60 Macworld • February 2022MAC GAMING
your Rival in battle, but sometimes it’s
worth using those encounter battles
to pick up useful rewards. And other
encounters can also cast spells that
do direct damage to your Rival, so you
need to think carefully about where
you place each encounter card on the
3D board.
Like most card games, Chronicles
is free to play, but does its best to
sell you new card packs and other
upgrades through its online store.
But there’s a good selection of game
modes that you can explore without
needing to spend any money, and
the unusual 3D board-game design
of Chronicles really helps it to stand
out from the card-game crowd. The
only drawback is that the game’s
3D graphics need a moderately
powerful Mac, so check the system
requirements before you download it.- Elder Scrolls
Online: Legends
Price: Free from fave.co/31EkvfJ
There’s no shortage of computer-
based card games available these
days, but Legends attempts to stand
out from the crowd by drawing on the
mythology and characters from the
hugely popular Elder Scrolls games.
Admittedly, few of the Elder Scrolls
games have ever been released on
the Mac so that’s not necessarily a
big draw for Mac owners, but it still
helps to give the game a distinctive
character of its own.
The game starts with a rather
drawn-out tutorial that introduces
the basics of the game – and, to be
honest, the tutorial isn’t great, so it’d
help if you’ve already played some
card games before. Then you enter
the main single-player campaign,
which sends
you on various
missions
throughout the
Elder Scrolls
world of Tamriel,
where you can
earn a number
of starter cards
and decks along
the way, before - introducing the