Congratulations! Clearly this is a sign that you should pursue a game based on the 1980's film "Short Circuit"... Definitely a sign and not me selfishly coercing you into making a game about one of my other favorite 80's movies...
I love that two, awesome looking Back to the Future games are coming out at the same time. And by different publishers and design teams. Both games look excellent and each is its own unique game that really only share a theme (and use dice), but look completely different gameplay wise. This IP truly deserves the love and attention that these two design teams gave to these two games! So thank you to both Ravensburger and Funko Games, and their excellent designers! And thank you Rodney for teaching us how to play them both 😀
Thank you so much for the explanation - we've just spent a fantastic hour playing, laughing and literally bending time! 5* game - we're all looking forward to the next time we can play!
Back to the future is back in full force! I liked both games you taught, Rodney, thanks! Guess it's time to buy some grey shirts, i've got a hunch they'll be fashionable in the future...
Hi James! I will say that the game works perfectly as a solo experience. Just use two DeLoreans and set up for a two player game. It’s a really fun puzzle to solve that way!
Thank you. You explained this a lot better than the booklet with the game. I still don’t really understand it, but I have a better clue as to what to so. I just got this game for 8 dollars on clearance at Target.
You can "ripple" more than one die? We tried playing the game over the weekend and lost pretty bad... I came here because I thought I was doing it wrong (and I am)... thank you for the help! Was just checking up on the rippling dice effect.
I love this board game, you get to travel in time, explore hill valley in different time streams, avoid your past self, try not to create paradoxes and go through events trying to solve them all in one board game. So you basically get to see what Marty feels like in the movies when he’s running around trying to solve the space time continuim
Another great video, as always. Thank you. I can't wait to get a copy of this game and play it. I always loved the BttF films, so playing this game is all about nostalgia. Anyway, see you back in 1955.
Rodney: "Now you might be asking, what are paradox tokens?" Me: "No." Rodney: "How did they get on the board?" Me: "No." Rodney: "What are you talking about?" Me: "No." Rodney: "Why did your shirt change?" Me: *Doc Brown Voice* "Precisely."
Oh no Rodney of the Future, wears grey shirts instead of plaid! Rodney is going to travel through time to get a board game from the past and future! I am always excited about Back to the Future board games!
Got this game for the kids for Christmas and started reading the directions. I looked up halfway through and they were gone and I was still completely lost as to how to even do the first step. Such a complex game with, these two dice can replace any others, oh and the wrench can too and on and on. The directions had us so lost. We’ll try again with this video at the table with us.
You can do it Pamela! If I could offer a recommendation: with kids especially, it can sometimes be nice if one player at the table already understands the game, and can just answer any questions that come up. You may want to take 15 minutes with the video, and watch it through yourself, just make sure you have a pretty good idea of how it works. You can even then try playing a round or two on your own - again, just to make sure you've got it. Then, you can watch the video through with the kids again, to help them get a handle on it, but you yourself will already be confident that when paying, you can answer any questions they might have. Modern board games tend to have a little more going on than older ones which usually just involve rolling a die and moving a piece - but this also means that everyone at the table will have more control over what's happening (rather than just letting a random die decide), and you may find that these extra choices (although they seem like a lot at first), will become really interesting for all of you to work through as you try to win together! And don't worry if you lose at first, that's part of the challenge. With the first game under your belt and a better understanding of the game play, each game will get better, and you'll really feel like you're accomplishing something together. All the best and have fun!
Wow this game is pretty complicated. This video definitely helps but I’ll have to watch it a few more times before understand how to actually play the game
Yeah these board games are something else. I have a player with me and we’re both stumped. Wanna setup some sort of online room and play/figure it out together?
It's not so bad but it needed a better player mat. The player mats are huge and could have contained a lot more information for what you do when you clear an event or return an item, and what you do at the end of each round. A little bit more could have been right in front of us for quick reference cuz we kept having to refer to the book.
11:16 can you ripple multiple dice? I was wondering because in the rules it used the singular term for dice. Maybe rippling multiple dice was mentioned somewhere else in the rules? I don’t know.
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
So, does all those back to the future boardgames are coming out now for a reason? Did the IP got released in a way that they can create boardgames without bureaucracy?
Hey thanks for the help! Got this at clearance and turned out to be more fun than I thought! Especially as an avid BTF fan myself! I have a question, I was wondering 1) How many Einstein Tokens can be used in a round? 2) Can 2 Einstein Tokens be used to do Mr. Fusion?
Hi Rodney, love all your watch it play videos they truly help out when directions are sometimes a bit confusing!! Quick question thou, on rippling dice you said all unused dice may be used for future selves.. when I read the directions it says “during your turn you may choose to place an unspent die…” maybe I’m reading it wrong but it sounds like only one can be saved. Also for Einstein tokens it sounds like any player “may remove an (1) Einstein token during the action turn. So does that mean if 3 or 4 are available up top, only may choose 1? Or could you use multiples?? So very every turn , if two people , you could technically have “6” actions? 4 of your dice, 1 saved from other player and 1 Einstein move?
Hey Matthew, sometimes the videos end up being more accurate than the instructions, because I prompt them for more details, and discover things that got missed. This video was checked by the publisher before it went live, so you can proceed with confidence :) If we do have corrections, they will be located in a pinned comment or the description. Not near my copy right now to double check on your questions in detail, but if the video answers you questions, you can trust the video. Cheers!
Thank you Rodney for the quick response! Knowing that you even question the publisher before posting works for me!! Keep up the great tutorials! If I see new games that look interesting, I ALWAYS search your site to see if you have made one! Keep up the amazing work and have a wonderful New Year
9:55 The rule book states you can immediately return an item when possible, and that you can return one as soon as an event is cleared. So you could then draw another item
Hey Astarrr, I'm travelling, so I can't easily confirm this ruling for you, but I can say the publisher and designer checked this video over before it went live, so I have some confidence that the way the video shows it is correct.
Thanks for this, Rodney. Although Ravensburger is located in Germany, there will be no German version of this game! Anyhow, your video brings some light to the rules and I guess I can now start to play and teach in German 🙂
I should have watched this video before father's day Sunday, when I got the game as a gift, and tried playing with my 6 and 3 year old sons. I mean, I knew the game wasn't gonna be easy and designed for their age level, but we still had fun!
I don't review or recommend in my tutorials. I don't feel confident I can say for someone else what they would enjoy. Hopefully the video can give you a sense of whether or not it might appeal to you. That said, I only feature games on the channel that I enjoy in some way, so take that for what it's worth :)
Watched the video to see if we had played correctly. We did, but we lost with 4 people on “easy” mode. Those actions cards can really hose you during a round.
Thank you Rodney! Love and look forward to your videos. Been playing the game with my kids the last few days and we have a quick question. I know that once an event with a chicken shows up, the Biff from that year moves directly to that event/location...what happens when another event with a chicken from the same year is drawn? We assume that Biff just moves to the new (most recent) event/location and leaves the old event with a chicken. Thanks!
Thanks for the tutorial ! Quick question , once you’ve completed a locations events , do you get to move the outatime back a space ? Or is that only when you return a stolen item ?
How do you leave behind the rippling dice for others? Just put them on your space and leave them there for the one round, or for all rounds? Or do you need to do something special (get specific icon etc) to leave them behind?
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully by checking each out, you can get a sense of which would appeal to you most!
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there (this video shows a 2 player game being set up). You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
Thanks a lot for the video! Please help me with something: do I have to advance the outtime marker after every round with only the new paradoxes or with all of them? For example if I have 2 unresolved events with paradox tokens in one time line, it means I have to take four steps on the marker, and if I can't solve those events in next round, I have to count them again? If I have a Doc symbol, I can remove the paradox tokens, but in the next round I have to put back the same paradox tokens if I didn't resolve the events? This part of the game is very confusing to be honest.
Thanks for the explanation! Really useful to get started. Quick question: is there a limit to how many Einstein tokens you can use and when? There's not much instruction on it so my brother and I just go wild with them, but it feels like we're probably missing something...
I don't offer reviews and recommendations here. What I like and what you like might be something different, but hopefully the videos can give you a sense of the games you you can see what might appeal about them both to you. I will just say this - I intend to hang onto both of them.
I might be misunderstanding the question, but there wouldn't be event cards in that space, if you're turning in an item. See here: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html - does this help?
Hi, do you turn over one event card and then everybody has a go at resolving it or does the first player reveal all three then each player has a go at resolving them all? To clear an event do you just need dice with the same pictures on as the event card or do you also have to carry out the dice action? Thanks
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
I consider myself intelligent, but even with your awesome video, I am still confused with this game. I hope I can figure it out quickly so I can explain it to my teens.... 😩
Sometimes it can help to have the game set up in front of you during the video, and even try a few sample turns on your own, to see if you've got it down.
Tried working this game out recently and it was so confusing. Found this video and it's ace at explaining it, but my word the game is clearly far too complicated. Will stick with it though and see if we can't get better, but the fact that I had to come and find help online just screams that it's a bit too complex...
Hey Dave, glad the video was helpful! There are a large variety of board games on the market now and they span a wide spectrum of complexity - and the more time you spend with them, the less complex they start to seem (you may even find yourself craving greater complexity... which I know that may seem bizzare right now, but it happens :) ). Either way, whether easier or more complex, the important thing is that you have fun, and I hope you do have fun as you play!
What do you do if you have unspent dice that you don't want to use? For instance they won't do you any good and you would rather stay on your current location for your next turn. Do you simply forfeit the rest of your turn?
You will place all drawn cards at the beginning of the round, before moving on to rolling dice. So in a four player game, you will place all 8 event cards (one at a time) before moving on to the next step.
I have questions. On my turn can I only move my color DeLoreon or any because it’s coop? Also if I flip over an event that no one can complete do we turn the rest over or discard?
Hey Ben, 1) You can only move your own DeLorean: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html 2) Can you explain what you mean by "an event no one can complete"?
@@WatchItPlayed On your turn you flip one event or all? If you flip one at a time and no one can complete it with their dice do you flip the next event or is it the end of that round?
@@bensilliman676 You flip all of them, but they suggest doing it one at a time. The part I'm confused about is you saying "no one can complete it". Perhaps watching this section of the video will help: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html. For example, location event are just set on the board. You don't complete them when they are revealed - you have to instead find ways to complete them as you play.
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you! I have a couple more questions, if you don’t mind. Can you move from the far right of the board to the left side by moving right once? Can you use more than one Einstein token per turn? If so, can you combine them to make mr fusion or use one to create mr.fusion with one of your own die? After clearing events, can you return a stolen item afterwards on the same turn? Can you return an item if just Biff is on that space. That’s all I can think of at the moment... Great tutorial! Made learning the game much quicker and easier for us!
If I only play 2 players do I still need to put all the biffs and the other year cards that we aren’t using from that biffs year? For example if me and my friend choose 1955 biff and 2015 biff, do we still need to put 1985 biff and 1885 biff on the board and the 1885 cards and the 1985 cards on the deck or do we take them out ?
@@megangarcia6991 All of them, you'll find that covered here: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html, and you'll notice in this video I'm setting up a 2 player game.
Can we add another time slot for 2020 as an expansion? It’ll have the items: face mask, murder hornets, protest signs, etc. events: pandemic, news briefs, protests, etc. random spaces will close down and every space will have a permanent paradox token. 😄
My wife and I have played this twice now, and we have concluded that this game is nearly impossible to win... What are we missing?! Is this game super difficult? We are even only starting with 2 items per time line.
Hey Chris, it's tough to say, not being there to assist :) I did win my first game of it, it was a close call. That said, it's good when co-operative games are challenging, so you have a reason to go back and keep trying. Keep us posted on how you do!
@@WatchItPlayed Well, we just played our 3rd game, which started strong, but we lost that one as well. We definitely really like the game, but I'm still convinced we are doomed. 🤷♂️ 🙂 Tomorrow we shall give it another go. Hopefully we will still exist after all is said and done. 👍
I think our biggest hurdle is that every round we draw 3 more event cards each, and unless they are action cards we end up with more events than we can clear each round, which is where the loosing battle exists. Even if we both clear 1 or 2 events/locations, we are still putting down as many as 6 events. The end of the round essentially always has more spaces to move the outatime token than we can save by clearing events, which means it's always moving to the right. Does that sound correct?
@@WatchItPlayed OK, I think I've had a breakthrough! I think I realized today after rereading the instructions yet again that only the player with the first player marker draws the 3 cards for that round (for a 2 player game). We have been playing that each player draws 3 each round, making that 6 cards each round... Does my new understanding ring true? Its only 3 cards per round, correct?
It depends on what you are looking for. Dice Through Time lets you jump through the time periods of all three films, returning lost items and managing an increasing number of paradoxical dangers as they pop up. Back in Time follows the events of the first film, and has you concentrating on getting George and Lorraine to fall in love while getting the DeLorean in place to get back to 1985. Both are cooperative and both use dice, but they do these things in very different ways. Both game are luck-driven but each has ways to offset that, though from one play to another, the game can be really difficult or even be a breeze (if the dice and cards are in your favor). If you love BTTF, I think both games deserve a place on your shelf. Beyond that, you'll have to check out Rodney's videos and other sources to figure out which one works best for you, since they each feel different. Good luck! :)
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
This not a complaint but an observation the art on all the Back to the Future games are not that great. I wonder if that has to do with licensing of the game.
Achievement Unlocked: have a game you helped design explained by Rodney Smith. Again. Mind. BLOWN.
Congratulations!
Clearly this is a sign that you should pursue a game based on the 1980's film "Short Circuit"... Definitely a sign and not me selfishly coercing you into making a game about one of my other favorite 80's movies...
@@Leron... Noted. (scribbles on pad and calls co-designers)
Congrats. 🙂
@@Leron... I would absolutely buy a Short Circuit game. "Here's your table, sir!"
Love the game! We had a ton of fun playing last night!
Thanks, Rodney. It's as if teaching this game were your density! Excellent job!
Don't think I forgot your threats that if I didn't, I might be erased from existence.
Last night Darth Vader said if I don't play this game he'll melt my brain
DESTINY! You sound like a damn fool saying it wrong!
5:45 I didn't notice the shirt change until you mentioned it.
Maybe I'll go down to the Lone Pine Mall and pick this up.
Weird, we have a Twin Pines Mall in my town. I wonder if they're somehow connected?
Kevin Gordon hey wait...why can I see through my hand now!?
This is heavy
@@davincent98 Great Scott!
If you have been to the Twin Pine mall, aka the Puente Hills mall, then you would know it’s filled with worthless stores and no game stores
I love that two, awesome looking Back to the Future games are coming out at the same time. And by different publishers and design teams. Both games look excellent and each is its own unique game that really only share a theme (and use dice), but look completely different gameplay wise. This IP truly deserves the love and attention that these two design teams gave to these two games!
So thank you to both Ravensburger and Funko Games, and their excellent designers!
And thank you Rodney for teaching us how to play them both 😀
If you're a Back to the Future fan, you certainly got spoiled recently :)
Thank you so much for the explanation - we've just spent a fantastic hour playing, laughing and literally bending time! 5* game - we're all looking forward to the next time we can play!
That is so nice to hear - so glad you all had fun together! :)
Back to the future is back in full force! I liked both games you taught, Rodney, thanks! Guess it's time to buy some grey shirts, i've got a hunch they'll be fashionable in the future...
Now you know :)
This looks wonderful and I'll absolutely be picking it up, though I have no idea when I'll be around enough people to actually play.
Every gamers lament right now.
Hi James! I will say that the game works perfectly as a solo experience. Just use two DeLoreans and set up for a two player game. It’s a really fun puzzle to solve that way!
Playing solo definitely works, as I am learning to play right now!
Play with Elyse!
What do you mean you won’t be around enough people? It’s 2-4 players
Thanks for the explanation!!! So much easier than reading the instructions and very well explained. Thanks!!
So glad it was helpful - have fun playing!
I love this game! Excellent video as always man! :)
Thank you Diego!!
Thank you. You explained this a lot better than the booklet with the game. I still don’t really understand it, but I have a better clue as to what to so. I just got this game for 8 dollars on clearance at Target.
Give it a spin, and keep the video handy to assist with any section that you might not be clear on (and have fun playing!)
Looking forward to playing this!
Thanks for checking it out Jon!
You can "ripple" more than one die? We tried playing the game over the weekend and lost pretty bad... I came here because I thought I was doing it wrong (and I am)... thank you for the help! Was just checking up on the rippling dice effect.
Very glad the video helped - all the best on your next attempt!
I love this board game, you get to travel in time, explore hill valley in different time streams, avoid your past self, try not to create paradoxes and go through events trying to solve them all in one board game. So you basically get to see what Marty feels like in the movies when he’s running around trying to solve the space time continuim
So glad you're enjoying Curtis!
Another great video, as always. Thank you. I can't wait to get a copy of this game and play it. I always loved the BttF films, so playing this game is all about nostalgia. Anyway, see you back in 1955.
Us BttF fans are getting spoiled!
Rodney: "Now you might be asking, what are paradox tokens?"
Me: "No."
Rodney: "How did they get on the board?"
Me: "No."
Rodney: "What are you talking about?"
Me: "No."
Rodney: "Why did your shirt change?"
Me: *Doc Brown Voice* "Precisely."
yeah
You are absolutely fantastic. I trialled this twice and didn’t understand it. Watched you and now I do! Thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏻
So nice to hear this was helpful - have a great time playing Lee!
Oh no Rodney of the Future, wears grey shirts instead of plaid! Rodney is going to travel through time to get a board game from the past and future! I am always excited about Back to the Future board games!
Great job! Thank you so much for such a great video!
Thank you Kevin!
Excellent description. Thanks so much. We were able to pay the game right after watching your video!
So nice to know this was helpful!
Thanks! This is going to be very helpful! Looking forward to trying it out later!
Have a great time playing!
Got this game for the kids for Christmas and started reading the directions. I looked up halfway through and they were gone and I was still completely lost as to how to even do the first step. Such a complex game with, these two dice can replace any others, oh and the wrench can too and on and on. The directions had us so lost. We’ll try again with this video at the table with us.
You can do it Pamela! If I could offer a recommendation: with kids especially, it can sometimes be nice if one player at the table already understands the game, and can just answer any questions that come up. You may want to take 15 minutes with the video, and watch it through yourself, just make sure you have a pretty good idea of how it works. You can even then try playing a round or two on your own - again, just to make sure you've got it. Then, you can watch the video through with the kids again, to help them get a handle on it, but you yourself will already be confident that when paying, you can answer any questions they might have.
Modern board games tend to have a little more going on than older ones which usually just involve rolling a die and moving a piece - but this also means that everyone at the table will have more control over what's happening (rather than just letting a random die decide), and you may find that these extra choices (although they seem like a lot at first), will become really interesting for all of you to work through as you try to win together! And don't worry if you lose at first, that's part of the challenge. With the first game under your belt and a better understanding of the game play, each game will get better, and you'll really feel like you're accomplishing something together. All the best and have fun!
Wow this game is pretty complicated. This video definitely helps but I’ll have to watch it a few more times before understand how to actually play the game
Stick with it - you can do it!
Yeah these board games are something else. I have a player with me and we’re both stumped. Wanna setup some sort of online room and play/figure it out together?
It's not so bad but it needed a better player mat. The player mats are huge and could have contained a lot more information for what you do when you clear an event or return an item, and what you do at the end of each round. A little bit more could have been right in front of us for quick reference cuz we kept having to refer to the book.
11:16 can you ripple multiple dice? I was wondering because in the rules it used the singular term for dice. Maybe rippling multiple dice was mentioned somewhere else in the rules? I don’t know.
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
@@WatchItPlayed Well, my question is if you can ripple more than 1 die in one space.
@@fightingkitchen7960 You're not limited to a single die - you can use any number of them.
@@WatchItPlayed Ok, Thank you very much for the reply!
@@fightingkitchen7960 You bet - have fun playing!
So, does all those back to the future boardgames are coming out now for a reason? Did the IP got released in a way that they can create boardgames without bureaucracy?
This is the 35th Anniversary of the first film's release. Universal obviously wanted a hoopla! :)
Hey thanks for the help! Got this at clearance and turned out to be more fun than I thought! Especially as an avid BTF fan myself!
I have a question, I was wondering 1) How many Einstein Tokens can be used in a round?
2) Can 2 Einstein Tokens be used to do Mr. Fusion?
1) As many as you like
2) Yep!
Hi Rodney, love all your watch it play videos they truly help out when directions are sometimes a bit confusing!! Quick question thou, on rippling dice you said all unused dice may be used for future selves.. when I read the directions it says “during your turn you may choose to place an unspent die…” maybe I’m reading it wrong but it sounds like only one can be saved. Also for Einstein tokens it sounds like any player “may remove an (1) Einstein token during the action turn. So does that mean if 3 or 4 are available up top, only may choose 1? Or could you use multiples?? So very every turn , if two people , you could technically have “6” actions? 4 of your dice, 1 saved from other player and 1 Einstein move?
Hey Matthew, sometimes the videos end up being more accurate than the instructions, because I prompt them for more details, and discover things that got missed. This video was checked by the publisher before it went live, so you can proceed with confidence :) If we do have corrections, they will be located in a pinned comment or the description. Not near my copy right now to double check on your questions in detail, but if the video answers you questions, you can trust the video. Cheers!
Thank you Rodney for the quick response! Knowing that you even question the publisher before posting works for me!! Keep up the great tutorials! If I see new games that look interesting, I ALWAYS search your site to see if you have made one! Keep up the amazing work and have a wonderful New Year
9:55 The rule book states you can immediately return an item when possible, and that you can return one as soon as an event is cleared. So you could then draw another item
Hey Astarrr, I'm travelling, so I can't easily confirm this ruling for you, but I can say the publisher and designer checked this video over before it went live, so I have some confidence that the way the video shows it is correct.
Found this for free left on the curb! Had everything in it and all. Wanted to get your "how to play"though!
Quite a steal!
Thanks for this, Rodney.
Although Ravensburger is located in Germany, there will be no German version of this game!
Anyhow, your video brings some light to the rules and I guess I can now start to play and teach in German 🙂
Very nice to know it was helpful!
Excellent game instructions! Thank you!!!🙏
You're very welcome - glad you liked it!
I should have watched this video before father's day Sunday, when I got the game as a gift, and tried playing with my 6 and 3 year old sons. I mean, I knew the game wasn't gonna be easy and designed for their age level, but we still had fun!
Glad you enjoyed - and I hope the video helps :)
Quite tempted by this. Would you recommend?
I would, but then, I spent months of my life designing this for you. :)
I don't review or recommend in my tutorials. I don't feel confident I can say for someone else what they would enjoy. Hopefully the video can give you a sense of whether or not it might appeal to you. That said, I only feature games on the channel that I enjoy in some way, so take that for what it's worth :)
Watch It Played no problem Rodney - always love your videos 👏
That flip at the beginning 🤯 lol
Watched the video to see if we had played correctly. We did, but we lost with 4 people on “easy” mode. Those actions cards can really hose you during a round.
Better luck on your next attempt!
Thank you Rodney! Love and look forward to your videos. Been playing the game with my kids the last few days and we have a quick question. I know that once an event with a chicken shows up, the Biff from that year moves directly to that event/location...what happens when another event with a chicken from the same year is drawn? We assume that Biff just moves to the new (most recent) event/location and leaves the old event with a chicken.
Thanks!
That's right, he'll go to the new location! Hope you're having fun :)
How many take to get that board game flip to end up the right way?
Why, first time, every time, of course! ;)
First Time I'm First. Love the movies and seeing the themed games are interesting and now I want them. Thanks for the tutorial Rodney.
You're very welcome Lazaro!
Another great video - just got this for Christmas!
Have fun playing Darren!
Thanks for the help Rodney! You made this easier.
So glad it helped - have fun playing and saving the future (and the past!)
@@WatchItPlayed Thnkz, I'll probably get erased but hey, I'll go out in a blaze of glory
All instructions are so bad to me and im glad I found thus dude. My first video from his was his ticket to ride vid. Very good and this one too❤
So glad you've been enjoying these Shawn!
Thanks for the tutorial ! Quick question , once you’ve completed a locations events , do you get to move the outatime back a space ? Or is that only when you return a stolen item ?
Hey Lauren, you don't move the marker when completing location events. Hope that helps!
How do you leave behind the rippling dice for others? Just put them on your space and leave them there for the one round, or for all rounds? Or do you need to do something special (get specific icon etc) to leave them behind?
You'll find this covered here: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html - you just leave them on the board.
Hi Rodney, is this better than Back in Time? Thanks
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully by checking each out, you can get a sense of which would appeal to you most!
Thanks! Now i can play with my friends with the true Rules!
I hope you have a fun time!
In two players game are we sill using four colours so each player has two sets of dice?
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there (this video shows a 2 player game being set up). You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
Bought this boardgame at Target this afternoon on clearance for $8.99!
Nice find!
Thanks a lot for the video! Please help me with something: do I have to advance the outtime marker after every round with only the new paradoxes or with all of them? For example if I have 2 unresolved events with paradox tokens in one time line, it means I have to take four steps on the marker, and if I can't solve those events in next round, I have to count them again? If I have a Doc symbol, I can remove the paradox tokens, but in the next round I have to put back the same paradox tokens if I didn't resolve the events? This part of the game is very confusing to be honest.
Hi Tamas, please watch from this point on, and let me know if this answers your questions or not: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html
Thanks for the explanation! Really useful to get started. Quick question: is there a limit to how many Einstein tokens you can use and when? There's not much instruction on it so my brother and I just go wild with them, but it feels like we're probably missing something...
No limits - go wild!
You can only use the ones on the board. Using one removes it from the game. Other than that, use as many as you want!
This looks so cool! Do you have an opinion on this game vs the funk game Back to the future back in time? I'm debating on which one I should buy.
I don't offer reviews and recommendations here. What I like and what you like might be something different, but hopefully the videos can give you a sense of the games you you can see what might appeal about them both to you. I will just say this - I intend to hang onto both of them.
Once you complete an item a card, what happens if you reveal another event for that space? Do you play it like normal or do you do something else?
I might be misunderstanding the question, but there wouldn't be event cards in that space, if you're turning in an item. See here: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html - does this help?
This is also fantastic as a solo game
Glad you've been enjoying!
This game looks so awesome
Thanks for checking it out!
Hi, do you turn over one event card and then everybody has a go at resolving it or does the first player reveal all three then each player has a go at resolving them all? To clear an event do you just need dice with the same pictures on as the event card or do you also have to carry out the dice action? Thanks
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
Totally off topic but Rodney can you do a how to play for Nuns on the Run game? Just bought mine and couldn't find a tutorial that doesn't confused me
Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: ua-cam.com/video/EdtDuvIUa6A/v-deo.html&t=342
I consider myself intelligent, but even with your awesome video, I am still confused with this game. I hope I can figure it out quickly so I can explain it to my teens.... 😩
Sometimes it can help to have the game set up in front of you during the video, and even try a few sample turns on your own, to see if you've got it down.
Thank you, this helps so much
You're very welcome!
Tried working this game out recently and it was so confusing. Found this video and it's ace at explaining it, but my word the game is clearly far too complicated. Will stick with it though and see if we can't get better, but the fact that I had to come and find help online just screams that it's a bit too complex...
Hey Dave, glad the video was helpful! There are a large variety of board games on the market now and they span a wide spectrum of complexity - and the more time you spend with them, the less complex they start to seem (you may even find yourself craving greater complexity... which I know that may seem bizzare right now, but it happens :) ). Either way, whether easier or more complex, the important thing is that you have fun, and I hope you do have fun as you play!
@@WatchItPlayed thank you so much for the help :) great video and I do enjoy some more complex bird games so will take a trawl through your channel 😁
Is that Doc Brown or Bernie Saunders on that dice?
Yes
What do you do if you have unspent dice that you don't want to use? For instance they won't do you any good and you would rather stay on your current location for your next turn. Do you simply forfeit the rest of your turn?
Correct!
You can also ripple them. For yourself or others to possibly use later, and you can take them back into your hand next turn if you want.
Even though you reveal events one at a time, do you place them all down at the beginning of the round?
Not quite sure I understand the question, but does this answer it: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html
You will place all drawn cards at the beginning of the round, before moving on to rolling dice. So in a four player game, you will place all 8 event cards (one at a time) before moving on to the next step.
This was very helpful thx
So nice to hear - have fun playing!
:D a simple fun family game based on a grear family movie.
When you return an item and you're on 0 can you bank the pushback
I don't have my copy handy, but I feel I can confidently say there are no rules that allow for that.
I have questions. On my turn can I only move my color DeLoreon or any because it’s coop? Also if I flip over an event that no one can complete do we turn the rest over or discard?
Hey Ben,
1) You can only move your own DeLorean: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html
2) Can you explain what you mean by "an event no one can complete"?
@@WatchItPlayed On your turn you flip one event or all? If you flip one at a time and no one can complete it with their dice do you flip the next event or is it the end of that round?
@@bensilliman676 You flip all of them, but they suggest doing it one at a time. The part I'm confused about is you saying "no one can complete it". Perhaps watching this section of the video will help: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html. For example, location event are just set on the board. You don't complete them when they are revealed - you have to instead find ways to complete them as you play.
Eres el mejor. You are the best!
Thank you kindly!
Welp. Thanks. Now I have to buy both. 😂
In some ways, they made the choice easier :)
If you leave dice on the board for others to use but they do not. On your next turn, can you use them yourself to remove events?
Yep.
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you!
I have a couple more questions, if you don’t mind.
Can you move from the far right of the board to the left side by moving right once?
Can you use more than one Einstein token per turn? If so, can you combine them to make mr fusion or use one to create mr.fusion with one of your own die?
After clearing events, can you return a stolen item afterwards on the same turn?
Can you return an item if just Biff is on that space.
That’s all I can think of at the moment...
Great tutorial! Made learning the game much quicker and easier for us!
@@srametta04
1) No.
2) Yes.
3) Yes.
4) ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html
so cool
If I only play 2 players do I still need to put all the biffs and the other year cards that we aren’t using from that biffs year? For example if me and my friend choose 1955 biff and 2015 biff, do we still need to put 1985 biff and 1885 biff on the board and the 1885 cards and the 1985 cards on the deck or do we take them out ?
Nope, you don't remove anything at different player counts.
Watch It Played awesome thank you ☺️
@@WatchItPlayed so you keep all the Biff's of all the years on the board? Or only the number of Biff's that are being played?
@@megangarcia6991 All of them, you'll find that covered here: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html, and you'll notice in this video I'm setting up a 2 player game.
Genial. Muy bien explicado!
Lol @ the shirt change :D
This cleared up lots of questions... we played super wrong.
Very glad this was helpful - all the best on your next attempt!
This or Back in Time?!
I’m buying both! can’t wait! I’m happy both are not too expensive!
I avoid making active choices like that for other people. I'll just say this: both are sticking around in my collection.
@@WatchItPlayed Good enough for me! I thought you may say something like that. : )
besides Biff moving to locations how does he affect the game?
He interferes with completing events: ua-cam.com/video/loYoxo6-kow/v-deo.html
Watch It Played, thank you i knew I’d missed something and assumed that’s what he did
This looks like the most complex game ever made. We're staring at the board laid out before us now, watching this video and still have no clue. :-(
Hang in there Benjamin! You can do it :) And feel free to drop in a question if you're unsure about something.
My son and I also gave up! It’s impossible.
Still thinking you and Luke need to go back in time and play another game of Space Hulk.
What happens at the end of the round with the spent dice? Do we get the spent dice back at the next round or are they out of the game for good?
Hey Diana, you get them back to roll at the start of the next round.
bought this game withing a minute of watching.
So glad you enjoyed! Have a great time playing Dom!
Can we add another time slot for 2020 as an expansion? It’ll have the items: face mask, murder hornets, protest signs, etc. events: pandemic, news briefs, protests, etc. random spaces will close down and every space will have a permanent paradox token. 😄
Don't forget the mystery seeds.
Played 3 whole games.... And we cannot complete one..... Seems like it's pretty difficult with only 2 people. Thoughts?
Well, I know we did beat out first game with 2 players, but it was VERY close. Keep it up, you'll get it.
Ok, why are there suddenly a bunch of BTTF board games? Where have they been for the last 30 years?
They've been busy time traveling.
Why are there BTTF Back in Time components in the thumbnail?
A great questions! (FIXED)
@@WatchItPlayed You mixed them up didn't you? These two games can confuse even the great Rodney Smith!
@@carlatate7678 I recently updated some thumbnails and this totally slipped my notice. You spared me - thanks Carla!
My wife and I have played this twice now, and we have concluded that this game is nearly impossible to win... What are we missing?! Is this game super difficult? We are even only starting with 2 items per time line.
Hey Chris, it's tough to say, not being there to assist :) I did win my first game of it, it was a close call. That said, it's good when co-operative games are challenging, so you have a reason to go back and keep trying. Keep us posted on how you do!
@@WatchItPlayed Well, we just played our 3rd game, which started strong, but we lost that one as well. We definitely really like the game, but I'm still convinced we are doomed. 🤷♂️
🙂 Tomorrow we shall give it another go. Hopefully we will still exist after all is said and done. 👍
I think our biggest hurdle is that every round we draw 3 more event cards each, and unless they are action cards we end up with more events than we can clear each round, which is where the loosing battle exists. Even if we both clear 1 or 2 events/locations, we are still putting down as many as 6 events. The end of the round essentially always has more spaces to move the outatime token than we can save by clearing events, which means it's always moving to the right. Does that sound correct?
@@WatchItPlayed OK, I think I've had a breakthrough! I think I realized today after rereading the instructions yet again that only the player with the first player marker draws the 3 cards for that round (for a 2 player game). We have been playing that each player draws 3 each round, making that 6 cards each round... Does my new understanding ring true? Its only 3 cards per round, correct?
@@TheCHRISCaPWN Right, only the first player draws cards for that round.
What's the better bttf game?
I don't review here, but hopefully the videos can give you a sense of what appeals to you.
@@WatchItPlayed yeah i know i wanted to ask the commenters group.
It depends on what you are looking for. Dice Through Time lets you jump through the time periods of all three films, returning lost items and managing an increasing number of paradoxical dangers as they pop up. Back in Time follows the events of the first film, and has you concentrating on getting George and Lorraine to fall in love while getting the DeLorean in place to get back to 1985. Both are cooperative and both use dice, but they do these things in very different ways. Both game are luck-driven but each has ways to offset that, though from one play to another, the game can be really difficult or even be a breeze (if the dice and cards are in your favor). If you love BTTF, I think both games deserve a place on your shelf. Beyond that, you'll have to check out Rodney's videos and other sources to figure out which one works best for you, since they each feel different. Good luck! :)
“Why did your shirt change?” Time Travel.
Ha!
I miss Future Rodney.
Haha, it's the NES game all over again but in board game form.
I noticed that too. Even placing the dice is like planting an acorn
i want this game....i m from Brazil. somebody help me?
I hope you're able to track it down Rodrigo!
Why did your shirt change? 😂🤣
Time travel is complicated.
how do you win?
Hey there, I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there. You'll find an index in the description to help you find the section you might be looking for.
By not dying... 🤷♂️
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0:14 how many times the game felt to the floor? haha
Are you suggesting it's not caught the first time, every time? *shocked*
Watch It Played great performance haha
i always wonder why they say 2-4 players when it can be played solo should be 1-4 lol
I think sometimes it's based on the "intended" play count rather than the possible player count.
This not a complaint but an observation the art on all the Back to the Future games are not that great. I wonder if that has to do with licensing of the game.
My guess is that it has more to do with personal tastes. While you might not find it appealing, others may feel differently.