
Courts of Stone: The Essential Guide to Castles and Politics in Rokugan cover
Courts of Stone: The Essential Guide to Castles and Politics in Rokugan was the third source book for Fifth Edition of the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game under Fantasy Flight Games.
Credits[]
- Expansion Design and Development: Sam Gregor-Stewart
- Additional Development: Max Brooke, Robert Denton III, E.A. Dunn, Alexis Dykema, Dominic Hoeppner, James Mendez Hodes, Ian Houlihan, D.G. Laderoute, Katrina Ostrander
- Editing: Christine Crabb
- Proofreading: Megyn Johanson and Riley Miller
- Legend of the Five Rings Story Review: Max Brooke and Tyler Parrott
- Expansion Graphic Design: Sebastian Koziner and Michael Silsby
- Graphic Design Coordinator: Joseph D. Olson
- Graphic Design Manager: Christopher Hosch
- Front Cover Art: Mathias Kollros
- Back Cover Art: Nele Diel
- Interior Art: Francesca Baerald, Noah Bradley, Mauro Dal Bo, Marius Bota, Sergio Camarena, Mike Capprotti, Anna Christenson, Conceptopolis, Leanna Crossan, Carlos Palma Cruchaga, Sam Davies, Nele Diel, Derek D Edgell, Jason Engle, Shen Fei, Tony Foti, Felipe Gaona, Lin Hsiang, Amelie Hutt, Brian Judkins, Daria Khlebnikova, MuYoung Kim, Drazenka Kimpel, Pavel Kolomeyets, Diego Gisbert Llorens, Joyce Maureira, Chris Ostrowski, Borja Pindado, Polar Engine, Philip Quine, Eli Ring, Isuardi Therianto, Jokubas Uogintas, Charles Urbach, and Le Vuong
- Art Direction: Andy Christensen and Jeff Lee Johnson
- Managing Art Director: Tony Bradt
- Quality Assurance Coordinator: Zach Tewalthomas
- Production Management: Justin Anger and Jason Glawe
- Visual Creative Director: Brian Schomburg
- Senior Project Manager: John Franz-Wichlacz
- Senior Manager of Product Development: Chris Gerber
- Executive Game Designer: Corey Konieczka
- Head of Studio: Andrew Navaro
- Playtesters: Kris Van Beurden, Bono Chuins, Nick Corlett, Sam Davies, Stephen Donnachie, Robert Keasley, Michael Lawrence, Jamie Lewis, Julia Nienaber, Maryke Nol, Phil Quine, Theo Russell, Addison Rexford Smith, Matt Tyler, Tam Dang Vu, and Jan Van Zon
Contents[]
Credits (page 2)[]
Table of Contents (page 3)[]
- Story fiction with Doji Miyuki and Shika Hisatsugu
Introduction (page 6)[]
- Welcome to the Courts
Chapter 1: Imperial Strongholds (Page 7)[]

Shiro Kandai
- Castles in Rokugan
- Castles as Fortresses
- Castle Residents
- Castle Towns
- Castles as Political Centers
- The Winter Court
- Sample Castles
- Last Breath Castle
- Hida Palace
- Shiro Kandai
- Shiro Kitsuki
- The Seven Fold Palace
- Kyūden Asako
- Kyūden Shika
- Kyūden Doji
- The Crane Clan
- Families of the Crane
- Crane Lands
- Masters of the Court
- Shadows of the Court
Chapter 2: Wars of Words and Shadows (Page 78)[]

Kyūden Shika
- The Deer Clan
- New Schools
- New Advantages and Disadvantages
- New Samurai Heritages
- New Gear and Items
- New Techniques