Welcome to the Legend of the Five Rings Unique Storyline Tournament Proposal process. This document is designed to help you submit a proposal to host a tournament for your region, and cover the requirements necessary to get your request approved.

Unique Storyline Tournaments are some of the most coveted and rewarding CCG events available.

Unique Storyline Tournaments must contain no fewer than 40 pre-registered players. If your approved Unique Storyline Tournament has less than 40 attendees on the day of the event, the tournament will be placed under review and the storyline may not be made valid. In addition, we will not be able to award another Unique Storyline Tournament to you in the future. These events are few and far between for each region, and we are trying to attract the maximum number of players to these events.

These months are reserved for the Kotei events; Origins, GenCon, GenCon UK, and the European Championships. You may schedule your event any time between September 1st and April 30th.

Sorry, with at least 40+ people in your Unique Storyline Tournament, we require that Tournament Organizers focus their full attention on hosting the event in order to provide the best experience for their attendees.

Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc. requires a complete proposal outlining every aspect of your tournament. Unique Legend of the Five Rings™ Storyline Tournaments are the pinnacle of interactive CCG events, and should be put together with care.  We want your event to be a success for us, for your store, and your players. 

Storyline Tournament Proposals should consist of the following information:

Tell us a little bit about yourself. How many events and what sort of CCG events have you run? How long have you played L5R? Tell us what makes you a great choice for running a Storyline Tournament.

This is your Tournament Organizer resume section that should show us that you’re capable and excited to run a Storyline Event. Also include your name, address, and daytime contact information (telephone # and email).

You should include a primary and secondary date. There are situations where we may need an alternate date. Typically, if a storyline tournament has been run recently in your region, we may want to space out the time between events. Each region can host a maximum of 2 storyline tournaments a year (not including Kotei, Origins, Gencons, and the European Championships). We may alternatively, suggest a new date due to our internal conflicts.

Your proposal must be received at least 90 days before the requested dates of your event. Because we’re creating a specialized storyline tournament just for you, we need time for our writers to put something together to present to your players. It will also give you time to plan after you get your approval. The earlier we receive your proposal the more likely we will be able to fit it into our schedule.

All storyline tournaments must be held in a public area (eg. a convention hall, store or community center). We cannot approve storyline tournaments that are held in places like, “my brother's front yard.” For our records, we need the address of where you want to hold your event. This should include the following at the minimum:

Name of Store / Convention / Location

Address

Telephone # of venue

Tournament Organizer contact info

Every event needs forethought and planning. What are your plans to market your event? Typically, successful events are marketed with colorful flyers, a good selection of prizes, and lots of publicity. Let us know how you plan to attract players in your area and what kind of marketing you plan to use.

Below is a list of regions that help us determine and keep track of where storyline tournaments are held. We need you to find your Region # and clearly indicate which one you are applying for.

Please send your proposal to:

Storyline Tournament Proposal Dept.
c/o Boyd Kleen
Alderac Entertainment Group
4045 Guasti Road, Suite #212
Ontario, CA 91761

Or you can email it to bkleen@alderac.com

Tournament Organizers in Europe should send their proposals to:

Rob Bowman at rbowman@alderac.com

The more organized and prepared your proposal, the better your chance of being approved for a Unique Storyline Event.  We do not accept proposals via fax. Although not required, a nicely put together package will go a long way. Good luck!

There are eighteen (18) Regions covering North America (Primarily US and Canada), divided as follows:

• Region 1 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
• Region 2 Northern California
• Region 3 Southern California and Nevada
• Region 4 Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming
• Region 5 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
• Region 6 North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska
• Region 7 Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas
• Region 8 Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Maryland
• Region 9 Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia
• Region 10 Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine,
• Rhode Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
• Region 11 Quebec and Ontario
• Region 12 Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida
• Region 13 Florida
• Region 14 Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
• Region 15 Hawaii
• Region 16 Alaska, the Yukon and NW Territories
• Region 17 Alberta and British Columbia
• Region 18 Manitoba, Saskatchewan

There are also currently eighteen (18) Regions covering countries outside of North America:

• Region 19 Northern France
• Region 20 Southern France
• Region 21 United Kingdom
• Region 22 Spain and Portugal
• Region 23 Germany
• Region 24 Italy, Austria,
• Region 25 Greece, Turkey
• Region 26 Philippines, Thailand
• Region 27 Australia (North)
• Region 28 Australia (South)
• Region 29 Ireland
• Region 30 Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg
• Region 31 Poland, Czech Republic
• Region 32 Russia
• Region 33 Central America
• Region 34 Brazil
• Region 35 Chile
• Region 36 Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand