Great Scott! Biff stole the DeLorean and went on a joyride through time, disrupting events and scattering items through space and time! Now it’s up to you to help Doc and Marty repair the space-time continuum before time paradoxes unravel the very fabric of the universe. Jump in your time machine, complete events, return items, and help! The future is in your hands!
In this cooperative dice game, you’ll take control of a DeLorean and travel through the entire Back to the Future film trilogy, completing memorable events and returning key items to their proper place and time before the OUTATIME tracker reaches “Game Over.” Each round, you and your fellow players will roll dice to determine your actions, which include time travel, moving meddling members of the Tannen family, and more.
You’ll use your dice to complete events from the films. Once an event is complete, you’ll draw an item card, which you’ll need to return by traveling to the year and location listed on the card. Then, the OUTATIME tracker is reduced — buying you more time — and you earn an Einstein token. Einstein tokens provide one action anyone can use later. In a pinch, you can even "ripple" dice by placing them on your space the board, allowing other players in future years to pick them up and use them!
After everyone has taken their actions, advance the OUTATIME tracker depending on which year has the most unsolved events. Finally, add Paradox tokens to all unsolved events on the board. In later rounds, these will cause the OUTATIME tracker to go up even faster! Return all the items before the OUTATIME tracker reaches “Game Over” to win!
- Solid cooperative experience with familiar IP
- Engaging dice-driven, time-puzzle mechanic
- Eases players into a familiar theme while delivering strategic depth
- Thematic reliance on IP may not appeal to non-fans
- Some edge-case scenarios can feel punishing if unlucky
- co-op puzzle resolution with time-travel logistics
- time-travel co-op adventure featuring the Back to the Future IP
- IP-driven, family-friendly with heavy emphasis on cooperation and theme resonance
- Elder Sign (co-op timing and dice management vibe)
- Cosmic Encounter Duel (two-player dynamics via dice-driven play)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative play with time-focusedObjectives — Players work together to return misplaced items to their correct years.
- Dice re-use and reroll options — Dice can be rerolled or transformed to achieve needed actions.
- dice-based action selection — Roll dice to perform time-travel actions; dice guide movements across timelines.
- Time-track and event cards — Event cards disrupt or advance progress across decades and locations.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Ascension tactics… live on Kickstarter
- the core tension of your game… every expansion has to add to that tension
- we brought in the best of deck-building and the best of tactical miniatures
- the snowball effect in miniatures games… we fixed that with territory control and points
- Kickstarter is about co-creating happiness with players