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Chronicle: Runescape Legends

Chronicle is a "love letter to the RuneScape universe"

Jagex tells us about their new CCG.

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We recently went on a studio visit to Cambridge to see Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, the new card game in development over at Jagex. During our time there we sat down with project lead James Sweatman, who had plenty to tell us about how the game works, and what sets it apart from other CCGs that are already out there.

"All of the environments are inspired by RuneScape locations, so we've taken some artistic license with them to get them into the book, but we've also re-envisioned them in this higher fidelity than you'd not necessarily see in RuneScape," Sweatman explained. "It's a real love letter to the RuneScape universe, both in terms of the characters and the boards themselves."

"For people that maybe don't know RuneScape, they offer a completely different visual aesthetic to the board game that you'll be interacting with, also in the future we'll be adding gameplay to that as well. So you randomly encounter the different pages that you come across, the locations, and each one of those locations in the future will have their own card with them as well."

Non-RuneScape players may think that they need experience with the MMORPG to prosper in Chronicle, but according to Sweatman that isn't the case:

"For RuneScape players first coming into the game there'll be a lot there to really enjoy about [it], especially nostalgic players coming back to the universe, experiencing cards and characters from years gone by. But the most important thing about the game is the statistics, the cards, the spells, the stats on them; all of those things are brand new for Chronicle. And so if you're coming to the game as a non-RuneScape player, you're still going to be learning at the same pace as the RuneScape player. So there's no advantage from being a RuneScape player, you just get more out of the lore and the characters..."

For more on our impressions of Chronicle: RuneScape Legends head this way.

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REVIEW. Written by James Daniels

"The spontaneous interactions between your deck and your opponent's ensures that matches are tense and each one feels unique."



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