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1999 Ranked #791

Time's Up!

The definitive escalating party game: one shared deck becomes funnier and more frantic as language is stripped away round by round.

Party Games Team-Based Game Acting Communication Limits Memory

Players

4-18

Play time

90 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

7.28

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.8/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.2/5

High replayability

Interaction 5.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.8/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 2.0/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.6/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 5 min
Recommended edition Time's Up! – English edition (2017)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Make your team guess the same famous names across description, one-word, and charades rounds before the 30-second timer runs out.

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Split into teams and race through a shared deck of famous people. In round one you can describe each name freely without saying it; in round two the same cards return but every clue is limited to one word; in round three words disappear and only gestures remain. Because the deck repeats, information accumulates around the table—an awkward clue from the first round can become the perfect shorthand later. The 30-second timer keeps turns brisk, large groups involved, and every failed memory or overcommitted mime spectacularly public.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Time's Up! – Dutch edition (2013) 2013 Dutch Repos Production
Time's Up! – Belgian edition (2005) 2005 Dutch Repos Production
Time's Up! – English edition (2017) 2017 English R&R Games / US
Time's Up! – Finnish edition (2009) 2009 Finnish Competo / Marektoy, R&R Games, Repos Production
Time's Up! – Swiss yellow edition (2009) 2009 French Repos Production
Time's Up! – Swiss edition (2008) 2008 French R&R Games, Repos Production
Fíaskó – Icelandic edition (2011) 2011 Icelandic Piatnik
Time's Up! Celebrity 2 – Italian blue edition (2012) 2012 Italian Repos Production

Game and edition data

All specifications (25)

Play and group

Players
4–18
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.2/5
App
Optional app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min Source
Teach time
About 5 min Source
Teardown time
About 3 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No campaign or save system. Source
Consumable components
Score sheets are replaceable with ordinary paper. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
A timer phone app can replace the included 30-second sand timer but is not required. Source
Recommended edition
Time's Up! – English edition (2017) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
1000 g Source
Box dimensions
23.0 × 16.0 × 7.5 cm Source
Consumable components
Replaceable Score Pad. Source
Compatibility
Current R&R Games English Edition, Product 975; Compatible With The Publisher’s Original Time’s Up! Expansion Cards. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Peter Sarrett

Artists

1
John Vetter

Publishers

6
R&R Games asmodee Competo / Marektoy Hobby World Morapiaf Piatnik

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