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The chain game

The Daily Chain

Athle picks two players each day and asks you to connect them through the clubs where they were teammates. Usually one is a retired great and the other is playing today.

Add anyone who shared a dressing room with your last pick. If it holds, the chain grows with the crest and the years they overlapped. Wrong guesses cost nothing, and the shortest route often runs through a player nobody thinks of first.

Done for the day? Practice mode deals fresh boards any time, at three hop distances.

How it works

Bridge start to finish

Two players are set for you. Add players in between, one at a time, until the chain reaches the finish.

Real teammates only

A pick only links if the two were genuinely club teammates. You get the shared crest and the years they overlapped.

Free attempts

A guess that does not connect is simply rejected. No penalty and no limit, so explore freely.

Fewer hops, higher score

Any valid chain wins the moment it connects. Your score is the number of hops you used, against the par shown on the board.

There is more: the Card Cabinet

Football, basketball and tennis all have a collectible layer. Every daily you play out earns a pack of real player cards, which you open and arrange into a lineup whose rating climbs with chemistry. Football adds all-time Legends and Coaches. Keep a seven-day streak on a game and you earn a Streak pack: one card, guaranteed to be a Legend or an Icon.

See how the Cabinet works