The maiden voyage of the flagship vessel the Tempus has not gone well! The crew must work together to fix the ship before it’s too late!

You must fix the Hyperdrive and pilot their your way home, all while trying to control the various disasters that are appearing around the ship. But as the disasters start to overwhelm you, players will have to utilise the ships secret weapon; the Time Drive.

The Tempus is an experimental Time Machine and you have managed to create a time loop that will allow you to jump back to the beginning of the game and try to win a second, third, or even fourth time. When everything gets a bit too out of hand players can engage the Time Drive to reset the game and try again with the added knowledge of when and where things are going to go wrong.

However, every time you jump back you must add a Paradox card to the Disaster deck, indicating a rift in the timeline. This will change the rules of the game in an unexpected way.

Each player will take on the character of a crew member, each with a unique ability. Each round they will move around the ship and take an action, picking up equipment, dealing with disasters, and fixing the ship.

At the end of each round players will draw the top card of the Disaster Deck and enact its effects, adding more problems to the board.

After a few rounds players might find problems have escalated! Perhaps half the board is on fire and most characters have died…perhaps even worse!

However, now you can use your secret weapon. One player can activate the Time Drive space on the bridge to perform a Time Jump and reset the game. By doing this you will remove all damage, bring any dead characters back to life, and put the discarded Disaster Cards back on top of the Disaster Deck in exactly the same order. This way you now know what’s going to happen and when so you can pre-empt your actions before things overwhelm you.