Anomaly

Pick a species, then duel an opponent by spending energy to play ship and ability cards from your hand. Ships carry hull and shields and trade blows across the board, while commander powers and species traits open up tactics no other faction has. Whittle your rival down before they do the same to you.

• Spend your energy each turn to deploy ships and trigger abilities.
• Lean on your species' unique traits and commander, every faction plays differently.
• Manage hull and shields: position and timing decide which fleet survives the exchange.

• Endless, battle a chain of opponents and see how long your fleet holds.
• Online, face another player in a head-to-head match.
• Difficulty, tune the computer opponent from easy through normal to hard.

• Desktop: click to select cards, ships and targets, then confirm your plays.
• Phone & tablet: tap cards and targets, the interface is fully touch friendly.

• Learn one species deeply before sampling the rest, its trait shapes every good line of play.
• Don't dump your whole hand: hold answers for the threats your opponent hasn't shown yet.
• Shields regenerate value differently per faction; know when to trade through them.

Spending energy to play ship and ability cards from a hand, with factions that each unlock tactics the others cannot reach, is the language of the collectible card game.

The original framing is the species as commander: traits and powers belong to who you are rather than to what you drew.

That matters because card games have a known problem — a bad opening hand can decide a match before either player has made a decision. Traits that are always available give you something to play around while waiting for the draw to cooperate.

Anomaly is an original free browser card-battler that blends collectible-style deck duels with asymmetric faction strategy, giving each of its twenty alien species a distinct fleet, commander and play style.

A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.