🎴 TIME SPLICERS — How to Play

🕒 Objective

Your goal is to collect 7 Time Crystals before your opponents.

Time Crystals are earned by causing Timeline Collapses.

🧩 Setup

• Each player receives:
  • 1 Meeple
  • 2 Time Jump tokens
  • 2 Time Freeze markers
• Each player draws 4 cards.
• Reveal one card to create the first Timeline.
• Place all meeples on this starting card.

🔄 Turn Structure

On your turn, you must perform ONE main action:

1️⃣ Move to an Adjacent Card

Move your meeple:

• to an adjacent card in the same Timeline;
• OR to a card with the same number in a different Timeline.

➡️ Then draw 1 card.

2️⃣ Use the Time Portal

The Time Portal allows you to teleport anywhere.

First Turn:

• Move to the Time Portal.
• Draw 2 cards.

Next Turn:

• Move from the Portal to any card in play.
• OR place a card and move onto it.

3️⃣ Place a Card and Move Onto It

You may place either:

➤ An Adjacent Card

The card must:

• be the same Timeline color;
• follow the Timeline’s numerical order.

Cards may be shifted to make room for an inserted value.

➤ A Parallel Card

You may create a new Timeline using:

• a different color;
• but the same number (Era).

⏳ Fixed Points in Time

Whenever there are:

• 3 cards of the same Era → gain 1 Time Jump token.
• 4 cards of the same Era → gain another Time Jump token.

✋ Hand Limits

Minimum Hand Size: 4 Cards

At the end of your turn:

• if you have fewer than 4 cards, draw until you have 4.

Maximum Hand Size: 7 Cards

If you ever exceed 7 cards:

1. Discard your entire hand.
2. Lose 1 Time Jump token.
3. Draw 4 new cards.

⚠️ If you cannot pay the penalty:

you are eliminated from the game.

✨ Special Cards

Special cards may be played at the beginning of your turn as a free action.

🌀 Quantum Tunnel

Move to any card in play before taking your normal action.

⚡ Time Jump

Move to any other card within the same Timeline.

A Time Jump token may also be used to:

• discard your hand;
• draw 4 new cards.

❄️ Time Freeze

Place this card at the end of a Timeline before leaving it to prevent that Timeline from collapsing when empty.

When you return to that Timeline:

• discard your Time Freeze card;
• recover your marker.

⚠️ Time Freeze does NOT prevent:

• Partial Timeline Collapses;
• Complete Timeline Collapses.

💎 Earning Time Crystals

🧨 1. Empty Timeline Collapse

When you leave a Timeline:

• with no other players remaining;
• and no Time Freeze card protecting it,

the Timeline collapses.

➡️ If it contained at least 3 cards:

gain 1 Time Crystal.

🔻 2. Partial Timeline Collapse

When you create a sequence of 3 consecutive cards:

• 1-2-3
• 4-5-6
• etc.

➡️ The sequence is discarded.

Meeples on those cards move to the nearest remaining card on the left.

➡️ Gain 1 Time Crystal.

☢️ 3. Complete Timeline Collapse

If a Timeline containing a Singularity (13) reaches 5 cards:

➡️ The entire Timeline is discarded.

Meeples are moved to another Timeline.

➡️ Gain 2 Time Crystals.

🏆 End of the Game

The game ends immediately when a player collects their 7ᵗʰ Time Crystal.

That player wins the game and successfully saves humanity. 🚀⏳