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Shadowfist is a collectable card game that was created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia and released in 1995. It shares the same background as the Feng Shui role-playing game, which was also created by Laws and Garcia and released the following year. It represents the height of multiplayer asymmetrical strategic game design, and stands on the shoulders of games such as Cosmic Encounter, Dune by Avalon Hill, The Gathering and its direct predecessor, On The Edge.
Shadowfist was primarily inspired by Hong Kong action and wuxia films of the late 1980's and 1990's, and by action films in general. In the game various factions from across time battle for control of the world's Feng Shui sites in a conflict known as the "Secret War." Time travel takes place through an alternate dimension known as the Netherworld which opens to various junctures.. The current open junctures are A.D. 78. 1859, 1935, 2005, and 2065.
Game Play
Players create a deck of cards (typically 40-80 total) and draw blind from a randomized stack, playing cards when possible and discarding unneeded cards. Card types include: Sites, Characters, Events, Edges and States. Sites are considered locations that stay in play permanently until removed or destroyed. Characters are used to attack and defend locations or other characters or generate effects and stay in play until 'smoked' or 'toasted', Events are played at any time and generate a specific effect and are then discarded. Edges are permanent cards that generate effects. States are played on characters and sites, and generate some sort of effect until removed from play. More on [ Shadowfist ]
Feng Shui :: Modern and Espionage
Shadowfist - The official site containing rules, card list, tournament rules, conventions, and art.
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Gretchen's Shadowfist Page - Brad Solberg's tournament winning decks from the Northern California Bay Area.
Andrew Davidson's Shadowfist Pages - Organizer of UK tournaments. Contains the retrofist rules to make coaster cards playable.
Crystal Keep - Stephen D'Angelo's Shadowfist pages. Contains a collection of beautiful spoiler lists for viewing and printing.
Meta Description: [ Crystal Keep's Shadowfist home page. Lists, Rules, and more! ]
Dave's Van Domelen's Shadowfist Page - Fan site with information, fan fiction, fan art, and joke cards.
Hafhead's Hole: Shadowfist - Fan site with game overview, storyline, information, and tournament decks.
Innocent Fist - Strategy, tournament reports, decks, and news.
Randall Gee's Shadowfist Page - Searchable and parsable card spoiler list.
Scythe's Shadowfist - Shadowfist in Denmark. Card analysis, decks, and combos.
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Shadowfist Card Search Engine - Online card search engine and database.
Shadowfist Trading List - Jeroen Van Gestel runs this trading mailing list, hosted at Yahoo Groups.
Meta Description: [ ShadowfistTrading: The official Shadowfist CCG Trading List ]
Stefan's Shadowfist Page at Chimpshack - Stefan Vincent's reviews of Shadowfist and artist sites, fancy card lists, card database with proxy generator, deck lists and strategy, backstory, set statistics, and design notes.
The Hub: A Shadowfist Resource - Card database search engine, a deck builder, and forums.
Meta Description: [ The Shadowfist Hub. Build your decks online and share them with other players. ]
The Proving Grounds - Roger La Marche's pages maintain a list of Shadowfist resources.
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Theatre of Noise: Shadowfist - Robin Parmar's Shadowfist site includes backstory information and sample decks.
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