News & Updates

9/6/08 - Once again a deadline has come and gone. Its safe to say
that I probably wont be putting out anymore release dates in the future.
As an independent designer "life" gets in the way all to often. Between
family and my career and general everyday things I have seriously blown
the schedule for releasing the 2nd edition of Shadow Wars for a mid
summer release. The good news is that I am finally back into working on
things and you should have some updates shortly.

2/11/08 - Talked with a friend this weekend about re-visiting the idea of
creating an online game for Shadow Wars. This would definitely be a
year or more away but I thought I would mention it. Also, here is a link
to a teaser image for the new unit cards.

1/28/08 - Happy New Year!!! I was really hoping to get more work done
over the holiday break but unfortunately I barely touched the 2nd edition
redesign. "Bad Don, no soup for you!" I apologize for most of my time
estimates being off base, but I am still moving forward at a quick pace on
the 2nd edition of Shadow Wars and the expansion. I am re-instating the
old 'Status Page' for anyone who would like to track my progress.

12/09/07 - The majority of the game mechanics have been smoothed out
and I have begun work on the layouts for the new ruler and unit cards.
The Ruler/Unit cards and map tiles will all be significantly larger than the
previous pieces in 1st edition. Plus, I am spending the extra money to have
the game professionaly printed on thicker full color gloss cards! The games
cost will remain the same but the overall quality of everything within the
game will be considerable. Playtesting will start towards the end of December
and carry on thru February. After that I will send the game to the printers!

10/08/07 - Good news and bad news! I am back into the swing of things and
the expansion to SW will be released along side the 2nd edition game itself. The
game rules have been overhauled significantly and the game no longer suffers
from resource conflicts and long play time. Individual player turns will be much
faster and things in general will move smoothly. I mentioned bad news though...
the expansion will only have two new races but I will hold a survey amongst
players and let them decide! Finally, the 2nd edition game will be quite a bit
different. I will offer previous buyers the new rulebook, guild cards and
a guide on how to use their current game with the 2nd edition rules at a
small cost. Check back monthly for updates as everything should be
finished sometime in late January or February.

3/13/07 - Work has been slow on the Shadow Wars
expansion. I have identified the four separate Rulers that
will be offered and they are the following: Lich King,
Beastmen, Dark Dwarves, and a Nomadic army of some
sort. The guilds have been slowly forming and I am happy
with the overall balance of powers. I am debating on
possibly adding in some generic Hero rules to the
expansion as well.

11/23/06 - Happy Thanksgiving! I spoke with one of my
lead artists and I am considering finishing up the expansion
for Shadow Wars that has been on the back burner for
years. I have already finished the Lich King's army and I
am bouncing around ideas for the various guilds, ie:
Engineers, Thieves, Wizards, etc. Anyone interested?

8/05/06 - It turns out that my redirect for my emails
at knightworks.net wasnt working properly and if you
tried to send me an email I didnt get it. I have fixed
the problem and you can send emails to the webmaster
and feedback email addresses below. I still havent had
the urge to get back into working on boardgames,
but if your curious what I'm up to drop me a line.


1/28/06 - LOS although it was close to being finished is
being put on hold, as are all sales of Shadow Wars.
I am moving to a new home over the next five months
and I doubt I will have the time to keep up with
everything. It's possible this site will go down soon...
so if you were looking to see LOS finished please send
some words of encouragement or it's highly likely
that this will be the end of Knight Works.

7/24/05 - My apologies on the delay of LOS being
finished. Please enjoy one of the recent items that
has been holding the game up. Catacomb Map

6/20/05 - The beta testing for Legends of Syrrith has
finished and the game will be ready for sale in
3-5 weeks. Click here for more info.

11/26/04 - Legends of Syrrith will have metal figures to
represent the players. Click here to see a sample.

6/02/04 - Click here to see how the overland map for
Legends of Syrrith is coming along.

4/08/04 - One of my lead artists offered to redesign
the box cover! Click here and let me know what
you think of it.

3/21/04 - We have officially entered the beta stage for
LoS. I have also found a new artist to finalize the
overland map.

2/29/04 - A lot of progress has been made with the game.
However, there is still a large amount of coloring to be
done. In the meantime check out a few wicked traps!

2/14/04 - Take a peek at the very first dungeon
for Legends of Syrrith.

2/07/04 - The first official alpha playtest for the
Legends of Syrrith boardgame was a success!!!
Nothing seemed to be horribly inconsistent or off.
The quests, scenarios and treasures still need some
work but the game is coming along nicely!

1/21/04 - As you can see it has been a very long time
since I have added anything to the site. Good news is
that the hero expansion, "Legends of Syrrith" should
be released sometime this spring or early summer!

2/07/03 - Finally received my certificate and online
Copyright listing!

11/23/02 - Dan Williamson has passed away...
Dan has drawn numerous pieces of artwork for the
Shadow Wars and Legends of Syrrith expansion game.
I have created a Memorial Page for him.

11/01/02 - Added Create-A-Card page!!! (Very Cool)

9/24/02 - Added F.A.Q. page

8/28/02 - Added product shots to Catalog

8/11/02 - Check out our very first newsletter!

7/8/02 - Begun work on a Lich King Ruler

6/24/02 - Units & Buildings 2nd Ed. Revisions


2/17/02 - Added Subscribe to Newsletter

12/28/01 - Developing On-Line Version!!!

9/6/01 - Revised resource card design

8/31/01 Tacticon Convention ( Denver, CO )

8/20/01 - Revised territory tile design
< Click here for Sample >

8/5/01 Gen Con Game Convention