Think you know which came first – the invention of mayonnaise or decaffeinated coffee? Lincoln’s Gettysburg address or John Deere’s first plow? Test your knowledge with Chronology by Buffalo Games – the game of all time! In Chronology, each player builds his or her own timeline of cards. On your turn, someone will read you
Think you know which came first – the invention of mayonnaise or decaffeinated coffee? Lincoln’s Gettysburg address or John Deere’s first plow? Test your knowledge with Chronology by Buffalo Games – the game of all time! In Chronology, each player builds his or her own timeline of cards. On your turn, someone will read you a historical event from a card. You decide where that event falls in your timeline. If you are right, you keep the card and your timeline grows. The first player to build a timeline of 10 cards wins! Recommended for 2 to 8 players, ages 14+. Contents include 429 double-sided cards with 858 events.
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Learn Something While Playing A Game! I bought two of these games – one for us and one for the new couple. This is a quieter, thinking (but not too hard), less than an hour, educational game. It is easily played with two people or more. And it isn’t like “oh, two can play” but needs tweaks, special rules, etc. Nope. Same game, same rules. There’ll be no boisterous laughter but a lot of “Really? That long ago?” pleasant conversation. Or swearing, mostly from me, for getting history wrong.My only…
Great educational game for all ages One of the newest games added to our collection this is sure to become a favorite. An educational game with a simple box of cards that travels easily. There is no score-keeping beyond seeing if other players have 10 cards yet. It takes a little space to lay out the cards but each player has their own timeline of cards so you don’t have to be sitting side by side to play. It is simple enough for my 8 year old to play but challenging enough for an adult as well. Some of the words/names are a…
Great game to brush up on history! We actually ran across this game at a bar alongside Trivial Pursuit. We’d never played (or even heard of it) before, so figured we’d give it a try – glad we did! It’s a great game that works in so many situations; we’ve played it with our friends, parents, at parties, and everyone always has a fun time with it. There’s a lot of “whoa, I didn’t realize that was so long ago” moments, with a few “oh wow, I remember that… it happened that long ago?!” moments mixed in…