *true believers* will check it out here:

Read the second story in the ongoing series

04/07/2024

New fiction alert! This is NOT a drill!!
Aconyte Books announced a limited series of short fictions that tie in with the upcoming board game River of Gold, and they're written by our own co-host Robert Denton III!
And there's a story prize readers can vote for! Whaaaaaaat?
Check it out at the link below, using either your eyeballs or, via the audio version, your earholes!

Read the first story in the ongoing series

03/05/2024

Today we discuss the big news around L5R and then talk about one of the fundamentals of fantasy fiction.

Breakup of the Embracer group, a new series of articles about L5R's history, and a discussion of the scope of Fantasy caps off today's episode of The Last Province   "Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By At...

01/04/2024

On today's episode of The Last Produce podcast we take on the challenge selected by our Patreons and taste a few... interesting... candies. Bobby wanted us to do this back in Thanksgiving buy we put it off, so even one of them is not entirely Thanksgiving Candy it's close enough.

Enjoy!

Today the guys sample three different kinds of weird Thanksgiving ""flavored"" candy while reminising about better times.  Today's episode was sponsored by NordVPN, Honey, Grammerly, Spotify, Raycon, and Spotify. 

17/02/2024

The guys are back discussing recent changes to L5R canon and a discussion about the difficulties of starting 5th Edition rules with Adventures in Rokugan.

Today we guys discuss recent subtle changes in L5R going forward along with some news and a discussion about a certain Tomb.  "Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecom...

01/11/2023

What is better for a cold Halloween night than a spooky L5R story from one of our co-hosts?

Aconyte Books presents an L5R horror story: The Banquet of Starving Ghosts by Robert Denton III!

https://www.legendofthefiverings.com/the-banquet-of-starving-ghosts/?fbclid=IwAR1o4kgT48V458pV0Wpe8KdXE5Y6f3ee8P0B6QP0rqE9nMXyXBHLHRf1xNo_aem_AfNZsPqRj4p1xxwlmszeP8ReNA3xmhjohMNR2pJxsxU1-d20AEx5QCnQf-hn83zLKKs

This Halloween, read a spooky short story from Aconyte Books.

12/10/2023

Today we talk about a certain Tomb and some lore behind it. Questions? Comments? Let us know! Enjoy!

The Tomb of [REDACTED]Today the guys discuss the recently released adventure "The Tomb of [REDACTED]" and go over some of the lore changes without going through any kind of spoilers.  Throw in some news, a discussion, and you have an episode.  Segment break audio was extracted from: ...

12/08/2023

Today the guys discuss recent news come out of Gencon and then have a discussion with L5R author Marie Brennan. Check our her Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mariebrennan/rook-and-rose-pattern-deck and her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/swan_tower

22/07/2023

Today we discuss the novella "Deathseeker" and interview the author. They are so very wrong about many things. What things? Listen and find out!

06/05/2023

Got a new episode of The Last Province available for the masses. Today we discuss some things about Rokugan that you may be wrong around. Let us know what you think!

01/04/2023

Since we (i.e. me, Daniel) messed up a while back and skipped over an episode that we had recorded, we decided to release it today even with the inherent issues. The information provided is a bit dated, but still worth wild to hear. Take a listen and let us know what you think!

21/01/2023

Through sickness, holidays, and plenty of procrastination we have a new episode of The Last Province now available for listening! How did we do? Was there anything we missed that you want us to cover? Let us know!

Time to go back to the Dragon Clan with a discussion of current lore following the Writ of the Wilds release. Include some news about the state of the world and you have yourself an episode!  "Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed und...

06/01/2023

So we were recording our latest episode of the podcast and due to OBS getting all messed up the recording is borked. So with that in mind our recording is YET AGAIN delayed.

So, with that in mind, just so that everyone knows there is an Online Kotei for Emerald Legacy this weekend. Rather than being able to promote it, let us know how it went! We are interested in hearing how the format is going.

Emerald Legacy is a fan driven project. It is not endorsed, sanctioned, or in any other way supported directly or indirectly by Asmodee or Fantasy Flight Games.

15/12/2022

So apparently I opened the wrong Black Scroll and caused a bout of the Wasting Disease to afflict the group, delaying the recording of our next release by a couple of weeks now. Once the debuff expires we will be doing an episode on the current lore of the Dragon Clan. If you have any questions drop them here.

Thanks!
- Dan

28/11/2022

Fond of the Dragon Clan in L5R? Then, we hope you already have your “Writ of the Wilds” sourcebook!
And stay tuned for more news about the “Imperfect Land” adventure - coming really soon.

07/11/2022

Should we try this out?
And record our reactions?
Thinking about it…

01/11/2022

The dreadful tradition continues.
Please enjoy this (non-canonical, unofficial) L5R horror fiction: "She Had Enough," by Robert Denton III.
https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1Yevm

15/10/2022

A new episode is out where we discuss a good chunk of Writ of the Wilds. Enjoy!

The guys are back with a discussion on the newly released book Writ  of the Wilds. Nezumi, Naga, and Dragon abound. Now what happened to our Otter Clan?  Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attributio...

13/10/2022

Keep an eye out for these Splinters of Jade episodes with our co-host Robert Denton III as a guest player!
Splinters of Jade is a thriller live play L5R podcast that’s a great Halloween listen, by the way…

13/09/2022

The Unicorn Clan book for the L5R rpg is next, as per Sam Stewart in this interview by Boards & Swords! (Interview starts around 35 min, L5R chat around 41-42 min or so).

on location episode! Next time we’ll be back in studio but in this episode Chris is on the floor at Gen Con 2022 talking with a...

09/09/2022

The long-awaited Writ of the Wilds is available digitally at DriveThruRPG!

Our next episode may concern some related subjects… stay tuned!

Legend of the Five Rings: Writ of the Wilds - The Emerald Empire is home to many different ethnicities, cultures, species, and ways of life—many more so than most R

30/08/2022

Our friends at Strange Assembly wrote up a fine review of Adventures In Rokugan for players already familiar with L5R - some pros, some cons, and some really valid feedback for the new 5e book. Check it out and see what they had to say:
https://www.strangeassembly.com/2022/review-adventures-in-rokugan-classic-l5r-players

Adventures in Rokugan takes the classic world of Legend of the Five Rings and brings it to the fifth edition of “The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game” (a.k.a., Dungeons & Dra…

19/08/2022

We are back! Check out our newest episode where we discuss Adventures in Rokugan!

The boys are back from their Haitus! Today they discuss their recent absence, Adventures in Rokugon, L5R News, and more. Stay Tuned! Segment break audio was extracted from:  Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativeco...

11/07/2022

Are you following our co-host Robert Denton III on Twitter? He sometimes tweets need about the podcast, like he did today…
New episodes are in the works! Watch for us on your feed!

22/06/2022

We're still on hiatus for the time being, but there is stuff cooking - keep an eye out for the Podcast's relaunch coming soon!

In the meantime, our co-host Spooky made a Spotify playlist of a few tracks he listened to while he was writing the Lion Clan Novella, "Deathseeker." Maybe that's of interest to some folks?

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lc7gKVIdyTqbsX4sZMkaH

Does anyone else listen to music while writing? Does it help your creative process? What about while you're roleplaying? Does it detract from the game, or help you set the tone of the story?

02/05/2022

The final inspection is a very important step.
…Of the box it shipped in, naturally.