Shadow Era is a free to play, online collectible trading card game. It’s available for iPad/iPhone/Android and other platforms. Of course you can play it through almost any web browser Mac or Windows. The game is new so the card collection is not much. But most importantly you can actually play the game for free… for real.

It’s been a month since I started playing PoxNora exclusively. The thing about PoxNora is that it fulfills the Turn Based Tactical itch I have and at the same time it has a Magic: the Gathering deck building mechanic. The deck building part (or Battle Group building) is even more entertaining than MtG.

Below is a funny post written by ChessPlayer from Magic: the Gathering – Tactics forums. I thought it’s worth sharing.

Just joined after reading the advertisment to “play magic chess for free”. I got a free starter set with a king and a pawn. I mastered to win the first campaign against the lonely king. I enjoyed it and wow, I received a free promo pawn piece!

If you haven’t heard of PoxNora before this game is a turn based, tactical, trading “card” game. Basically this game is an Online Magic: The Gathering played with Miniatures on various pre-made maps.

Sony Online Entertainment just released their “Free To Play” Magic: the gather – Tactics game. Basically it is a comboination of a Collectable Card Game and Turn Based Tactic Game (just like PoxNora). The cards are very similar to the classic Mtg era (Serra Angel, Weakness, Pacifism and other cards).