Trekking Through History Review: Time Warp Again? 

I know when Zee and Mike both love a game I'm going to love it, too. Between this, Mike's solo play, and its appearances during the Winter Spectacular, you sold me and I splashed out on the Kickstarter edition. First "bigger" game I've bought since 2020 (I'm basically only able to solo game now) and I'm so glad I did. Gorgeous, not hard to learn, with just enough thinky-ness. Thanks guys! :)

Just got done playing this for the first time. I love games where you just do one small thing on your turn but there's still some decent strategy behind it. It's so simple but instead of being a small box game they went all out on production. It's very approachable and can easily be enjoyed by anyone. I'm very happy I backed this one and I'm glad that it'll soon be widely available. This is the perfect game for places like Target to sell!

Great review guys🙂 looking forward to getting this to the tabel for the upcoming holidays

thanks for the review! Definitely interested in adding this one to our collection!

Right there with you, guys. Really great game. Best one in the line so far. BTW, I just played Ark Nova for the first time yesterday- finally! and liked it too. So a light trek through history and a heavy zookeeping.... it's all good!

Awesome! I'll be picking this one up as soon as I see it!

This game is gorgeous! I've enjoyed every time I've played it. Simple but strategic enough to keep me engaged. The components are gorgeous! Love Trekking Through History

Great review and playthrough, I'm in!

A KS campaign that delivered early by a month! And it only took 7 months from the campaign being funded to being delivered.

Have played it a few times and 100% agree. Super easy to jump into but some subtle depth that can keep you coming back. Fantastic game. Easily my favorite of the series.

Wow! I picked this up because of the theme and art and the mechanics made me think Century Golem. Glad I got it off the KS page. Looking forward to tearing open that shrink wrap.

So nice to hear again what I always think of as Zee's theme, given it was always used for his reviews!

So glad I backed this and plan on snagging their next game, Herstory!

Quite bummed the solo mode is a KS version exclusive. Sure there's a PnP but the difference in quality between the game and the printed solo components would bug me

Gotta agree here, we rate this game very highly. Easy to learn and keeps you engaged the whole time. This is among the best of my lighter games.

Are there any other games that are similar to the weight of this with similar mechanisms or that plays similarly?

Looks like a slightly more complex and much more beautiful Ohanami, which i enjoy.Not sure if its worth it.I might buy it

I passed on backing the game because I was concerned it might not be as distinct from other Trekking games as it looks like it is. Glad to hear I was wrong. This looks great.

If thhere is ever a french print, ill buy this for school board game club and maybe even for my classroom!

Zee it might be TIME I go buy this. Thanks for another great review guys. Hope it will come to retail soon as I missed this on kickstarter.

I backed it in Kickstarter and have played it a few times 2 player (I did not play with time warp yet). In the limited plays we have had I have found that the treks are the way to win. My wife literally won the first game by picking just the lowest age cards. I then tried that same strategy the next game and I won. I really like the game, but I am hoping that there is more of a decision space than just pick the lowest year to create the longest trecks possible. Has anyone else run into this issue?

So bummed I missed the KS on this. I have both of the other Trekking games and this one looks even better.

Wow what a glowing review. Thematically this is the most interesting of the Trekking games. This is added to my list!

I backed this game (first and only game I've backed so far) and I really like the style of solo mode, where you're playing against a faux opponent rather than just trying to beat a score. It had interesting decisions of its own - for instance, trying to spend time crystals before the Historian can take them away. I can't wait to play this game with my family.

Had my first play this last weekend and really liked it! I can’t wait to try with 4 players so we can get through that time deck faster and get more cards cycling. Great review guys!

Tried this out at Gen con and while it is no doubt a beautiful production and the gameplay is solid, the lightness and abstractness of the gameplay kind of felt like a waste of a theme. You have these beautiful cards depicting historical figures and great historical achievements, and all you really care about is the little color symbols on the bottom and the year. It seemed like the symbols were supposed to correspond to different types of historical moments (cultural vs technological vs social milestones) but it didn't actually matter at all in the gameplay, you just are focusing on if you want red or blue or yellow or green. I haven't played the other Trekking games so maybe this is just the kind of lightweight game that this series is known for. But for a history game I wish I'd been able to engage more with the history on the cards. Maybe being able to choose your path a little more, so you can focus more on certain types of events to have a thematic trek, rather than just completing an abstract table of symbols. Not a bad game per se, but I think I would have enjoyed the gameplay more if it were more purely abstract, or the theme more if it were better integrated into the gameplay.

I love this game. ❤ My only negative is that in the Kickstarter solo mode you have only one option if you want to play a weight game. There is no way to change things up unless you want to play it with an a or an mode, Each difficulty mode has only one option. So after your first play through you already know what the AI is going to do, and it’s going to be the same every time, in each of the four difficulty modes. I hope that they come up with an expansion for solo play to make this more replayable.

Now zees top 10 about historical games will be 10% less awkward

Trekking the World is a hit in our home. Really looking forward to picking this one up as well!

Does anyone know the differences between the retail and Kickstarter edition?

I supported the Kickstarter, but I haven't been able to play my copy, yet. It sounds like I made a good investment. Thanks for the review.

How did I miss this one?

Came back here after Wendy's review of 4/10 to remember what Zee and Mike gave it. I can't believe she hated it so much!

I might actually go buy this 😮

Two nines. Wow. Gotta add that to my list and watch some playthroughs

Great review guys. Already on my shopping list , as soon as it hits retail.

You looked through all the time warp cards? We stopped playing with them because so many were very ambiguous. With no clarifications on the rules many seemed unplayable. Others were so weak they were unused. We played an entire 4 player game without anyone using any time warp cards. For us it was fun.... But not excellent

Serious case of backer's regret for dropping my pledge of this.

Can anyone comment on how United States centric the history/events are in this game? I know they made some comments about interesting choices, but I'm looking for an approximate percentage.

Zee growing out that Viking Beard eh?

I think Mike was sucking my soul out for the first minute of this video

I think this is why it would be hard to put numbers to things as a critic. Both of you speak at lengths about how this game is amazing and how you cannot find a thing to knock about it... yet no perfect 10.

Spice road, splendor , patch work - meh all the same .

Chapters please

Both have backed it, perfect example of being hyped about something and not being able to review it the same way as a game that is presented to you... Both 9... rarely happens... for me the game is just a bit like splendor... a solid 6. It also feel they are really selling the game. Living forest for example is a really ingenious game, not perfect but defenitly more inventive than this game... they gave a 7... 🤔 Watch out people, dont get fooled by fomo