How to Play

Time's Up! Title Recall!

4-18 players 60-60 min 7.7 Board Game Geek Rating

Players compete to identify entertainment titles across books, films, and music through three increasingly challenging rounds. Teams race against 30-second timers as clue-giving restrictions tighten: unlimited verbal hints initially, then single-word clues with gestures, and finally silent charades only. Victory goes to whichever team correctly guesses the most titles overall.

Published 2008

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Divide into teams

Form teams with members sitting across from each other; two-player teams work best, though larger teams are needed with more than ten players

Choose a scorekeeper

Designate one player to track scores throughout the game

Select card color

Decide whether to use the yellow or blue titles on cards; do not mix colors within the same game

Deal initial cards

Distribute 40 cards evenly among all players, then deal two additional cards to each player

Discard unwanted cards

Each player looks at their cards and discards two of them without revealing choices to other players

Create the Deck of Fame

Shuffle all remaining cards together and stack them face down in the center of the table

Select starting team

Choose which team will take the deck first

Assign timer duty

The team clockwise from the starting team takes the 30-second timer

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Designate roles

One team member becomes the Cluegiver while the rest are Guessers; rotate the Cluegiver role on successive turns

Draw a card

The Cluegiver takes the top card from the Deck and looks at the chosen color title

Start the timer

The next team says "Go!" and starts the 30-second timer

Give clues in Round 1

Use unlimited words, sounds, pointing, charades, or full descriptions to convey the title

Give clues in Round 2

Use only one word per card; the same word may be repeated, but once spoken, only non-verbal clues may be added

Give clues in Round 3

Use only pantomime and sounds with no words at all

Make guesses

Guessers call out answers with no penalty for wrong guesses; they must say the full title as printed (words in parentheses are optional)

Score correct guesses

Set correctly guessed cards aside in a pile; draw a new card and continue

Handle time expiration

Shuffle the current card back into the Deck; keep correctly guessed cards in your scoring pile

Pass the deck

Give the Deck to the next team clockwise; they receive the timer from the team clockwise of them

End the round

When all titles have been guessed and the Deck is empty, pause the timer

Winning

How to claim victory.

Complete all three rounds

Play through Round 1 (unlimited words), Round 2 (one word only), and Round 3 (pantomime and sounds only)

Calculate final scores

Each team totals their points from all three rounds combined

Determine the winner

The team with the highest total score after the third round wins the game

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