Crane Army Expansion

Clan War: Crane Army Expansion was the sourcebook for the Crane Clan in the Clan War Miniatures Game for Legend of the Five Rings. It was published in 1998.

Credits[]

Lead Designer: Ken Carpenter
Design Team: Marcelo Figueroa, Jim Pinto, Steve Hough, Erik Yaple
Written by Ken Carpenter
Excerpts from Way of the Crane by Ree Soesbee
Fiction by Ken Carpenter
Cover Artwork: Carl Frank
Interior Artwork: J. Callahan, Chris Dornaus, Scott James, KC Lancaster, Ben Peck, Ramon Perez, Brian Snoddy,
Artwork Prepress: Steve Hough, Brendon Goodyear
Interior Layout: Steve Hough
Editing: D.J. Trindle, Ken Carpenter
Playtesters: Mathew Manders, Micheal Manders, Matt Wagner, Rob Love, Bill Green, Chris Dempsey, Todd Carlson, Mike Derouchie, Will Eames, Greg Moore, Justice Sommer, Shane Anderson, Mark Greenwald, Paul Johnson, Shane Lindstrom, Randy Martin, Brian Olea, Greg Osburn, Steve Wagner, Frank Martin, Mathew Von Ranzow, Mike Varga, Shawn Megaw, Brian Pugnier, 'J', Les Douglas, Mike Faneros, Jacob Lamitie, Bob King, Mark Perneta, Leland James, Sean Silva, Tony Rentas, Carlos Rentas, Dave Salsman, Peter Burrows
Clan War Miniatures Sculptors: Bob Charrette, Chris Fitzpatrick, Sandra Garrity, C. Brad Gorby, Jeff Grace, Bobby Jackson, Jim Johnson, Tom Meier, Dennis Mize, Bob Murch, Bob Olley, Tim Prow, Bob Ridolfi, Steve Saunders, Clint Staples, Dave Summers

Fiction with Seppun Ishikawa, Captain of the Imperial Guard, who spirited away the young Hantei Sotorii during the Scorpion Coup. During the reign of Hantei XXXIX he began to suspect that the Emperor's wife Bayushi Kachiko was behind the constant illness of the Emperor, only to become suspicious himself to Ide Makujin. Kachiko ordered her yojimbo Bayushi Aramoro to kill Makujin, while Ishikawa was sent to defend Kakita Palace from the Lion attack, hoping the chances of surviving that attack were slim for him.