Timeline Classic Blister

Description

The Timeline series of games have elements of educational trivia to them. Timeline is a card game by designer Frédéric Henry, and published by Asmodee. The aim is simple – can you get rid of your cards into the communal timeline, first?

Every player gets dealt a hand of cards, and a single one gets placed on the table. On one side of these cards is a historic event of some kind. It could be the creation of the first pencil. Or, it could be the first armed robbery from a bank! On the reverse is the date of said occurrence. The first player kicks off the challenge. They have to pick one of their cards and place it either side of that starter card. Thinking in a chronological sense, do they think it occurred before, or after that event?

They then reveal to see if they were correct. Got it right? The card stays in place, in among the timeline. Got it wrong? The card gets discarded, and that player has to take another card. As the game progresses, the timeline stretches out. The gaps between the dates get tighter and tighter. And the judgement calls get tougher and tougher!

The winner is the first player to get rid of all their cards. There could be a tie-break scenario if more than one player manages this feat on the same turn. In that case, all other players get eliminated and it goes down to a ‘sudden death’ bonus round.

There’s more than one ‘theme’ in among the Timeline series of games. (Some focus on inventions specifically, or discoveries.) Timeline: Classic doesn’t have a theme as such, but the mechanisms remain the same. Nevertheless, you can combine Timeline: Classic with any other title in the Timeline series for a bumper game! In this blister pack, it comes with 55 cards.

Player Count: 2-6 Players
Time: 15 minutes
Age: 8+