Congratulations! You've just invented time travel!
Some day, you will use it to learn more about the history of the world, and perhaps even contribute to the betterment of Mankind.
But first, you're gonna play the stock market and get really, stupidly rich.
TimeLine is a simple tile-based game of time travel. Players will move through time collecting goodies, then take them to the end of time to sell them. It's a plain ol' abstract strategy game with a pretty clever mechanic, and it's one of the original Hip Pocket Games.
Of all the Hip Pocket Games, TimeLine probably benefits the most from being upgraded to full color. It used to use numbers and dots instead of colors, and that's just not right.
Along with the pieces below, you'll need a pawn for each player, and several colored chips (about 20) in four colors. Ideally, these colors are brown, yellow, red, and green.
The files:
- TimeLine Rules (1.8 MB)
- TimeLine Cards (8.6 MB)
- TimeLine Card Backs (Optional; 313 kb)
Like all of our free games, TimeLine is supported by your donations. If you like it, please share it with your friends, and donate a little bit of money to help keep us in business.
Because TimeLine is a 54-card game, it makes a great print-on-demand poker deck. Our source for this kind of work is a Hong Kong shop called Artscow, and here is a link to the Timeline project at ArtsCow. We don't get money from sales of that project, so please come back and donate whatever you think is reasonable if you choose to make your deck there.
Play Online: The folks at Taebl.com have posted a free online version of TimeLine. Taebl games don't actually know any game rules, but they do have all the game components in a handy online gaming room. Check it out!
