Shadowfist

Collectible card games are crack for gamers, and Shadowfist seems to be no exception. It's the only CCG I've ever played, and I must admit that despite my moral objections to the entire cash cow concept and odd economies of that style of game, I found it to have a clean design, to be extremely playable, and to be extremely funny as well.

In addition, Daedalus Entertainment, Inc. appears to be more committed to role playing games than the average CCG company, as is evidenced by their highly entertaining RPG, _Feng Shui_. These people write about the genre like true fans, and definitely deserve applause for that.

Anyway, I like to either do fun theme decks or develop a concept or two, or both; there's enough variety of cards that it's possible to simulate all sorts of odd things perhaps not obviously related to Hong Kong movies in genre, or the specific Shadowfist subgenre.

Bryant Durrell's Shadowfist Page is tons more informative than mine, which I'm using mainly for deck listings, incorporating notes on tuning and strategy, and perhaps a cards wishlist.

Decks

These are predominantly by Brad at this point. All comments current until Throne War comes out.

• Blood & Destruction
  Demon Hordes in control of their destiny. (including alliances with every faction except architects)
• Chi-Burning Funny Cars
  We'll give you the whole deck, but you'll only need the edge!
• The Evil Magian Fire Worshipers
  All zaps, all the time.
• La Brea Tarpits
  Think of it as evolution in action.
• Mallrats
  Swarms of Shoppers, who keep coming back for more.
• Passive Aggressive Militant Buddhists
  Redirection, Plenty of Chi, and Tomorrow's Immortals led by Guiding Hand Masters
• Return of the King
  Thunder Knights, Thunder Knights, Thunder Knights and the King
• The Rush
  Site destruction deck with nasty recursive power generation.
• Tarantino's Troopers
  Soldiers, Bombs, Brawls, Stuntmen, Special Effects & Power to Burn
• Was That Supposed To Hurt or Something?
  Tough Guys and things to make them tougher.
• Yellow Brick Road
  Tin Men, Flying Monkeys, Witches, Wizards and no foundation characters.

Oh, and I still owe Bryant sushi at Emi's. This is actually related to Shadowfist.

The resource icons are the property of Daedalus Entertainment. Any imperfections in these current incarnations are a product of my scanner software and artistic ability, or lack thereof.

June 9, 1997: Still owe Bryant sushi.