Time Trap

Time Trap © 1974 Flying Buffalo, Inc.

A tactical time travel game. Moves of all players are sent in by (physical) mail and processed by the computers at Flying Buffalo, after which the results are mailed back to the players.

The game allows for two to nine players. Each player has five assassins in a 16x16 array of squares. Each turn players can move any or all of their assassins one step in any direction (including diagonal). After movement the assassins can fire in any direction and up to one tile away. The real tactical aspect comes from an energy supply that is accumulated 10 points per turn by each player. Players can use it to change actions in turns that have already played out. The energy cost grows exponentially depending of how long ago the turn is that is changed.