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Books of Time

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A simple and fast-playing, innovative twist on tableau building and set collection. 1-4 Players | 45-60 Mins | Ages 14+ Features: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game The history of humankind has been written down for thousands... Read More

Players

1–4 players

Time to play

45–60 minutes

Age

14 years or older

$9499
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Books of Time

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A simple and fast-playing, innovative twist on tableau building and set collection.

1-4 Players | 45-60 Mins | Ages 14+

Features: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game

The history of humankind has been written down for thousands of years. Our technological achievements, geographical discoveries, and the will to prosper are woven into intricate threads spread throughout books that tell the story of our time on Earth. Now you have the chance to shape this story.

Books of Time puts a unique and exciting twist on tableau building, allowing you to construct three great books, each with their own sets of special abilities that you can write, thereby creating incredible combinations. The story of a civilization is now truly at your fingertips.

Three types of pages go into player books: trade, science, and industry. During the game, you add pages to these books to create powerful combinations of actions that you can activate. You need to efficiently manage your resources to create the books that will meet your personal objectives and score you the most points.

Contents:

  • 8x Industry Cover Tiles
  • 8x Science Cover Tiles
  • 8x Trade Cover Tiles
  • 2x Chronicle Cover Tiles
  • 13x Binder Rings
  • 5x Bookmarks (1 In Each Of The 4 Player Colours And 1 Chronicle Bookmark)
  • 24x Starting Pages
  • 72x Regular Pages
  • 23x Chronicle Pages
  • 1x Civilization Board
  • 4x Player Boards
  • 16x Science Tokens
  • 4x Player Reference Cards (1 Per Player)
  • 16x Industry Objective Tiles
  • 16x Science Objective Tiles
  • 16x Trade Objective Tiles
  • 8x Victory Point Tokens (With 50 Victory Points Printed On One Side, And 100 Victory Points Printed On The Other Side)
  • Track Markers
  • 24x File Tokens
  • 36x Pen Tokens (28x Denomination Of 1, 8x Denomination Of 5)
  • 36x Paper Tokens (28x Denomination Of 1, 8x Denomination Of 5)
  • 1x Chronicle Lectern (To Be Assembled From Several Components)

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 6425453001512

Publisher: Board & Dice

Board game mechanics: Deck building, Open Drafting, Solo / Solitaire Game

Color pattern: White, Brown, Green

Recommended age group: 14 years or older

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 2420g

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