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2016 Ranked #1,986

Timebomb

Hidden-role deduction game where Agents and Terrorists secretly work to defuse or detonate a bomb. Players choose wires under uncertainty, so each reveal can move the team toward safety or expose a devastating betrayal.

Party Games Bluffing Card Game Hidden Roles Role Playing

Players

4-8

Play time

1-30 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.05/5

Rating

7.15

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 3.9/5

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?

Each player will be assigned a secret identity, Agent or Terrorist. The game will unroll in a maximum of four rounds in which the agents want to defuse the bomb and the terrorists want it to explode.

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Each player will be assigned a secret identity, Agent or Terrorist. The game will unroll in a maximum of four rounds in which the agents want to defuse the bomb and the terrorists want it to explode. Each player will be dealt wire cards, which he will see and then will shuffle. Starting with the first player, he will be choosing a secret card and play it. Each card will have an action. Players will follow this way doing actions to try and defuse or explode the bomb. The game ends if all the success cards are revealed (agents win), the explosion card is revealed (terrorists win), or the 4th round ends without the bomb being defused (terrorists win).

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
4–8
Best with
4–8
Play time
1–30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
?? ?? (Yusuke Sato)

Artists

4
326 David Arenas Biboun Paco Dana

Publishers

4
Arclight Games GoKids ???? IELLO Primigenio