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Art By
Published By
Year Published
2006
# of Players:
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
(11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
75 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
14 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(5 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Tempus
Alternate Names
Tempvs
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A civilization building game has been created that clocks in under two hours. Tempus plays on a modular board with an array of landscapes on each land tile to ensure a different game every session. Each turn pushes player's technological advancements forward, starting from fire and ending in the modern age.

Players are constantly faced with tough choices to vie for technological superiority or better positioning on the game board. This game features a rubber-banding mechanic in technological upgrading; where players catch up to the leader's advances at the end of every turn, and shoot forward to take advantage of any new technologies that are discovered. This keeps players constantly in check, while rewarding planning for the next turn by giving an edge-up.

Tempus showcases a simple diceless battle mechanic featuring a subtle fog of war with Idea cards. Each card is dual purpose. Using a card for war, means giving up extra abilities that the Idea cards can grant. Or you might just want to hold on to them to advance in technology.

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0 Reglas opcionales - Optional rules in Spanish
Adaptación del aleman de las reglas opcionales del juego. Spanish translation for the optional rules.
2009-01-31
0 Regras em Portugues
Regras em portugues - retirado da Ludopedia
2008-07-04
1 Tempus Chinese(simplified) Rulebook
complete simplified Chinese translation of official rulebook
2008-03-07
4 Tempus Rules Questions Summary (mini-FAQ)
A summary of all the rules threads on the BGG Tempus forums. Formatted into a one-page mini-faq (PDF format, ready for printing). Created by: the BoardGameGeek.com community Assembled by: Phoenixgeek Formatted by: Synistar
2007-12-11
7 Tempus_US_English_RULES.pdf
Tempus Rulebook - US English (posted with permission from Ron Magin, Cafe Games)
2007-05-22
5 Tempus tuckbox.pdf
Tuckbox for Tempus cards
2007-03-05
0 TEMPUS_aide_cartes.pdf
Aide de jeu VF - Traduction des cartes Idées
2006-12-15
0 Tempus_SchedaGiocatore.pdf
Italian Player Aid
2006-10-31
0 Carte_Idea_v_1_1.pdf
ITALIAN TRANSLATION of IDEA card - CORRECTED VERSION. ADMIN: Replace versione 1.0 with 1.1.
2006-10-31
0 Tempus carte in italiano.pdf
Translation of Idea cards
2006-10-31
Statistics
User Rank: 443
Num Ratings: 1577
Average Rating: 6.73
Standard Deviation: 1.41
Num Views: 133775
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.8 moreinfo
Fans: 2
Personal Comments: 743
Users Owning: 1628
Users Wanting: 131
Users Trading: 132
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 2115
Plays This Month: 0
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