For the benefit of those of you who are not on the main shadowfist_forum mailing list. Andrew On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 01:28:22 -0700, "Mark Knapp"...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 2, 2001 9:29 am
We assembled in the Buffalo room again which is getting a strong Shadowfist feel now with lots of props for the Lodge, Tai Ch'i and even a giant costume for a...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 2, 2001 10:07 am
No "Tea for Two" deck list? Yuit's trying to keep her secrets for Origins/Gencon. ;) Ryan...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 2, 2001 1:21 pm
... Wayland's Forge is a good games shop in Birmingham. I've played Doomtown there several times and can recommend it as a venue. Would another Silver Band...
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Jonathan Challis
jonc@...
Jul 2, 2001 3:12 pm
... He did? ... I didn't get this email (I've just double checked my archives!). Could someone (Andrew or Andrew? :) forward it to me please. ... Yes - I know...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 2, 2001 9:08 pm
... That's what I just did - forward the email to the list. You're expecting something else that isn't there. Just give the shop a ring (Roger?) and take it...
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Tim Sharrock
tim@...
Jul 3, 2001 10:12 pm
... It was good to see you and the others again, and many new faces. I suspect I won't make it down very often, but the fact that the Elephant is five minutes...
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adam.jones@...
Jul 4, 2001 7:53 am
That Hale manchester?? Sweet, someone else who might attended the Manchester Tournaments..... AJ...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 5, 2001 4:28 pm
Since Andrew's away at Origins, I thought I would see if the group could answer my question on how Ancestral Tombs work with the timeout rules. If I have 5 FS...
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Wheelhouse Family
z8000934@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:29 pm
As I understand it what counts at Finchley for the first tie break is how close you are to victory. All people the same distance away (and having 5 or more FSS...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:52 pm
... Thanks. This is what I thought, but thought I'd check. Either way, having 5 damaged Tombs and 4 BFV puts you in good standing for a timeout win, without ...
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Doc Coyote
drcoyote@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:20 pm
Ryan Keane wrote: <snip> ... <snip> I don't know about anyone else here in San Francisco, but I _always_ count on ending the game before timeout. That doesn't...
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Andy Holt
andyh@...
Jul 6, 2001 8:02 am
Only discovered yesterday that this is on tomorrow - any 'Fist players likely to be there? Andy...
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Callum
c@...
Jul 6, 2001 10:15 am
... I'll probably be there at some point, but not sure when (it's on all day and, though I'd like to go early on, realistically I'll probably be too asleep to...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 6, 2001 10:37 am
... It's one thing to build a deck that's intending on timing out (I wasn't suggesting anyone here does that). It's another thing to cripple yourself by ...
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Doc Coyote
drcoyote@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:32 pm
... <snip> I think I understood that part. ... <snip> !!! How long are the games, and how many people per game? <snip> ... <snip> I'd really like to sit in or...
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Tim Sharrock
tim@...
Jul 6, 2001 10:01 pm
... Yes indeed - I work at one of your software suppliers (Cadcentre's Altrincham office) ... Yes, I plan to come along with my 8-year-old... we are just...
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siefie@...
Jul 9, 2001 9:23 pm
In response to tournaments timing out. It should be in the rules that if time is called and there is a clear weinner, then he or she has won - a rule that was...
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leaperinthedark@...
Jul 9, 2001 10:04 pm
Dear, oh dear, what strange problems am I discovering. I have just made my first contact with a big Shadowfist world and I'm ig ndeed a bit dazzled; your...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 11, 2001 4:26 am
... 1 out of 4 games timing out means that 3 out of 4 don't. I don't like time-outs and the main point of the current format is to minimise them. If we used...
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Nithiyan Thiruudaian
mr.nit@...
Jul 11, 2001 9:09 pm
"Andrew S. Davidson" <ad@...> wrote: 1 out of 4 games timing out means that 3 out of 4 don't. I don't like time-outs and the main point of the current...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 12, 2001 12:01 am
... I can't see this making much difference as most decks don't go through that many cards anyway. It would mainly affect the toolbox decks that use cards...
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Nithiyan Thiruudaian
mr.nit@...
Jul 12, 2001 1:01 am
I'm just putting forward ideas that might make one off tournament ideas. Shadowfist is a game with so much room for experimentation and what with all your...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 12, 2001 12:29 pm
... That's fine. For July, I'm thinking of a booster draft as I brought back more starters from Origins. Other suggestions are welcome. Andrew...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 13, 2001 11:13 am
... Well, Andrew could give a better synopsis, but... A normal round at Finchley is 16 players, 4 players per game. When the third game ends, Andrew starts a...
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Andrew S. Davidson
ad@...
Jul 13, 2001 1:07 pm
... I haven't kept careful stats but it's my impression that about a third of these game finish within the ten minutes. The situation obviously forces the...
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Nithiyan Thiruudaian
mr.nit@...
Jul 14, 2001 9:39 pm
Ryan Keane <ryan.keane@...> wrote: Strangely, my biggest flaw is failing to win finals. ;) Seriously, I probably don't adapt my playstyle enough to the...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 14, 2001 10:35 pm
... Definitely the uncertainty of player # in the final and semi-finals is something you need to plan for (via deck design, changing playstyle, good table...
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Wheelhouse Family
z8000934@...
Jul 14, 2001 10:59 pm
Personally I would prefer a constructed event (perhaps without the playtest cards?). I was looking forward to a last opportunity to tune decks for GenCon US. ...
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Ryan Keane
ryan.keane@...
Jul 14, 2001 11:16 pm
I'll second for constructed, since I had a deck all ready for last month and then couldn't come last minute. Ryan...
