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Welcome to my collection of resources that I've found useful or entertaining for the Shadowfist CCG. If you have comments, corrections, suggestions, or submissions, feel free to email me.

Please note: all the art on these pages is owned by the artists. In most cases, I have explicit permission to post it (see the legal page for details). If you want to use it on your site, you need to request permission from the artist too. It's easy, and you usually get a quick reply back. Thanks!

Last updated: 2 July 2010

Card lists and database

Checklists in Excel, text and HTML format, or in PDF if you prefer fancy graphics. Spoilers in plain text format, PDF, and XML. Card proxies in PDF. Card database in Excel format, with and without analysis tools and visual basic routines to create your own spoiler lists and proxy cards. Also binder placeholders, and a master list of reprinted cards.

Design notes

Anecdotes from the Throne War and Year of the Dragon design process. Foundation character design and How art influences card design are up, to be followed by more eventually...

Decks

Deck lists, a large percentage of which are tournament winners.

Strategy and stuff

Various articles related to Shadowfist play strategy, deck building and other topics.

Basics for newbies

New to Shadowfist or CCGs? Start here - a glossary; some simple introductory stuff on why you should play and how to start; hints and tips for beginners; some sample games; and your first attempt at deckbuilding. More in the pipe...

Player's help

Useful stuff to help you play the game. Burned-for-victory placeholder cards from Jan Malina. A simple print-your-own playmat. The comprehensive errata list with old/new text side-by-side. The huge master designator list, a sorted list of all designators. Advice for building or expanding a playgroup. More to come...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A collection of FAQs old and new. The latest OmniFAQ from Z-Man, formatted so you might actually print it. Historical reference FAQs from Z-Man and Daedalus.

Tournament and demo stuff

Info and tools to help you run tournaments. Tournament reports from all over - send in your own! Download the fillable tournament flyer and put hi-res color graphics to work for your next event. Download the Excel tournament report form, and let the computer do the GP/MP math for you!

Information about the sets, and other stuff for collectors

Which sets have what in them, plus cheesy statistics and graphs. The updated Collector's FAQ, too. Information about Shadowfist stuff other than cards. An index-in-work to magazine articles and reviews published about Shadowfist.

All about the Shadowfist storyline

Explaining the Shadowfist backstory to beginners. A list of the characters who've died in the course of the story. The official Year of the Dragon fiction, plus notes. The official Throne War fiction, plus notes. Why Shadowfist and the Feng Shui roleplaying game don't quite match. A short summary of the story for each of the sets.

Fun stuff

Evil Twin Project: make yourself into a Shadowfist card. See my Nine Cuts collection from players around the country—new and improved versions of the card from Limited Edition! Check out the cards that don't exist, like Monkey Wench and The Easter King. Cards with art based on people you might know. A summary of easter eggs hidden on boxes, wrappers, and cards.

Online play!

Programs to play Shadowfist online.

Links to all things Shadowfist

every website I can find, and even some that are gone but not forgotten...

Links to Shadowfist artists

every artist I can find on the web, and a few that aren't

<more to come...>

See what's in the works, or find out how to submit stuff of your own!

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Big News

 

Little News

25 Nov 2009: started updating files for Empire of Evil.

17 Oct 2009: Empire of Evil ordering is being done through Z-Man Games' online store not Shadowfist.com as you might expect. It's been more than a year since the spoiler list was released, but the set is supposedly at the printers.

31 Jul 2009: Inner Kingdom Games published the beta version of the new rulebook on Shadowfist.com and deprecated the OmniFAQ. FAQ page updated accordingly.

26 May 2009: Inner Kingdom Games, Ltd. will take over the publishing of Shadowfist. The new company was founded by Braz King and Daniel Griego.

16 Mar 2009: Cardtable files now updated through Critical Shift and all promos. Also added the Flashpoint thumbnails.

1 Mar 2009: Collector's FAQ version 3 is now available. Updated through Critical Shift.

6 Sep 2008: Empire of Evil spoiler list posted to the Shadowfist Forum. I've added the text file here but won't add it to the database until it's final.

12 Jul 2008: Shadowfist Games granted permission for me to host the back issues of the Kii-Yaaah!! newsletter. Woo! Get them from the magazines page.

News older than 1 Jun 2008 has been moved to the news archive.

 

2 July 2010: link check on the links page. Finally gave up on Flying Tricycle, they appear to be gone from the web.

1 July 2010: Kublacon 2010 report and winning deck posted, courtesy of Michael Stadermann. Thanks!

20 June 2010: posted the Empire of Evil binder placeholder, and updated the promo binder placeholder file through EoE.

14 June 2010: posted Canadian Nationals 2010 report from Braz King, plus Colin Donaldson's winning Final Brawl deck and Troy Duffy's winning dueling deck. Thanks!

12 June 2010: posted Joey Ferreira's winning deck from the Massachusetts State Championships at Total Confusion 24. Thanks!

10 June 2010: posted Daniel Griego's winning deck from the GenCon 2009 Comrades in Arms tournament. Thanks Daniel!

5 June 2010: posted Willow Palecek's winning deck from the Plattecon Psi Who's The Big Cheese Now? tournament. Thanks to John Monnett for the writeup!

2 June 2010: Bruce Neiger's winning deck from the 2009 NY/NJ State Championships is posted. Thanks Bruce!

28 May 2010: catching up on winning deck lists - first up is Braz King's deck from the GenCon 2009 Faction Wars tournament. Thanks Braz!

9 May 2010: Chris Turner pointed me to the new link for his mirror of Bryant Durrell's Innocence website. Thanks Chris!

17 Apr 2010: Bruce Neiger and Leonard King sent in a deck list and writeup for a gun deck based around Senoritas and We Need Bigger Guns. Thanks!

12 Apr 2010: quick link check on the reviews page

3 Apr 2010: Plattecon Psi (2010) page added. Thanks to John Monnett!

News older than 1 April 2010 has been moved to the news archive.

     

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