Take Time is an abstract cooperative game for two to four players. Players need to play cards around a disk, mostly face down, without any communication or coordination. There are restrictions that must be adhered to. After all cards are played, you reveal them all and check whether you win. Cards are played into six segments around the disk. Generally you win if the sums of the card sets are in ascending order. The game comes with 40 different challenges.
The card deck consists of 24 cards. Half are sun cards and the other half are moon cards. Each set is numbered 1 to 12. The sun and moon cards have different backs, so when your fellow player plays a card face-down, you know which type the card is. You just don’t know the number.
This is a puzzle game. You have some information and you need to work together with your friends to solve the puzzle. Most cards are played face down. However there are a few opportunities for cards to be played face up. Anyone can use this at any time, when you think it is important to convey some concrete information. You can make deductions from your friends’ actions. Anyone can be the start player in a game. When one player chooses to go first, it means something. When a player plays a card to the highest value or lowest value slot, that card is likely a very high or very low card. The card colours help you make deductions.
That feeling of communicating through actions is surreal. It is satisfying when you devise a way to communicate something, and your friends understand what you are trying to convey.
The 40 puzzles are replayable, because the next time you play you will draw different cards. The rules and restrictions are the same, but the situation will be different due to the card deal.
I have only played the first puzzle. I’m looking forward to explore this game further.