Time itself is testing you! Take Time is a cooperative card game with limited communication, designed by Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière and illustrated by Maud Chalmel. Your team journeys through a series of symbolic realms, each tied to a key moment in a poetic voyage from “Awakening” to “Rebirth.” Each clock offers a fresh challenge that tests your ability to plan ahead, listen, and think as one group. It’s a game about slowing down, communicating, understanding one another, and building trust, and every session asks you to adapt your thinking. It was recommended by the 2026 Spiel des Jahres jury, won the 2026 Swiss Gamers Award, and earned the Dice Tower Seal of Excellence.

Gameplay Overview: Each challenge in Take Time is a beautifully illustrated clock with its own rules. First, the team studies the clock together and agrees on a plan, before anyone looks at their cards. Then everyone looks at their hand, and from that point on, no talking! One at a time, players place cards face down in front of the clock’s segments until every card is played. Finally, you reveal the cards, add up each segment, and see if you met the clock’s conditions. If you did, you move on to the next challenge. There are 40 clocks across ten chapters, and new rules unlock as you go, so the puzzles grow in variety and difficulty with your group. You can replay any clock you haven’t mastered yet, and the Rebirth tokens add new twists to clocks you’ve already beaten. It’s a calm, clever, and deeply satisfying game for families and couples who love working together.