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[posted ~Jun 2002; updated 8 Dec 2007]
[last complete link check 24 Nov 2007; next scheduled link check Apr 2008]
A listing of links that may or may not be useful to you, and why. Most Shadowfist websites have been idle since Daedalus faded in 1998, but a few are still alive. The date in square brackets is the last time I checked that particular link. If you find a broken link, please let me know. All links open in a new browser window.
Official Shadowfist Home Page - by Shadowfist Games. Card lists, rulebook, official fiction, FAQs, details on the Power for Promos program, online store and a lot more. Big overhaul in August 2006 to add more interactive features, articles, etc. The place to start if you are looking for Shadowfist info on the web. [24 Nov 2007]
For rules questions,
use:
rules@shadowfist.com - Julian Lighton
is the current Shadowfist rules lawyer. Email your questions to him. You can
also post to the newsgroup or the Yahoogroups mailing list, which is nice so
other people can see your question and the response, too. But for a faster response,
Julian encourages you to email him instead of posting to the list.
For
discussion/forums, use:
Check out The
Hub if you like web-based forums; participation is low and declining (only
a couple of posts in 2007). The Hub operations have been transferred to Shadowfist.com
in mid 2007 but the two sites are maintained separately. The Shadowfist
Forum discussion list on Yahoogroups is the only really active discussion
(you can read this as a feature-limited web-based forum too, if you have a Yahoo
login ID). In June 2003, a new community started at Livejournal,
so you've got that option if you prefer the blog-ish style of Livejournal; after
a very slow 2004 it picked up a bit in 2005-06 but slowed again in 2007. The
Usenet newsgroup rec.games.trading-cards.misc
was the old favorite back in the Daedalus days, but today, it's pretty much
just advertisements, very little real discussion of any games. You need a newsreader
of some kind to access it, or browse using Google.
[24 Nov 2007]
For trading,
use:
Shadowfist
trading list on Yahoogroups - Jeroen Van Gestel administers the official
Shadowfist trading list. Traffic is very low between sets but spikes up a bit
when a new set comes out. Or try the former hangout for traders, rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.misc
on Usenet, just be aware that there hasn't been a Shadowfist posting in over
a year (after a 4-year dry spell...). Again, you'll need a newsreader, or browse
it using Google.
[24 Nov 2007]
mahasamatman
allows you to post have/want lists, search other folks' lists for matches and
has a feedback system; it's currently got 15 people in the Shadowfist section
(24 in Sep.04, 16 in Jul.05, 13 in Sep.06, 14 in Jan.07, 13 in May.07, 15 in
Nov.07), but some of the lists are pretty big so maybe you'll be lucky :) [24
Nov 2007]
The
Hub offers trading as of 21 Jun 2004, with have/want lists, searchable lists,
etc. Looks like a small increase in the number of traders, up to about 7 (from
4 in Jul.05). [24 Nov 2007]
TradeCardsOnline
opened a Shadowfist
section in May 2005. Post your have/want lists and search for matches. Some
of the features require registration, so I didn't try it all out, but if you
just want to look for one card at a time you can do that without registering.
Also has a forum and a place to post decks, but nothing going on there. No people
listed as "wanting" Shadowfist, but at least 1 person is offering
trades (I didn't do an exhaustive search). [24 Nov 2007]
For
online purchase, use:
It's getting very hard to find Shadowfist. Shadowfist Games' more or less direct
sales technique has alienated a lot of retailers, and there isn't a lot of demand
anyway. And when you finally find a place with stock, it's usually not a wide
selection. Shadowfist Games' website has a store
but they have only Netherworld II, Shurikens & Six Guns, Dark Future (reprint),
and Critical Shift. Buying from them puts most of the money back into their
pocket, which is good if you want to see more cards in the future :) And there's
eBay,
where you'll generally find boxes and collections available for sale (some folks
sell singles soon after a set is released, but that drops off pretty quick).
If you prefer a mail-order retailer, I've had success with:
Potomac Distribution
- Sterling, Virginia. As of Nov.2007, has Standard and Limited boosters, Standard
starters, Netherworld II, Shurikens & Six Guns, and reprinted Dark Future.
Greg says they have more Critical Shift coming at the end of November.
[in Nov.2007, I dropped J&B Cards, since they haven't updated their website
this year and apparently aren't stocking Shadowfist. JCE Cards disappeared from
the web earlier this year, and his eBay store is gone now too. Ditto www.diverzions.com,
their site is gone and their eBay store hasn't had activity since June 2007.]
[24 Nov 2007]
For deck lists,
use:
The Hub
has the largest number of deck listings (over 900 public), followed by the lists
here at netherworld.chimpshack.org (about 110). The Hub requires you to register
before you can view or post decks, but then you can search for decks by faction
or lots of other options. It also includes a deck summary/analysis feature.
Game Players Network had about 100 decks listed, but as of Jan.2007 their site
is now redirecting to a XBOX cheats site. One more bites the dust :) A lot of
the fan sites have their own deck lists as well, some of which are outdated
but still good (or easily returned to full power with a few of the latest cards).
Check the descriptions of each site below. [24 Nov 2007]
For collection
organizers , use:
Allen Hege swears by Card
Vault. The service includes thumbnail pictures of a lot of the cards.
Andy Holt
suggested Battleplanner.
The Shadowfist module is "fan supported" as opposed to "battleplanner
supported", for whatever that's worth.
[24 Nov 2007]
Gaming Industry sites:
Flying Tricycle - Kirby and Kasey make all sorts of nifty toys for CCGs and other games. For Shadowfist, they sell acrylic counters for each faction including the Purists and Seven Masters. Syndicate isn't listed on the web site, but word on the street from GenCon says they do have Syndicate counters, just ask. Check them out! [24 Nov 2007]
Atlas Games - the Atlas folks picked up and revived the Feng Shui roleplaying game, which is based on the same source material as Shadowfist (it's not exactly the same, but that's a subject for an entire page of its own :) [24 Nov 2007]
Cheapass Games - check out the Ting Ting deck for Brawl. It's only available direct from Cheapass, you can't get it in retail stores. [24 Nov 2007]
These sites are listed in roughly the order that they impressed me. Recently updated sites end up near the top. I've moved all the old links — sites that haven't been updated in more than a year, and sites that are only retrievable using the Internet Archive — to a separate page. There is still some interesting stuff there, if you're in need of reading material, and unfortunately almost all of the Shadowfist sites qualify for it now :(
The Hub - Mark Knapp's site, nicely done and current through Shurikens & Six-Guns. Deck builder, deck search, forums, card database, and trading lists (have/want). This is *the* place to post/harvest decks. Updated 17 May 2007. In July 2007, Mark announced that administration of the Hub was shifting to Shadowfist.com - hopes of that leading to a speedy database update to include Critical Shift are apparently unfounded :) [24 Nov 2007]
Shadowfist Secret HQ - Administered by John Castellucci with contributions from the other San Francisco Bay Area players. Lots of work went into this - card-by-card reviews(!), some strategy articles, a good variety of deck lists (including several that have won the major tournaments at GenCon), and an entire fan expansion called Revenge of the Seven Masters. Updated through Critical Shift. Last update 16 Sep 2007. [24 Nov 2007]
Shadowfist Card Search Engine - Will Wagner's search engine is now hosted and maintained by Eric Lui. Current through Critical Shift. Last update 24 July 2007. [24 Nov 2007]
Scythe's Shadowfist - Jacob Skytte's site has combos, decks, some card-by-card analysis, a description of the Shadowfist backstory, and the state of Shadowfist in Denmark. Last updated 8 Aug 2007, through Critical Shift. [24 Nov 2007]
Shadowfist on BoardgameGeek - Brief overview of the game, a message board, some links, trading and selling cards, player reviews and comments, and more. This site covers oodles of other games too. [24 Nov 2007]
Scott Shen's Shadowfist page - another Card Search Engine (current through Critical Shift), deck lists (about a half-dozen), plus Java code for messing with cards. Last update in Aug 2007. [1 Dec 2007]
Carlo Brozzo's Shadowfist Collector page - card lists through Critical Shift in PDF, also promo info. [24 Nov 2007]
General Descriptions:
Wikipedia Shadowfist entry - the formerly brief description has been filled out quite a bit. Last edited Nov.2007 [24 Nov 2007]
Timewaster's Guide Shadowfist entry - a bit longer than the Wikipedia article, but dated since the release of Shurikens and Six-Guns. Feb.2005 [24 Nov 2007]
Reviews:
Shadowfist reviews and blurbs, but no other game content. Preserved for posterity.
Links to reviews are on their own page now...
Other stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else:
Just like it says :) I'll move this to its own page if I accumulate a bit more...
A Shadowfist player finder set up at Frappr by Bryant Durrell. Neat! Blossomed from nothing to dozens of people in a couple of weeks, stabilized at 55 without much recent activity. In Jan.2007, Frappr has changed to an annoying Flash-based map that jumps around on its own. Bleh. [24 Nov 2007]
A long interview with Zev on BoardGameGeek in August 2005, mostly focusing on his boardgames of course, but interesting nonetheless. [24 Nov 2007]
Robin Laws' classic quote about historical accuracy (or lack thereof) in Shadowfist, via Google. [24 Nov 2007]
Jose Garcia describes how Daedalus runs playtesting, via Google [24 Nov 2007]
Gamer's Choice Awards - Shadowfist won an RPGA Gamer's Choice award at GenCon in 1996. I haven't found a website with any detail yet, but you can read Jose Garcia's post about it on Usenet using Google. [24 Nov 2007]
Zombie Awards- Shadowfist won a Zombie Award [http://www.zombieawards.org/] in 2000 for being the best card game rescued from the Chinese Hell of No Longer Published Games. It appears that there was no award in 2001, or 2002. Oh well. (last update in 2001; last active on 16 July 2002; site is gone as of 24 Oct 2002 but you can read the archive.) [24 Nov 2007]
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