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T.I.M.E Stories
T.I.M.E Stories is a narrative game, a game of “decksploration”. Each player is free to give their character as deep a “role” as they want, in order to live through a story, as much in the game as around the table. But it’s also a board game with rules which allow for reflection and optimization.
90m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
adebisi
Played the first scenario and had a blast. I really think, that T.I.M.E Stories provides a solid platform for the most inventive and surprising adventures seen in a boardgame format. The basic ruleset seems to be rather robust while still allowing for a lot of flexibility in writing the story and designing the puzzles. My prediction is that the true potential of this game is yet to be seen, since it really boils down to the skills of the authors of the future stories. Basically the options are infinite. So, I think it will be unfair to judge the game on a basis of a single story since the next one may be worse or better. As a matter of fact, T.I.M.E Stories is a platform while the game comes in the scenarios. The first scenario included in the base game was purely designed for one time use with no replay value whatsoever. But this does not have to be the case, since future scenarios may well stand the test of multiple plays. It is just a question how cunning the designers become. The only thing I am worried about is the amount of money needed to keep the game fresh. However, I reckon the demand and offer for used copies of the scenarios in the market will reach a nice equilibrium rather quick.
Ajax
Quite innovative game play. Essentially a choose-your-own-adventure story in co-op game form. I'm not a fan of how you really have to "play to lose" 1 or 2 games first before you can "solve" the game. And I don't like memory elements in games. Those aside, this was quite an experience: a fun way to spend the evening with friends...even though you only get to play it once. I love how they made this "expandable." Almost creates a new sub-genre of games.
AKHQA
This game is for people who don't play board games. I think non-gamers will enjoy the mechanics of skill checks, location moves, etc. I'm an actual gamer, skill checks is nothing new to me \and I think they should dug a little deeper with the mechanics. The prologue is great! The story ideas is awesome, but that's just the prologue, when you start getting into the story mechanics it's just dull to me. This is nothing more than a point and click adventure. If you're not a gamer that will mean nothing to you. I give it a 5 for prologue, components and setup. The layout of the game is stunning! But layout don't make a game.