Gamehelpthattimeyoukilledme

Overview

Erase the rival timetraveller from two out of three time boards

Boards

There are three boards

Past

Present

Future

Actions on earlier boards can affect outcomes on later boards, such as placing a piece in the past board may mean it will be there in the future board

Although the boards are split by time, each space on the board is the same physical space

As you move between the boards, you create more copies of yourself on other boards

You have a Temporal Focus marker to show you (and your opponent) which time board you intend to act in next

Turn

On the Time Board your Temporal Focus is currently at, pick a Copy of yourself which resides there (at the start of the game you only have a single copy in each time board)

Take 2 actions with that selected copy

Move your Temporal Focus marker to a different time board (this doesn't have to be adjacent, just different)

If you start your turn with no Copies in your current Focus time (perhaps due to actions your opponent performed) then you can only take step 3, move the Temporal Focus

In addition, if you have multiple Copies to choose from, and one can take the full 2 actions and the other can only take 1 or no actions, you MUST choose the copy which can take the full 2 actions. If all are equal in action opportunities, you can choose between those.

Actions

You can take the same action twice, or two different actions

There are 2 basic actions: Move & Time Travel

Move

Move 1 space in an orthogonal direction (if you take this action twice, you can choose a different direction on the second move)

You CANNOT move into walls

If you move into an opponent piece, push them 1 space in the same direction

If you push an opponent piece into a wall or other immovable object, they die

If you push an opponent piece into another opponent piece, they BOTH die

Dead pieces are taken by the player who killed them, they do NOT go back into the owner's supply

If you push an opponent piece into one of your pieces, no death just a chain push (exception: walls/immovable objects for potential death)

You CANNOT push yourself

Time Travel

If you time travel forward, move your piece to the same space on the immediate next time (past to present or present to future, no past to future)

If the space you would travel to is occupied, by piece or object, you cannot take this action

If you time travel backwards, place a copy of yourself in the same space in BOTH time boards. However, if you still have actions to take, these are taken with the copy in the EARLIEST time board.

If you have no copies in your supply, you cannot travel backwards. In addition, if the space is occupied, you cannot travel backwards. In addition addition, you cannot travel backwards then forwards as the later space is now occupied.

You can take 2 Time Travel actions, but each must fully resolve before taking the next.

End of Game

The game ends if, at the end of your turn, you have eliminated your opponent from at least 2 of the 3 time boards

Note that if you eliminate yourself from 2 of 3 time boards on YOUR turn, your opponent doesn't win, it's only at the end of your turn that you check for your win (although there's a good chance your opponent will probably win at the end of their next turn, but this isn't guaranteed....)