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2014 Ranked #4,900

Time Barons

A tactical card combat game where time-traveling barons exploit followers, technology, war, and religion to defeat rivals. Players can pursue upgrades, aggression, or economic advantage, making each hand a new way to alter history.

Strategy Games Card Game Action Points Hand Management Theme: Mad Science / Mad Scientist

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.44/5

Rating

7.66

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The second edition, published by WizKids in November 2017, adds 50 brand new expansion cards and now supports up to 4 players. In this game of tactical card combat, you play as one of the time barons, shadowy figures who have shaped mankind's destiny since the dawn of time.

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The second edition, published by WizKids in November 2017, adds 50 brand new expansion cards and now supports up to 4 players. In this game of tactical card combat, you play as one of the time barons, shadowy figures who have shaped mankind's destiny since the dawn of time. People are simply pawns in your quest to defeat the other barons and become the ruler of a unified human race. War, religion, technology - all will be used in this ultimate battle. Only you can decide the best way to exploit your loyal followers and make the most of the many powerful cards you are dealt. Will you upgrade as rapidly as possible, hoping to obtain that technological edge, or punish such folly with primitive weapons and fanatical attacks? Will you be relentless in your aggression or build an economic advantage? A variety of tactics are available to you at every turn, and you may find yourself putting bubonic plague on your opponent's robotics lab to slowly kill off the workers there, or attaching a computer network to a medieval church to automate the conversion of new followers. In this brutal struggle, many will die... but good planning, quick thinking, and a little luck will carry the day!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Jon Perry Derek Yu

Artists

1
Derek Yu

Publishers

3
The Game Crafter, LLC Quibble Games WizKids (I)

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