You're the only hope of the world even if you're just an apprentice of a mightful magician. During your journey, you'll improve your skills and meet new allies!
If anything, this scenario is quite common in a fantasy game. So, I will not expand myself on it.
As it's a solitaire game, you're dealing with cards. The gameplay follows the suits rule: to get a card out of the board, you need to have a card of the value just above or just under in the pack. However, be aware that the game doesn't always let you win: I've stumbled upon levels where my board was full because the needed card to start appeared in the last ones of the pack.
When you understand that gameplay, you can look at the bonus. Each upgrade of your magic level will improve a skill: temporary money on a card, return 2/3 cards on the board, add cards to the pack, etc.. However, you can also buy (hence the money) amulets that will raise your experience, add cards to the pack at the beginning, show every possibility, etc.. Even amulets for characters will be available to enhance their skills.
Four allies will join you: the human can change the displayed card on your pack (with the upgrade of having a card that will always match one on the board), the elf can shoot a card down (two when improved), the dwarf will return cards on the board (3 if improved) and the mermaid will help to remove cards that are displayed.
Obstacles will also be present in levels : from flooded cards where you need to find the scoop to remove the water to the stoned ones needing a hammer to break the rock, you'll even be forced to sacrifice cards for those on fire.
After 10 levels, you'll go to another one, however, between these stages, you'll have a sort of hidden object scene: you will have to find 10 items (beyond objects, you know, those who are changing appearances, animals, parts of a bigger object, etc...).
In other words, The Chronicles of Emerland (the free-to-play game with the name Emerland is also set in the same universe, with the same gameplay by the way) is a classic solitaire game with some nice bonus. If the graphics are quite reminiscent of a heroic fantasy game, I largerly liked the soundtrack, very fitting and very nice.
Anyway, for 4 bucks, your wallet isn't robbed. If you like solitaire games, go for it, I've spent many hours in it because I wanted to have a lot of perfects - so if you're anything like me, you'll spend also hours to run after the evil wizard while asking yourself why they didn't make the dwarf more interesting than returning card....
