Time Bomb
Insert your pin, hope it's not the detonator, and try to figure out who is quietly steering you wrong.
Who it's for
Hidden role fans who want the original wire-cutting tension in a fast, easy-to-teach package for big groups.
Not for you if…
You want cooperative trust without the possibility of betrayal, because someone at this table is actively working against you.
Vibe's take
tense, paranoid, social, quick, dramatic
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About this game
Time Bomb is the game that started it: insert your pins facedown into a shared row of cards, hoping to find the detonator wire before the saboteurs on your team quietly steer everyone toward it. There is no board, no timer prop, just cards, secrets and a room full of people you increasingly cannot trust. Roles flip the group dynamic every game, since the traitors know each other but the loyalists know nothing, and reading who is stalling on purpose becomes the entire evening's entertainment.
Get it
from $20
By the numbers
Players
Duration
1–30 min
Ages 10+
Complexity
1.1 / 5 — Very LightBGG Rating
6.3/10
Rank #2,013
2.3k ratings
Published
2016
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