You and your friends are staring at a clock, armed with nothing but twelve face-down cards and the fragile hope that you understood each other on the BGA chat. That's Take Time, nominated for and recommended for several awards, and it's going to test you and whoever you’re playing with in the best possible way.
Take Time is a cooperative game where players work together to pass various tests, and win or lose as a team. To succeed, you must strategically play twelve cards face-down around a clock, following the special rules given for each test. The twist? Once you pick up your cards, you can't write or say another word. Nothing but the raw placement of a card to say "trust me" or "I've got this." It's communication stripped down to its purest, most nerve-wracking form.
For your first game, start simple. Clock 1, Chapter 1. Nail it, move to the next. Clear all four clocks in a chapter, and the next one's waiting for you.
And if you fail? That's not the end, that's the story getting good. Sit back, talk through what went wrong, figure out what you'd do differently, and go again. The best teams aren't the ones who never fail, they're the ones who come up with a better solution.
Working through the various tests is a learning process, and it can take time (bad pun intended). You'll need to know when to push through and when to step back. This means learning when it's worth retrying a failed test, and when it's better to skip it and move on. Above all, be patient. With yourselves. And with each other. In the end, you might surprise yourself with how much progress you make.
Whether you're racing through "Awakening" or chasing the mysteries of "Rebirth," Take Time rewards patience, intuition, and the quiet magic of a team that just gets it.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=taketime
Let’s take a minute to thank Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière, the game designers, as well as the good folks from Libellud for gracing us with their game. Let’s also salute the work and effort from dharf and BoucleMed for their port on BGA.
This was your Wednesday release.
Take time to enjoy this wonderous journey from start to finish! Take care and play fair…
