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2000 Ranked #19,957

Time Pirates

This set-collection game has players travel through time, gather artifacts, and build the strongest collection over three rounds. Limited routes constrain each trip, while patrols can seize the largest collection when they catch a thief.

Pirates Set Collection Theme: Time Travel

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

5.56

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players are skipping through time to steal various artifacts from ancient civilizations. Each of the time periods have only two pathways, so travel is somewhat limited.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Set Collection

Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
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Players are skipping through time to steal various artifacts from ancient civilizations. Each of the time periods have only two pathways, so travel is somewhat limited. When in an era, you can refill the tiles, collect tiles, or move on. However, the Time Police are also patrolling the time periods. If the Time Police catch you, they'll steal all the tiles of your largest collection of artifacts! After three rounds of collection, the player with the best collection wins.

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Category

1
Pirates

Mechanism

1
Set Collection

Family

1
Theme: Time Travel

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–5
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Alan R. Moon Aaron Weissblum

Artists

1
Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

2
Piatnik Rio Grande Games

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