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Year
2020
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Description
"Wait a minute, Doc, are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?"
The photo of the McFly family is slowly fading... It's 1955, and you're wrapped up in a time paradox with Biff, Lorraine, George, and Doc Brown! Cooperate to move around Hill Valley to get the DeLorean ready, avoid Biff and his gang, help George and Lorraine fall in love, and crank the DeLorean up to 88 MPH — all just in time for the lightning to strike the Clock Tower, sending you back to the future!
In the fully co-operative game Back to the Future: Back in Time, each player takes on the role of a major character from the movie: Marty McFly, Doc Brown, Jennifer Parker, or Einstein the dog. The objective of the game is to have the characters move around 1955 Hill Valley, collecting certain items in an effort to fix Doc's famous DeLorean time machine, defeat Biff Tannen and his gang of trouble-making friends, while ensuring that Marty's parents fall in love. Only when that is accomplished can players then accelerate the DeLorean to 88 MPH down Main Street before the clock tower strikes 10:04 pm!
—description from the publisher
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Watch It Played Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative gameplay encouraging teamwork.
- Rich thematic integration with a time-travel story and love subplot.
- Flexible support options: players can assist each other and use items freely.
- Varied challenges with dice-based resolution and multiple reward paths.
- Rich component set and strong table presence.
Cons
- Rules can be complex and multi-layered, requiring careful setup and tracking.
- In-video demonstration sometimes ignores certain restrictions for clarity, which may differ from full gameplay.
Thematic elements
- time travel to repair the DeLorean and secure Marty’s existence by ensuring his parents fall in love; collect DeLorean parts
- Hill Valley map with ten named spaces
- cooperative, instructional playthrough with explicit rules and guided setup
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative interaction and assistance — Players can assist one another by spending face-up items and power tiles during challenges.
- DeLorean parts collection — Collect three DeLorean parts by rolling knowledge/wild symbols; move parts to Doc Brown’s house; collecting all three allows progress of the DeLorean.
- dice challenges — Roll dice corresponding to flipped tiles to resolve challenges; reroll unblocked dice; Biff symbols hinder progress; symbols include courage, speed, knowledge, love.
- Item/reward system — Opportunity rewards grant power tiles or items; items are drawn and exhausted until flipped face-up; can be used on future turns.
- Love meter and photo sections — Love meter tracks relationship progress between George and Lorraine; photo sections determine outcomes and potential loss if they fail; events move the meter and can flip photo sections.
- Movement and trouble cards — Draw and resolve movement cards to move characters; trouble cards impose ongoing effects on the board.
- Power tiles and actions — Flip power tiles to perform actions; exhausted tiles cannot be reused that round; tiles can be exhausted repeatedly to perform multiple actions; players can assist by exhausting their own tiles.
- Turn tracker phase — Move the turn tracker cube along the track based on the number of players, revealing symbols and resolving effects in each space.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- we're going to learn that two to four player game back to the future
- join me at the table and we'll learn how to play
- it's a cooperative game and we know that we're all working towards the same goals
- we're working together to repair the DeLorean by finding the necessary parts
- you can assist each other during particular challenges by exhausting their own face-up power tiles
- the sixth and final section of the McFly photo is turned face down
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No Rolls Barred Top List at 1:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cooperative and family-friendly feel
- charming aesthetic and components
- appeals to movie fans
Cons
- some players may want heavier Euro depth
- license-dependent availability can impact resale
Thematic elements
- cooperative time-travel and romance subplots
- Hill Valley, time-travel scenarios around 1950s-1980s
- whimsical, cartoonish, family-friendly
Comparison games
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
- Groundhog Day
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — players work together to achieve mutually beneficial objectives across time
- cooperative play — players work together to achieve mutually beneficial objectives across time
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- one of the cutest games i've ever seen
- it's a great time for a movie nerd to cross those streams and get into board games
- the thing infection outpost 31 or everything epic's awesome big trouble in little china aren't on here
- the back in time is also one of the hardest games i've ever played
- this is a license to print money but a hell of a game
- it's not just the art style which is super evocative and cool
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Foster the Meeple Discussion at 10:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- co-operative feel
- strong IP
Cons
- two-player expectations may vary
Thematic elements
- cooperative time-travel adventure to restore parents' romance
- Back to the Future universe, past to future time travel
- movie-licensed narrative
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — players work together to achieve goals
- theme-licensing and puzzle-solving — coordinate actions to move through time
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "we're going to go through all the games that we bought"
- "we acquired them"
- "we made it"
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