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[posted ~Jun 2002; updated 2 Jul 2010]
[last complete link check 2 July 2010; next scheduled link check Jan 2011]
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 - as of mid-2009, run by Inner Kingdom Games. Card lists, rulebook, official fiction, FAQs, details on the Power for Promos program, online store and a lot more. The place to start if you are looking for Shadowfist info on the web. [2 Jul 2010]
For rules questions,
use:
rules@shadowfist.com - as of February
2009, Shadowfist rulings are now handled by a 3-person rules team (Andy Holt,
Joshua Kronengold, Michael Stadermann). Email your questions to the team, or
post to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups mailing list, which is nice so other
people can see your question and the response, too. Just remember to put [RULES]
at the start of your subject line so the team can easily find your questions.
For
discussion/forums, use:
The Shadowfist
Forum discussion list on Yahoogroups is the only active discussion (you
can read this as a feature-limited web-based forum instead of getting emails,
if you have a Yahoo login ID). The Hub hosted a web forum, but Shadowfist Games
has let the Hub lapse since they took over in 2007. [2 Jul 2010]
A Shadowfist Facebook group was started by Jim Sensenbrenner in Sep.2009. It's up to 110 members, with a little bit of discussion. [2 Jul 2010]
Inner Kingdom Games is bleating on Twitter under the name Shadowfist_CCG since Sep.2009 but the account is gone as of July 2010. They ran a couple of trivia contests in late 2009 offering promos as prizes, but that seems to have tapered off. In Dec.2009 they started a new account IKTV_News_Rprts for bits of the backstory, but it's pretty lame so far (no offense guys :) and last tweet was Apr.2010 [2 Jul 2010]
In June 2003, a community started at Livejournal, so you've got that option if you prefer the blog-ish style of Livejournal but it's not active - no actual discussion since Sep.2007 or so, and no posting at all since Feb.2009. [2 Jul 2010]
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, no real discussion of any games. You need a newsreader of some kind to access it, or browse using Google. [2 Jul 2010]
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
three years (after a 4-year dry spell...). Again, you'll need a newsreader,
or browse it using Google.
[2 Jul 2010]
mahasamatman allows you to post have/want lists, search other folks' lists for matches and has a feedback system; it's currently got 9 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, 13 in May.08, 11 in Oct.08, 9 in Mar.09, 4 in Oct.09, 5 in Feb.10, 5 in Ju.10), but some of the lists are pretty big so maybe you'll be lucky :) [2 Jul 2010]
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, the forum is silent but a few decks were posted in 2009. A couple of people listed as "wanting" cards. Card lists available through Critical Shift. [2 Jul 2010]
For
online purchase, use:
It's getting very hard to find Shadowfist. Shadowfist Games' more or less direct
sales technique has apparently 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.com's online store
no longer carries boosters or boxes since Inner Kingdom Games took over, but
they do offer singles and promos and doodads like mouse pads and T-shirts. They
will be selling their own set when it becomes available (maybe in 2010, sometime
after Empire of Evil). The previous Shadowfist stock is now sold through Z-Man
Games' online store
(sorry, no direct link) but they have only Netherworld II, Shurikens & Six
Guns, Dark Future (reprint), Critical Shift, and Empire of Evil. 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, there are two I'm aware of:
Potomac Distribution - Sterling, Virginia, USA. As of July 2010, has only Limited boosters and Netherworld (really!) in stock.
House Atriedes - Essex, UK. I haven't ordered from them, but they're the only place selling singles besides the limited stock at Shadowfist.com.
[in Nov.2007, I dropped J&B Cards, since they haven't updated their website in 2007 and apparently aren't stocking Shadowfist. JCE Cards disappeared from the web early in 2008, 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.] [2 Jul 2010]
For deck lists,
use:
The Hub had the largest number of deck listings (over 950 public), but since
it's offline, the lists here at netherworld.chimpshack.org
(about 153) are currently the largest available in one spot.
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. [2 Jul 2010]
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.
[2 Jul 2010]
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! [11 Mar 2009; not responding 17 Oct 2009, 5 Feb 2010, or 2 Jul 2010 so I've deleted the link, looks like they're gone.]
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 :) [2 Jul 2010]
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. [2 Jul 2010]
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 most of the Shadowfist sites qualify for it now :(
Shadowfist Card Search Engine - Will Wagner's search engine is now hosted and maintained by Eric Lui. Current through Empire of Evil. Last update 5 Jan 2010. [2 Jul 2010]
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 Empire of Evil. Last update 30 Dec 2009. [2 Jul 2010]
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. [2 Jul 2010]
Scott Shen's Shadowfist page - another Card Search Engine (current through Empire of Evil), deck lists (about a half-dozen), plus Java code for messing with cards. Last update in Jan.2010. [2 Jul 2010]
Roar of the Beast - Jim Sensenbrenner posts deck lists and other thoughts to his blog. Last update May.2010 [2 Jul 2010]
General Descriptions:
Wikipedia Shadowfist entry - the formerly brief description has been filled out quite a bit. Last content edit Nov.2007, multiple minor edits since then. The history page seems to have been purged since my last check in Feb.2010, it's a *lot* shorter than I remember it. [2 Jul 2010]
Timewaster's Guide Shadowfist entry - a bit longer than the Wikipedia article, but dated since the release of Shurikens and Six-Guns. Feb.2005. Also a detailed multi-part review of Two-Fisted Tales (link to part 1). Mar. 2005. [2 Jul 2010]
Reviews:
Shadowfist reviews and blurbs, but no other game content. Preserved for posterity.
Links to reviews are on their own page now...
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