(A la Pandora) Join these 13 words into a chain. Pick one word to start. The word
that follows will do at least one of the following: (a) rhyme with it, (b) be an
anagram of it, (c) have the same meaning, or (d) have one letter different. Work
forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect.
For example: state, great, large, lager, later

-bleat, brand, chain, grain, grand, label, large, rages, sarge, swage, table, wages, wheat

Unlucky 13

Hope not, manxman. I accidently hit the submit button before I listed the words.

chain, grain, wheat, bleat, table, label, brand, grand, large, sarge, rages, wages, swage

Great solve, manxman.