Timespan

Build a civilization that withstands the test of time! In Timespan, you shape human history by playing cards representing historic persons, legendary buildings, and groundbreaking technologies into your personal timeframe. But history never stands still: as time marches forward, older accomplishments are naturally pushed into your graveyard to make room for the new.

The Three Tracks of Progress

Drive your empire forward across three distinct avenues of development:

Culture: Unlock awe-inspiring wonders and expand your growing population.

Science: Discover unique, game-changing technologies.

Exploration: Advance your ship, plane, or spacecraft to secure exotic luxury resources.

Structure of a Round

Every round in Timespan demands clever tactical planning through four smooth phases:

Drafting & Discovery: In harmony track order, players draft fresh cards and a discovery tile from the current age.

Caravan Movement: Everyone may move their camel to visit and utilize the wonders built by rival players.

Simultaneous Action Phase: Players concurrently spend resources to deploy cards or assign population to activate them. This allows you to generate resources, advance on tracks, and collect luxury goods to upgrade your cards.

Income & Clean-up: Finally, everyone collects passive income from both their active timeframe and their graveyard before a brand-new round begins.

Ages & Golden Victory

A new historical era unfolds at the end of rounds 2 and 4, unlocking more powerful cards. When the final curtain falls, the player who has amassed the most victory points is crowned the greatest leader in history!