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Hi, Just to say – we have really enjoyed the game!
Ginny Barbour, Cambridge
Four of us have thoroughly enjoyed playing this game over Christmas
and New Year. Great fun and at the same time educational.
David King
Sevenoaks
I bought one for my brother in law for Christmas and it was a big
success!
C. Bircher, London
I got your game for Christmas and played it last night for the first time … it was great, and not only because I won… I’ll certainly be recommending it to others.
Peter Humphries, UK
It is a great game and excellent for my Dad who loves all things historical!! We have been recommending it to all!
Mrs Byron, Reading
I would like to say how much I enjoy playing about time which I got for Christmas!
Matthew Turner-Wilson, UK
Amazon consumer reviews – 5 stars
Good fun even if you’re not good at remembering dates., 2 Jan 2010
By Yssie (UK)
I bought this game so that we could play it with friends and family over Christmas. We’ve played it twice now and everyone enjoyed it. It can be played individually or in teams, so would be suitable to play with large numbers. We played it with two teams of three. Each team has a token which is an historical character (or alternatively they can create their own). One team starts by rolling the die, moving their token round the board, and asking the appropriate question, which depends on where they land. All teams make a guess at the answer, which is always a date. The team that is closest to the correct date wins the round and collects a coin-like counter. The team with the most counters at the end of the game wins. To make it more fun there are ways of asking for clues and also various hazards along the route, so a team that is winning could lose half their counters in a ‘duel’ or by ‘contracting the plague’! The board and all the accessories are well designed, strong and good to handle. There are sheets for writing down your answer which have a helpful timeline along the top. I have only played it with adults so far but, since it can be played in teams, children could be included. It did take a little while to work the game out and I would recommend a trial run. However there are cards with ‘quick rules’ on them, so each team can look up what different symbols mean. These worked very well and our friends picked up the game very quickly. Good game – thoroughly recommended.
Ms. B. Brown (UK) – 2007
It’s nice to see a new concept for a board game (not just a different
version of monopoly). Everyone getting to answer each question keeps
it interesting all the way through – even when you’re asked to give
the date of really obscure events, the closest date wins so it’s
always worth guessing. Nice balance of skill and luck – I can imagine when you get the hang of the time cards you’ll be able to win by scuppering even the best guessers. Can’t wait to play it again – even with my lack of historical knowledge!
J. Kennard (West Yorkshire, UK) – 2007
No more getting bored stiff while Grandma & Grandad spend for ever
arguing over exactly which year it was. With this game, everyone
answers the question and they’ve 30 seconds to do it; closest to the
answer wins the pot. Add to that the Timecards for some great player interaction (and skullduggery) and you’ve a game that knocks your bog-standard Triv into a cocked hat!
The quality of components and print is really, really good. This is a
classy game!
Charlotte P (Bristol, UK)- 2007
I loved this game! It is beautifully produced and such a good mixture
of knowledge and chance. We played it on Xmas day – a group of family
and friends between 20 and 60 years old – and everyone was fully
engaged by it. We played in three teams of 2-3 people per team and
were able to get into it quickly, learning the more complex aspects
as we went along.It is basically a game where you guess the date of
historical or recent happenings…. but our rather tenuous hold on
history didn’t spoil the fun! There were numerous opportunities for
cunning and luck to make and break your fortune of tokens, and plenty
of interest in the wide variety of questions asked. The attractive
board and novel question card holder all added to our enjoyment and
it will take us a long long time to get through the questions available.
I would imagine it could be played at a rather higher intellectual
level by history students and help people of all ages to construct a
mind map of our pasts – but for us we just had a good time and look
forward to playing it again.
DB (UK) – 2008
This game has a really well designed balance of skill, chance and
skullduggery and is dead easy to play, either individually or in
teams. Reverses of fortune can happen dramatically as players
unexpectedly find that half of their winnings are up for grabs
through the throw of the dice, or a challenge to a duel, or the play
of a joker by another team. This is really good fun, well presented,
and in many ways better than Trivial Pursuits.
About Time Die Zeit German Edition
*****Five STARS*****
Great Visuals – great Game!
An extremely well made and high-quality game:
There is great joy to be had in merely unpacking, looking at and
touching the game. Joy increases further with playing – and the
thinking and knowledge involved brings even greater happiness!
German reviews from Die Zeit website (translated) – all 5 STAR!
My Game of the Year!
I would not have thought that a Quiz game could grab me so. We
played About Time once and then played again straight away! Now we
want to arrange regular matches.
Guessing Fox, 12 October 2009
Nice Game!
A great game which teaches you whilst you play: The questions have
a good degree of difficulty, but you don’t need to be a university
graduate to play. Three of us played and it took one hour.
Doris Marquardt, 09 October 2009
Provocatively Good!
After we played this game last night, we happily reminisced about
earlier times. Power fun! Perhaps less suitable for younger children.
Paul Kloda, Wiesbaden, 09 October 2009
About Time Travel Edition has all the elements that make About Time such an addictive and attractive board game, but with a simpler, boardless playing mechanism, shorter playing time and new picture cards to bring an exciting visual element to the games play.
AT Travel Edition will be priced firmly in the range for spontaneous buys and is aimed squarely at the holiday and summer markets. Its compact box is ideal for retail display in airport and train stations, as well as high street retail.
About Time Travel Edition has been more than a year in development and testing. Circa Circa are releasing it in several versions including Wonders of the World and World Cup.
Circa Circa also aims to release licensed versions with tailored picture content. “We have talked to several potential partners in the media and heritage sector and there is a lot of interest in the potential of AT Travel Edition to bring the nation’s great archives to life in an entertaining and educative game format,” said Circa Circa chief executive Matt Gould. “We are very confident that the attractive price point, packaging and content will be a winner with consumers, retailers and licensees alike.”
For more information come and visit Circa Circa’s at Spring Fair (7-11 February) at stand 40, Hall 5, and talk to us about our range of own published and third party products. Circa Circa are also attending the London Toy Fair at Olympia on 26-28 January and the Nuremberg Toy Fair from 4-9th February.
We will also be unveiling our online game, Timeblast, at the trade fairs.
Circa Circa will be exhibiting at:
Toy Fair, Olympia, London, Jan 26-28 in association with Seager Games.
Toy Fair, Nuremberg (Messe), Feb 4-11, Hall 11.1
Spring Fair, NEC, Birmingham Feb 7-11. Stand 40, Hall 5
New York Toy Fair, Jacob J. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, Manhattan Feb 14-17 in association with PSI.
A token marked ‘1’ is taken from the bag and put in the Pot at the start of each round. Tokens marked with a 10 never go from the bag into the Pot. These tokens are equivalent to, and can be swapped for, a token marked with a 10, when players start to accumulate lots of tokens.
No tokens are distributed to players at the start of the game.
]]>And here is a link to the Telegraph’s About Time board game listing" in the ultimate gift guide for teenagers – and we are at No 2!
]]>Brighton – 2nd December 2009: In a joint fund-raising effort with Community Opportunity, a project founded by Sussex University students, Circa Circa Ltd, the developers of the exciting new board game ‘About Time’®, are donating £2 for every copy of their game bought online by the charity’s supporters to help the Malawi-based project.
The project, now also comprised of Sussex alumni and members of the local Brighton community, supports Community Based Organisations (CBOs) to provide training in the practical skills and theoretical knowledge needed to establish successful enterprises, thus helping build the local economy. The Malawi-based project is partnered with Samalani Orphan Care and Youth Organisation. The project’s aim is to:
1. Help local young people into employment by providing business skills training and advice alongside training in carpentry, tailoring and knitting.
2. Equip the participants with the skills they need to develop a locally-driven business, recycling a percentage of any profit back into the Samalani centre, whilst providing them with knowledge for longer-term employability.
Together they help Samalani provide:
“We are delighted to support this worthwhile charity”, says Iain McGill, co-inventor of ‘About Time’® and director of Circa Circa. “As a Brighton-based company we aim to be good citizens and Community Opportunity has a very deserving project in Malawi, especially as Christmas draws near.”
‘About Time’® will also be on sale on campus at the John Smith book store with a fiver off for a student price of £25, of which £1 will go directly to the charity.
Off –campus supporters of the charity can purchase the board game on About Time’s board games website quoting the secret discount code for a discount. Circa Circa Ltd will donate £2 for every game bought this way through their site.
‘About Time’®, the challenging new trivia board game, is a hugely entertaining board game for ages 12+ that invites players, either as individuals or in teams, to take a journey through time.
The game tests players’ general knowledge, as well as lateral thinking and poker-style cunning.
There are nearly 300 question cards and over 1,600 questions about important events, dating from 1,000 BC to the present day. Players assume the identity of historical characters and move around the board, collecting tokens as they win a round by guessing closest to the date of a historical or popular event.
‘About Time’® is available at Harrods, Lakeland and independent retailers throughout the UK. For further information visit the board games website or contact info@playabouttime.com or call Iain McGill on 07984 623 159.
]]>It’s for the US edition, but it tells you all you need to know.
]]>About Time is a great new trivia game first seen on BBC2’s Dragons’ Den in which players guess the year of iconic events through time. About Time continues to receive excellent reviews for its inclusive games play mechanism, and for its outstanding design and content. As you only need to get closer than other players, there are no wrong answers in About Time, and plenty of curve balls during the game to keep things exciting.
]]>Great Visuals – great Game!
An extremely well made and high-quality game:
There is great joy to be had in merely unpacking, looking at and touching the game. Joy increases further with playing – and the thinking and knowledge involved brings even greater happiness!
World Class Game. The mixture rocks!
The questions on 2500 years of mankind’s history from the categories of literature, spirit of the time, politics, art and everyday life are very original and apparently inexhaustible. We are overwhelmed by the finesse and abundance of the game.
- Isolde More Zierer, 03 November 2009
Simply mad!!!
Finally something new in the labyrinth of trivia guessing games.
There were lots of us and we had loads of fun, re-discovering history in the process. This is a really top game.
- Markus Gersch, Cottbus, 28 October
My Game of the Year!
I would not have thought that a Quiz game could bind me so. We played About Time once and then played again straight away! Now we want to arrange regular matches.
- Guessing Fox, 12 October 2009
Nice Game!
A great game which teaches you whilst you play: The questions have a good degree of difficulty, but you don’t need to be a university graduate to play. Three of us played and it took one hour.
- Doris Marquardt, 09 October 2009
Provocatively Good!
After we played this game last night, we happily reminisced about earlier times. Power fun! Perhaps less suitable for younger children.
- Paul Kloda, Wiesbaden, 09 October 2009