Chrononauts

by Looney Labs

Product Features

• In Chrononauts, each player becomes a time traveler, with a unique identity and a secret mission.
• During the game, players travel backwards and forwards through history, doing all those things people have always dreamed of using a time machine to do
• Visit the great moments of the past, peek into the future, collect up impossible artifacts and priceless works of art (at the moment just before history records their destruction), come to grips with the paradoxes of time travel, and of course, change pivotal events and alter the course of history itself.
• It's all packed into a fast and easy Fluxx-style card game that will take you to the beginning of time and back again.
• Expansions:* Chrononauts: Lost Identities, * several promo cards. Awards:* 2000: Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00065IQ32
• Manufacturer recommended age: 11 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,832 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

In Chrononauts, each player becomes a time traveler, with a unique identity and a secret mission. During the game, players travel backwards and forwards through history, doing all those things people have always dreamed of using a time machine to do: Visiting the great moments of the past, peeking into the future, collecting up impossible artifacts and priceless works of art (at the moment just before history records their destruction), coming to grips with the paradoxes of time travel, and of course, changing pivotal events and altering the course of history itself. How would the timeline be different if Lincoln and JFK had not been assassinated? And is that the version of reality that you came from originally... the one you must return to in order to win? It's all packed into a fast and easy Fluxx-style card game that will take you to the beginning of time and back again. Prequel:* Early American Chrononauts - can be played together in a combined game. Expansions:* Chrononauts: Lost Identities, * several promo cards. Awards:* 2000: Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three games in One, August 12, 2005

By 

John Liosatos (Crook County, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chrononauts (Toy)

I have to admit this is quite possibly the best game I've ever played. You are a time-traveller trying to change recorded history to fit your history. And there are 3 ways to win: Changing the timeline to suit your history, gathering 3 artifacts on your wish list, or amassing 10 cards in your hand.

Also, you can break up the deck to play the simple artifact game, which is a lot quicker and takes up less table room. Or if by yourself, you can play solonauts, a solitaire version of Chrononauts. Try to get 8 time travellers home before the deck runs out. It's not as easy as it first sounds.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chrononauts, November 1, 2004

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Penn Davies (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chrononauts (Toy)

This is quite possibly the best board game ever. I say board game, because you build a board out of the cards, thus you need a significant playing area (enough for a 4x8 grid of cards). Basically, everyone is playing time travellers from the future, trying to manipulate the timeline (the board) to their own advantage, with secret goals. It's great fun for all ages who can read well, and gives a brief overview of important dates in history as well, starting with Lincoln's death. Plus, in what other game can you assassinate Hitler over and over again?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "So you wanna be a time-traveller?", May 22, 2007

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Trousle Undrhil "Living the good life..." (Palmacosta, Sylvarant) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chrononauts (Toy)

Well, the first rule of time-travel: "If you wanna go back, you've gotta break some eggs." Or something like that. :) This game is so much fun! It basically breaks down to "I'm a time-traveller and my time line is gone. I have to make the current time line my own time line again so I can go home." "Well, I'm a time-traveller too but my time line isn't the same as yours. So, I have to make sure you don't make yours and I make mine, so I can go home."

So, your home time line existed because Hitler was assassinated and the Titanic didn't sink? Well, you have the equipment to make it happen that way again. The problem is that your opponents have the equipment to make it *not* have that way. So, it's a race against time (hah!) to see who can recreate their time line first.

This game is kind of difficult to get the hang of at first, but once you've played a few times, you'll be a Chrononaut expert. Also, the box says that playtime is anywhere from 15-30 minutes. Well, I haven't had a game last less than an hour yet. *NOTE* This is not a complaint! :-D