McGuffin: Time Travel Version

A fast-paced, card-driven game of paradoxes, prediction, and quantum mischief. In McGuffin: Time Travel Version, players compete to outwit one another across twisted timelines using an identical set of cards — and one mysterious McGuffin whose true nature is hidden until the moment of revelation. Will it bring glory... or disaster? Each round centres on the McGuffin Card, secretly loaded with either a Stable Timeline (+2 points) or a Paradox (–1 point). Players take turns playing cards that manipulate the McGuffin’s position, interrupt plays with temporal tricks, or unleash legendary devices like the H.G. Wells Time Machine, Professor When’s Time Machine, or the Philadelphia Experiment. As the McGuffin shuffles between players, you'll need to balance strategic movement, well-timed discards, and bold prediction. Should you risk opening the McGuffin? Or hold on and hope its contents favour you? For those seeking deeper strategy, the Timeline Prediction variant allows players to secretly wager on the McGuffin’s true identity — with points to gain or lose. Simple to learn, rich in bluffing and timing, McGuffin: Time Travel Version is a clever blend of deduction, deception, and sci-fi chaos. It’s not just about what's in the box — it’s about when and whether you dare to open it. —description from the designer