Welcome to the Secret War

Congratulations, Shadowfist players, for another great year!

2008 had a lot of great games, great scores and great players.

Here are some statistics for this year, and years past:

The top score for 2008 was 255 points by Daniel Griego playing for the Monarchs: Ice.
The top score for 2007 was 207 points by Braz King playing for the Guiding Hand: Martial Artist
The top score for 2006 was 199 points by Brian Smith-Sweeney playing for the Purists: Those Who Know

The #25 ranking for 2008 had 46 points.
The #25 ranking for 2007 had 47 points.
The #25 ranking for 2006 had 56 points.

Recently, Bruce Neiger provided me with three full Proving Ground reports from 2006 and 2007. After entering these scores into the Shadowfist website, much has changed with the rankings.
Most notably, are the remarkable ascensions of Brian Smith-Sweeney for 2006 and Jan Malina overall.

Do not panic. They are legitimate scores that were just long overdue.

Just one more reason to input game results as soon as possible...

Cheers,
~Daniel

Secret Warriors! It's that time of year again!

The Fifth Annual Smackdown in Jacktown Great Lakes Shadowfist Championships will begin at High Noon on November 8th.

Zimmerrill Productions is bringing together another top-notch Shadowfist event rife with butt-kickage, fellowship, intense competition, guffaws, and awesome prizes!

Previous Smackdowns have seen record setting attendance for tournaments and always include a bevy of multiple world title-holding contenders. The level of competition will be high, but the level of fun even higher!

This year's event will be held at the Grand River Community Church, 2443 Olds Rd., Leslie MI 49251. It is just north of Jackson and can be seen from the highway (127). The brawling begins at noon so please get there a little earlier for registration. Entrance fee is $5. We will have a duelling event immediately following the Final Brawl. There is a full kitchen and the church will be providing food for a modest fee. Chili, chips, hot dogs, and drinks will be on hand to sate the hearty appetites of all combatants.

After the fun of GenCon UK it is time to invite you all to come along
to Manchester and take part in yet more Shadowfist.

The tournament will be run at Fanboy 3, a few minutes walk from
Picaddilly railway station in the heart of Manchester.

Please check www.fanboy3. co.uk for directions.

The format will be a Final Brawl tournament so any and all decks are
welcome. Spare decks will be available if anyone wishes to come along
that has not played before. The preference will be for 3-player games
though this will depend on numbers.

Prize support has been provided by Daniel Griego so we have a copy of

The Penny Arcade Expo is home of the Shadowfist Washington State Championship this year!
29 August 2008 - 31 August 2008 in Seattle, Washington, at the Washington State Convention Center.
Tentative schedule for a Final Brawl tournament Saturday evening at 8:30 and a Who's the Big Man Now? tournament on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 pm with demos & casual pick up games played Friday & Saturday afternoon. Please contact andrewhe@hotmail if you plan on attending so he can better organize and bring together the Shadowfist players.

28 August 2008 - 31 August 2008
Berkshire, England, at the Reading University
Contact Andy Holt at andyh@andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk for information about scheduled Shadowfist Events and finding players there.

Good luck to all our friends across the pond!

Sorry for the delay in posting, folks.

The National Champions of the Origins Game Fair, 2008:

100 Names: Peter Shah
Whirlpool of Blood: Brian Kelly
Comrades in Arms: Brian Kelly
National Championship: James Hovey
Whirlpool of Blood (B): Peter Shah
Dueling National Championship: John Merrill

Special congrats to Peter and Brian for winning two national titles each!

In the wake of GenCon 2008, three warriors stand poised above the rubble and ruin.

Three warriors walk away from the destruction and chaos with a more powerful kung fu.

Three warriors have just reached Level 8 in the Secret War Society rankings.

Braz King, Daniel Griego, and Peter Trudell have ascended to a higher plane of Shadowfist excellence!

Congratulations, gentlemen!

Congratulations to all GenCon 2008 Winners!
We had a great turnout this year for a weekend fully loaded with Shadowfist events. Here are all of the new title holders for the World Champions in each event:

1) Faction Wars: Peter Trudell
2) Whirlpool of Blood: Daniel Griego
3) Dueling World Championship: Andrew Davidson
4) New Heroes: Tim Lindon
5) World Championship: Daniel Griego
6) 100 Names: Chris Jackson
7) Comrades in Arms: Peter Trudell
8) Whirlpool of Blood (B): David Kempe

Thanks to everyone who made it out!

Here's the lowdown on Faction Wars at GenCon 2008:

1) Players use constructed single-faction decks
2) Cards can provide other factions' resources (Johnny Badhair), but cannot require a faction resource beyond the single primary (no Wedding Gifts)
3) Table placement during the tournament will be such that no two decks of the same faction will compete against each other (barring an absurd influx of a single faction).
4) The finals will consist of the top players of each faction.
5) The final winner's faction will play a substantial role in the set following Empire of Evil.

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