Chicken Time Warp Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• The Basics
• Set Up the Game
• Play Chicken Time Warp!
• Play! (Cont'd)
• Gotchas

The Basics

Objective: Win by acquiring the Escape Pod card and playing it when the Escape Window Timeline card is face up.

Each turn consists of 3 moves:

1. Turn over the next Timeline card.
2. Play a Game Play card (Optional).
3. Draw a Game Play card (Not Optional).

Use the Game Play cards in your hand strategically to alter time or mess with other players.

If you draw a You Dead card you are ... dead. Unless you have a Clux Capacitor card which you can play immediately to reverse time and come back to life.

Watching our "how to play" video is the best way to learn how to play! www.chickentimewarp.com/play

Set Up the Game

Organize the cards into 3 piles:

• Character cards (6 cards)
• Timeline cards (11 cards)
• Game Play cards (54 cards)

1. Character deck setup: Each player gets a character card and sets it face up in front of them.

2. Timeline deck setup: The 11 timeline cards are laid face down on the table arranged so that they count down from 10 to the Escape Window card.

3. Game Play deck setup: Remove the You Dead cards and the Time Slips Away cards (they are both black) from the deck and set them aside.

4. Shuffle the remaining Game Play cards. Deal 4 cards to each player.

5. Add the Time Slips Away cards and You Dead cards back into the Game Play deck. If you have 4 or fewer players, only put 6 You Dead cards back into the deck (and set the other 2 aside). Shuffle the deck thoroughly and set on the table as the draw pile. You are now ready to play!

Play Chicken Time Warp!

After setting everything up, your table should look something like this. Pick a player to go first.

On your turn, do these 3 things:

1. Turn the next Timeline card in the line to face up.
2. Choose whether or not you want to play ONE Game Play card from your hand, and if you do, follow the instructions on the card. (Create a discard pile next to the draw pile for played cards.)
3. Draw a Game Play card from the deck and add it to your hand.

There are 2 Game Play cards that must be played immediately:

1. You Dead
2. Time Slips Away

If a player draws a You Dead card, they can play a Clux Capacitor card from their hand to escape death (and reverse the timeline 3 minutes by turning the 3 most recent minute cards face down).

If the player has no Clux Capacitor card they set their character card face up above the current timeline card showing that they died on that minute.

Dead players are out of the game for the time being but keep their cards in their hand. HOWEVER, (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) if a player who dies has the Escape Pod card in their hand, the card moves to the living player next to them opposite of playing order. The You Dead card is then added to the discard pile. (Instructions continued on back.)

Play! (Cont'd)

If a player draws a Time Slips Away card, the highest timeline card is removed from the game and can no longer be traveled to. The Time Slips Away card is then added to the discard pile. Any dead player whose card is placed above a timeline card that is being removed is erased from time ... AND the game!

Coming back to life: When a Clux Capacitor card is played, any dead players whose cards were sitting above a timeline card that is turned to face down are brought back to life. They can continue to play in turn using the hand of cards they had when they died.

If you run out of cards in the game play draw pile, shuffle the discard pile and turn it face down to become the new draw pile.

Winning the game: If the Escape Window card is turned face up, the player with the Escape Pod can play it on their turn to win. If the Escape Window card gets turned back to face down before their turn comes around, they must wait until it is face up again to play it (in turn) and win the game.

Gotchas

Swap it Like it's Hot: In order to use a Swap Hands game card, you must have at least one card to swap (after playing the Swap Hands card).

Mooch Ado About Nothing: You cannot Mooch a "Time Slips Away" or "You Dead" card from the discard pile.

Sudden Death: If at any point there is only one player left alive, he or she wins regardless of whether or not they have the Escape Pod card.

The Final Countdown: If the Escape Window is the only card left in the timeline, all Time Slips Away cards are null and void. If you draw one, simply discard it and draw again.