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Rules & Regulations

Everything you need to know to play Time Snatchers

🎯 1. Objective

Claim the most points when every year from 1900 to 2024 has been taken. Highest score wins.

🎲 2. Taking a Turn

🗺 3. Board Squares

⭐ START
No effect.
❓ Answer for 1 Year
Answer a trivia card to claim that year.
❓ Answer for 2 Years
Answer two cards for two different years.
🃏 Pick Up 1 / 2 Cards
Bank cards to answer on a future turn.
⏸ Lose A Turn
Turn ends immediately.
👆 Take 1 / 2 Years
Steal claimed years from an opponent.
🔄 Trade A Year
Swap one of your years for an opponent's.
🔀 Shuffle OOT
Draw from Out of Time pile and answer.

✅ 4. Answering

Each question shows the first 3 digits of the year (e.g. 196_). Pick the correct year from 4 multiple-choice options -- all from the same decade.

📁 5. Categories

🌍 General
📜 History
🔬 Science
🎬 Film & TV
🎵 Music
🏆 Sports
✨ Pop Culture
🎨 Art & Lit

🏅 6. Scoring

EraPoints
1900s & 1910s10 pts
1920s & 1930s9 pts
1940s & 1950s8 pts
1960s7 pts
1970s6 pts
1980s5 pts
1990s4 pts
2000s3 pts
2010s2 pts
2020-20241 pt

🏢 7. Local vs. Online

Local: Pass-and-play, up to 4 players, up to 10 saved games.

Online: Share a 6-character code. Play asynchronously. Board syncs automatically.