The Last Province Podcast

The Last Province is your source for discussion about Legend of the Five Rings lore and competitive play.

Episode 99 - Raids of Silk and Steel 04/01/2025

Episode 99 - Raids of Silk and Steel We caught FFG's early announcement of a new product that looks suspiciously like a new L5R card game, albeit with a twist. Join us today as we discuss recent articles, talk about some news, and then speculate endlessly on what little information we have about what could be a new great game: Raids of Silk and Steel Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/35954655

Episode 98 - Shadowveil: The First L5R Video Game 02/28/2025

Episode 98 - Shadowveil: The First L5R Video Game Today the guys discuss the new Shadowveil video game along side director Filip, game director of Shadowveil, they discuss some recent news, and in general waste everyone's time. All in a good day's podcast. Shadowveil is available on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/2536960/Shadowveil_Legend_of_The_Five_Rings/ Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/35475720

Episode 97 - The Steel Chrysanthemum 01/16/2025

Episode 97 - The Steel Chrysanthemum Today the guys discuss the Steel Crysanthemum. With information about the history and lore, a thorough discussion is had talking about setting your campaign in this part of the timeline. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/34876390

Episode 96 - A Brief History of the Spider Clan 11/01/2024

Episode 96 - A Brief History of the Spider Clan The Spider Clan is a faction from old L5R that had more than a little controversy behind it's creation. Today the guys will discuss how the clan came to be and their lore. Additionally they discuss Bobby's new Halloween fiction "It Refused to Remain Dead" The fiction is available at: On November 2nd check out Bobby's lifestream with ArenaNet at Donate at for team ArenaNet or to Bobby's part directly at "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/33725302

Episode 95 - The River of Gold, Part 2 09/16/2024

Episode 95 - The River of Gold, Part 2 Today the guys discuss the latter half of the River of Gold fictions that Bobby wrote along with some news and discussing what they have been up to recently. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/33065627

Episode 94 - The River of Gold 07/20/2024

Episode 94 - The River of Gold 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) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/32222672

Episode 93 - Embrace the Story 05/03/2024

Episode 93 - Embrace the Story 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 Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/31097163

Episode 13 - Bad Thanksgiving Candy 04/01/2024

Episode 13 - Bad Thanksgiving Candy 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. /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/30629488

Episode 91 - No Action is Free in Life 02/17/2024

Episode 91 - No Action is Free in Life 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://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/29993653

Episode 90 - The Tomb of [REDACTED] 10/12/2023

Episode 90 - The Tomb of [REDACTED] 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: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/28295198

Episode 89 - The Podcast Episode of 100 Questions 08/12/2023

Episode 89 - The Podcast Episode of 100 Questions 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 and her Patreon at Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/27733404

Episode 88 - The Seeker of Death 07/21/2023

Episode 88 - The Seeker of Death Today the guys bring on a special guest, the author of the L5R novella "Deathseeker" and grill him mercelessly on his book. Hilarity insues? "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/27535275

Episode 87 - You Are (Probably) Wrong About Rokugan! 05/06/2023

Episode 87 - You Are (Probably) Wrong About Rokugan! Today the guys discuss various bits of Rokugan technology. You are likely Wrong about at least one of these. You won't believe number nine! Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/26761437

Episode 86 - Episode Eighty Two 04/01/2023

Episode 86 - Episode Eighty Two Today the guys discuss some BIG news. We skipped an episode so we go back to an earlier recording to fill in. We decided given everything that we should release this, so let us know your thoughts. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/26411400

Episode 85 - Seeking the High House 01/21/2023

Episode 85 - Seeking the High House 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 under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/25682799

Episode 84 - Wild, Wild Rokugon 10/15/2022

Episode 84 - Wild, Wild Rokugon 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 Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/24694302

Episode 83 - The Great Return! 08/19/2022

Episode 83 - The Great Return! 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://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/24102321

Episode 81 - A Reading from "Deathseeker" 04/01/2022

Episode 81 - A Reading from "Deathseeker" It’s April Fool’s, but with everything going on this year, we’ll let you off easy. The Last Province presents a preview of the upcoming Lion Clan Novella, “Deathseeker,” from The Great Clans of Rokugan Volume 2. Headphones are highly suggested. The Great Clans of Rokugan, Volume 2 is published by Aconyte Books, an imprint of Asmodee Entertainment. Copyright (c) 2022 Fantasy Flight Games. Epic Adventure Cinematic Music | MOVIE by Alex-Productions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Yugen by Keys of Moon https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Warrior by yoitrax https://soundcloud.com/yoitrax Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/22644314

Episode 80 - Ice and Snow 02/03/2022

Episode 80 - Ice and Snow Today the guys discuss the novella "Ice and Snow" along with the talented author Katrina Ostrander. Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/22006022

Episode 79 - The Ashigaru Railgun 12/08/2021

Episode 79 - The Ashigaru Railgun If there is one constant in RPGs it is that they have ways to exploit them or interpret them to get some absurd results. In systems like D&D or Pathfinder you get things like the Peasant Railgun or the Un-seeable Sun. Today we discuss various stupid ways to exploit L5R 5th Edition. /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/21414134

Episode 78 - 2021 Halloween Special: A Moth Follows Her Light 10/30/2021

Episode 78 - 2021 Halloween Special: A Moth Follows Her Light Enjoy a special treat for Halloween! Spooky reads his new L5R horror fan fiction: “A Moth Follows Her Light.” /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/20993483

Episode 77 - L5E? 10/14/2021

Episode 77 - L5E? Today the guys discuss the recent news an announcements, including the announcement of Adventures in Rokugon, the D&D 5th Edition Compatible module that allows L5R to be played in the 5E System. /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/20823269

Episode 76 - Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger 08/27/2021

Episode 76 - Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger Today the guys discuss recent L5R news then discuss the current lore regarding the Badger Clan... /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/20277860

Episode 75 - Blood of the Lioness 08/01/2021

Episode 75 - Blood of the Lioness Today the we discuss our recent experiences with their play through of the Lion clan adventure "Blood of the Lioness" including several modifications to the RPG that we have found make it much smoother to play. Options abound! Today on The Last Province! /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/19999223

Episode 74 - If You're Not First, You're Last 07/14/2021

Episode 74 - If You're Not First, You're Last Today the guys discuss roleplaying the Lion Clan, the runner up and thus worst loser in the Tournament of the Kami. Character discussion included, as well as a talk about the recently released print and play promos! /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/19804289

Episode 73 - Pride of the Empire 06/16/2021

Episode 73 - Pride of the Empire Today the guys discuss the final fictions for the L5R LCG storyline, Chapter 5 and the Epilogue of The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow. The more things change the more things stay the same. /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/19493012

Episode 72 - Heroes of Legend 06/02/2021

Episode 72 - Heroes of Legend Today the guys finish discussing the Heroes of Legend storyline. Four fictions, two hours, and lots of arguments about a certain fiction. Want to guess which one? /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/19322063

Episode 71 - The Battle Commences 04/28/2021

Episode 71 - The Battle Commences Today the guys discuss three chapters of the "Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow" series by our very own Robert Denton. Lore changes abound. What do you all think? /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/18897410

Episode 70 - Sold Out 04/01/2021

Episode 70 - Sold Out Today we guys discuss some changed coming to the Podcast before going into a brief discussion of the new sold out RPG supplement "Fields of Victory" /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/18560606

Episode 69 - Very Nice Lore! 03/17/2021

Episode 69 - Very Nice Lore! Today the guys dive into a discussion about the recent fictions in the Heroes of Legend series and the Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow series. Lore implications and changes abound! /episode/index/show/thelastprovince/id/18357059

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