Time Editors
Coming soon to Kickstarter!
In the year 2475 world nations race to save the past and control the use of time travel.
(The game's back story can be read in the official rule book below.)
(The game's back story can be read in the official rule book below.)
Don't like reading rules? Watch a video instead!
Official "How to Play" video
Official "How to Play" video
Want a quick summary? Here's an overview:
The game is a blend of:
1. To win the game you must prevent 4 disastrous events in the past from happening (or 3 events for a shorter game).
2. The game has a variable setup. Players explore planets, build mining colonies, mine resources and transport them to Earth. Planets further from Earth have richer mining deposits but will take longer to reach (unless wormholes are used)!
3. Once resources are returned to Earth they can be used to buy items, buy cards, open wormholes in space (for faster travel), open wormholes in time (to change the past), and pay time editing specialists.
4. Each player has 4 types of time editing specialists: Science, Technology, Military, and Politics. Each specialist type gives you unique abilities when they are in the present. When they travel back in time they can act to change the past, but you will lose their abilities in the present. You can choose to send 1 to 4 specialists back in time if you have the necessary resources to open wormholes and pay specialists. Anything you take to the past can only be used in the past. Anything you choose to leave in the present can only be used in the present. Time travel is once per turn, at the end of your turn.
5. Each player has unique disasters to prevent in the past. In order to change the time line and prevent a disaster, you must change the events leading up to the disaster. Certain specialists are needed to change specific events. Attempts at changing the time line involve storytelling (a game tester favorite!) and pulling tiles to create ripples through time.
6. There are many different types of actions cards for purchase. Draw 3 and choose 1 to keep. You can also hire A. I. in the present to give you the probability of causing a time ripple in the past.
The game is a blend of:
- resource management
- a unique worker placement system (which takes place in the present and past!)
- and storytelling
1. To win the game you must prevent 4 disastrous events in the past from happening (or 3 events for a shorter game).
2. The game has a variable setup. Players explore planets, build mining colonies, mine resources and transport them to Earth. Planets further from Earth have richer mining deposits but will take longer to reach (unless wormholes are used)!
3. Once resources are returned to Earth they can be used to buy items, buy cards, open wormholes in space (for faster travel), open wormholes in time (to change the past), and pay time editing specialists.
4. Each player has 4 types of time editing specialists: Science, Technology, Military, and Politics. Each specialist type gives you unique abilities when they are in the present. When they travel back in time they can act to change the past, but you will lose their abilities in the present. You can choose to send 1 to 4 specialists back in time if you have the necessary resources to open wormholes and pay specialists. Anything you take to the past can only be used in the past. Anything you choose to leave in the present can only be used in the present. Time travel is once per turn, at the end of your turn.
5. Each player has unique disasters to prevent in the past. In order to change the time line and prevent a disaster, you must change the events leading up to the disaster. Certain specialists are needed to change specific events. Attempts at changing the time line involve storytelling (a game tester favorite!) and pulling tiles to create ripples through time.
6. There are many different types of actions cards for purchase. Draw 3 and choose 1 to keep. You can also hire A. I. in the present to give you the probability of causing a time ripple in the past.
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Thank you to the following Kickstarter backers who backed our first campaign for the game's artwork and miniatures!
Helgoth Family
Kyle Reese
Toresh Games
Dustin, Heather, and Hildie
Joan Marsh
Dave Deaton
Larry and Fran Rutherford
Mathew Hill
T Wiseman
Daniel Ambuul
Ethan
JNH
Mason Family
TimeTravelNexus
Daniel P. López
Sarah Bandy
Dan and Joanne Ambuul
Nicholas Brewer
Erik & Kate Feltes
The Hardy Boys
Jacob Hoskinson
Krause Family
Peter and Nora Axt
Masayuki Sato
Lorena and Danny Dayton
California Friends
Anonymous
Elliot Peters
Douglas Bruch
Ronald Lawson
The Ohotnicky Family
Anna Zalesak
John Gibson
Robert and Vanessa Lopez and Family
Joe, Patti and Haley Morgan
Robert Holiday
Regina Hodson
Jonathan Truong
Chad Houston
Maria e Stefano
Nina/Fira
Donald MacLean
Maria S.
David & Jennaya
A. Bulcher
The Rohlena Family
Laura B.
Justin A.
Rob V.
Pastora
Ron L.
Susan M.
Kevin L.
Andreas G.
William W.
Kyle Reese
Toresh Games
Dustin, Heather, and Hildie
Joan Marsh
Dave Deaton
Larry and Fran Rutherford
Mathew Hill
T Wiseman
Daniel Ambuul
Ethan
JNH
Mason Family
TimeTravelNexus
Daniel P. López
Sarah Bandy
Dan and Joanne Ambuul
Nicholas Brewer
Erik & Kate Feltes
The Hardy Boys
Jacob Hoskinson
Krause Family
Peter and Nora Axt
Masayuki Sato
Lorena and Danny Dayton
California Friends
Anonymous
Elliot Peters
Douglas Bruch
Ronald Lawson
The Ohotnicky Family
Anna Zalesak
John Gibson
Robert and Vanessa Lopez and Family
Joe, Patti and Haley Morgan
Robert Holiday
Regina Hodson
Jonathan Truong
Chad Houston
Maria e Stefano
Nina/Fira
Donald MacLean
Maria S.
David & Jennaya
A. Bulcher
The Rohlena Family
Laura B.
Justin A.
Rob V.
Pastora
Ron L.
Susan M.
Kevin L.
Andreas G.
William W.
