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Witty Chronos box art
2011 Ranked #20,655

Witty Chronos

This timing game has players place hourglasses on cards, claim them when the sand runs out, and reach one hundred points first. Leaving an empty glass blocks rivals, while special cards can abruptly end, swap, or disrupt the contest.

Action / Dexterity Card Game Action Timer Set Collection

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.71/5

Rating

5.85

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The player who first accumulates 100 points wins the game. Each player has two hourglasses of thirty seconds.

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The player who first accumulates 100 points wins the game. Each player has two hourglasses of thirty seconds. Cards shown a value from 10 to 50 or a special power. Cards are shuffled and placed in the center of the table into several piles of cards, face up. Houglasses are used to win cards. When a player places a hourglass on a card, he returns it to make it flow. Hourglasses can only be moved when they are emptied. When a player moves its hourglass (to another card), he wins the card on which he was, provided there was no other hourglasses on it. Players don't have to move their empty hourglasses, so they can block opponents. Some cards have special powers like "game ends now", "Cards exchange" or "remove an hourglass" that can change the game.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Guillaume Aubrun

Artists

1
Alex A.

Publishers

1
Witty Editions