TIME Stories

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TIME Stories
Game data
author Peggy Chassenet , Manuel Rozoy
graphic Ben Carre,
Vincent Dutrait,
David Lecossu,
Pascal Quidaut
publishing company Space cowboys
Publishing year 2015
Art Cooperative game
Teammates 2-4
Duration 90-240 minutes
Age from 12 years

TIME Stories is a cooperative exploration game released in 2015 by the authors Peggy Chassenet and Manuel Rozoy by Space Cowboys . It has won several prizes and was nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres in 2016 .

Theme and equipment

In TIME Stories , the players are part of the TIME Agency and try to remove disorder in the temporal structure. Each player slips into the role of a host to travel back in time in his body and to solve puzzles. To do this, players work their way through a deck of cards depicting various locations and events that players must explore.

The basic game comes with all the parts you need for the TIME Stories system. Each expansion contains its own deck of cards and thus a new case.

In addition to the instructions, the game material consists of:

  • 8 agent figures
  • 1 time marker
  • 1 group marker
  • 1 time captain's die
  • 6 action dice
  • 40 normal / skull shields
  • 7 time shields
  • 7 heart shields
  • 7 special shields
  • 140 resource tokens
  • 30 life points
  • 24 status tokens

Style of play

To prepare for the game, the object cards are sorted out from the deck and placed in the space provided. Then the area card is revealed. Then the remaining deck of cards is placed on the playing field and the base, also consisting of cards, is revealed. In the base, the players receive the briefing for the following mission. In this way they learn their task, the special rules of the respective case and which hosts are available to them.

Then a time captain is appointed who, in the event of a tie, has a higher voting right and has to throw the time captain's die in the event of a change of location. Then the captain moves to the next player. Now the players travel one after the other to the different locations by placing the group marker on the corresponding location on the map and then revealing the corresponding cards.

If the players want to explore the different scenes at the location, this costs them time units. Each player can take one action per unit of time. Possible actions are the change of the scene or the fulfillment of tasks, which are indicated on the scene. If the players want to move to another location, the time captain's roll of the die determines how many time units this will cost the players. This can be between one and three time units. If the time units are used up before the case is resolved, the mission is deemed to have failed and the players must read out the corresponding "mission failed" card. If the players manage to complete the mission, their performance is rated with points, depending on how well the players did.

Extensions

  • 2015: The Marcy Case - The Marcy Case takes place in America in 1992, where players are asked to investigate the kidnapping of a person.
  • 2016: The Dragon Prophecy - In this case, players are asked to investigate a rift in the space-time structure in an alternative timeline in the Middle Ages
  • 2016: Behind the Mask - Players are sent to ancient Egypt to investigate the theft of a mask.
  • 2017: The Endurance Expedition - In Antarctica in 1914, players are supposed to investigate an anomaly in the space-time structure.
  • 2017: Lumen Fidei - In this expansion, players are sent to 15th century Spain to infiltrate a meeting of the Inquisition.
  • 2017: Estrella Drive - Players are sent to Hollywood in 1982 to investigate an incident inside a mansion.
  • 2017: Santo Tomas De Aquino - In 1685 it goes to the Caribbean to rescue captured pirates. (Prequel to Brotherhood of the Coast )
  • 2018: Brotherhood of the Coast - In 1685, watch out for pirates, privateers and other villains in the Caribbean
  • 2019: Madame - In 1673 it goes to Versailles.

Furthermore, in BoardGameGeek indicated some extensions of players created.

Awards

  • 2016 UK Games Expo Best General Game Winner
  • 2016 Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee
  • 2016 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
  • 2016 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee
  • 2015 Tric Trac Nominee
  • 2015 Meeples' Choice Nominee
  • 2015 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
  • 2015 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
  • 2015 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee
  • 2015 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork / Presentation Nominee

Development and expenditure

The game TIME Stories was developed by the French game authors Peggy Chassenet and Manuel Rozoy and was published by Space Cowboys in 2015. It has also been translated into several languages ​​and published internationally under license by various publishers. In 2015 an English, German and French version of Space Cowboys was published. In 2016, the game was also translated into Spanish (Asmodee), Polish (Rebel), Italian (Asterion Press) and Czech (ADC Blackfire Entertainment). In 2017, Russian (Crowd Games, Space Cowboys) and Japanese (Hobby Japan, Space Cowboys) versions were released.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c T.IME Stories in the BoardGameGeek game database (English); accessed on November 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c game instructions TIME Stories

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