Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
In Pendulum, each player is a powerful, unique noble vying to succeed the Timeless King as the true ruler of Dünya.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deck Construction
Build a deck before play by selecting cards under defined construction rules.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Action Timer
Actions become available or resolve according to a timer or countdown.
Real-Time
Players act under continuous time pressure rather than taking normal turns.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Read the full game description
In Pendulum, each player is a powerful, unique noble vying to succeed the Timeless King as the true ruler of Dünya. Players command their workers, execute stratagems, and expand the provinces in their domain in real time to gain resources and move up the four victory tracks: power, prestige, popularity, and legendary achievement. Players must use actual time as a resource in managing their strategy to best their opponents, using time on different action types and balancing it with time spent planning and analyzing. The winner will be the player who manages and invests their time most effectively and who builds the best engine, not the player who acts the quickest. Pendulum is the highest-rated protoype in the history of the Stonemaier Games Design Day. —description from the publisher