SHAKARA Series One

Story and Background

A n a r k a n d : S h a k a r a

Anarkand approaches the Earth...but something is wrong...The two worlds collide creating rifts that allowed beings from both worlds to traverse into each other's realms. This sudden merging of worlds caused chaos, as factions clashed in a bid for dominance and survival. The leaders of the factions soon realized that the instability caused by the merging of their worlds posed a greater threat than any of their individual conflicts.

At first the factions fought for their own beliefs; their own cause, but it soon became apparent to some that this was futile. With every battle, death prevailed. There were no winners, only losers, and both world's became strained and weaker as a consequence. Despite this being apparent to those involved in the conflict, the battle raged on. Many more would die as the various factions, blindsided by their need to conquer one and all, forged ahead in conflict.

With the factions occupied with one another, a sinister force emerged from the rifts undetected. A malevolent entity that has just one goal... to consume both worlds...

Anarkand: Shakara is a high-strategy trading card game played on a 4x4 grid over three intense rounds of battle. The game features:

14 Battle Mechanics: Including Attacks, Counters, Stealth, Directional controls, Faction affinity moves, manipulation, and more.
16 Faction Types: Each with unique strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities.
13 Creature/Character Types: Ranging from mechs and insectoids, to deadly Anarkian beasts and gods.
Tournament Mode and Casual Play: Allowing for both competitive and relaxed gaming experiences.
High Strategy: Requiring careful planning, tactical execution, and adaptability to changing battle conditions.

How to read a Shakara card

The amount of this type of card that you can play in any one round.

Displays this cards weaknesses

This is the Attack of the card

Red arrows show direction the card can attack, defend and counter in.

Card background colour signifies rarity

The card name

The card image

Card biology, Human, Oceanyd, etc

The card group i.e Trenz, Zodiac, etc

Any additional information regarding this card

This is the Fortitude of the card

This is the Defence of the card

1st Number: Series

2nd Number: Set

3rd Number: Card # for this set

4th Number: Overall card number

This is the Counter-Attack of the card

Rules and information

Latest Shakara TCG News and updates

Update: 13 / 07 / 2024 - Complete -

There is now 210 cards in development, as opposed to the 208 stated before. 210 of the 210 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 14 / 04 / 2024 -

There is now 210 cards in development, as opposed to the 208 stated before. 204 of the 210 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 05 / 04 / 2024 -

There is now 210 cards in development, as opposed to the 208 stated before. 196 of the 210 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 18 / 03 / 2024 -

160 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 24 / 02 / 2024 -

129 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 19 / 02 / 2024 -

119 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 28 / 11 / 2023 -

84 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 23 / 11 / 2023 -

80 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 19 / 09 / 2023 -

64 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

Update: 21 / 08 / 2023 -

36 of the 208 cards have been completed as of today - you can view these cards and discover the rules of each card by visiting the Anarkand Trading Card Game Database

The cards now have an additional piece of information, as per discussions previously. Cards will now have the rarity symbolised in the upper left corner. To discover the full symbol listing, please visit the Anarkand Trading Card Game Rules and Information page.

Update: 30 / 7 / 2023 -

The Anarkand trading card game is now in full development. I want to provide a status update on each of the aspects of where the game is at.

210 Cards will make up the initial offering for the game. These 210 cards will be the full contents of Series One.
For the first series of cards, I have decided to standardise the deck. By this I mean, any player with a Tritan card ( for example ) will see that the faction, attack, defence, fortification, and counter will always be the same. In addition they will have the same bonus effects.
The direction of attack, defence, fortification, and counter-defence will all be the same too. That way players can become familiar with the cards and their stats and abilities fairly quickly.
This comes from initial playtests, it seems to be a better solution to the initial approach which featured non-standardised cards. I ran into two problems with this. Approach play changed when faced with an attacking, defensive, or counter-attacking playstyle. Secondly, the costs involved in such a card set would reach extreme levels of financing, and I am in no position to support this, hence the standardisation and the kickstarter launch.
In addition to the 210 cards of Series One, I will also be pushing a few additional cards that will be extremely limited edition. I will also be unveiling unique one of a kind cards, details on how these are obtained will be revealed sometime in the future. I expect to release uniques and / or limited edition cards as rewards for supporters of the proposed kickstarter and other supporter methods such as Anarkand Prime.
A long-term project for the Anarkand trading card game, is to convert it from the physical, into a digital version. This is some time away as I need to raise the funds to make this possible.

If you are an artists looking to contribute or submit content for the cards, then please get in touch using the contact form found here.