Books of Time

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

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 Colors 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)

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

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

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