Build castles and abbeys in the Middle Ages and watch them age across three boards as your pawns travel through time.
You are a powerful lord with a loyal companion, and your domain sits in three eras at once. Khronos runs on three boards at the same time: the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the modern period. Each turn you pick from four action cards and build military, religious and civil buildings over seven turns. Bigger buildings travel through time, so a castle you raise in the Middle Ages may stand later as a ruin on the next board. With a watchmaker's invention and enough money, your two adventurer pawns can hop between eras themselves. It is a 2006 area control game that rewards patience and long-range thinking.
Who it's for
You enjoy tile-laying area control with a long horizon and like a game that does something unusual with its timeline.
Not for you if…
You want a quick, easily readable board. Keeping three eras in your head takes real concentration.
Vibe's take
A puzzle in three layers. What you build today changes what the other boards hold tomorrow, so every placement carries a long echo.
older than 85% of games
collected more than 38% of games
Best with 4 · publisher: 10+
longer than 77% of games · typical 30–90 min
For experienced groups · 3.6 out of 5 · heavier than 93%
Some love it, others really don’t
Playable without the language