Shadowfist

Article summary

Shadowfist is a card game created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia. It was released in June 1995 as a collectible card game (CCG), but was shifted to a fixed distribution of cards as of 2013. It shares the same background as Feng Shui, a role-playing game created by Laws and Garcia and released the following year. In September 2018 ownership of Shadowfist transferred to Vetusta Games.

Key claims

1. publication date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the publication date is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371806622