My brother used to read these books in high school. I had 2 friends who played it. One of those friends was at a very competitive level. So much so he used to have meeting with the main staff to work on new cards and what not. That friend killed himself over some girl, and the other friend stopped playing after that happened. So every time i think of L5R. I think of that horrible shit. For those reasons i will most likely never play the game, even though i have heard good things about it.