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s, pen and paper role-playing games and play by mail games which strongly feature time travel.

Video games

Time travel has been used and explored by both film, literature, and video games. Unlike films and literature, video games allow the player to interact directly, opening up different forms of gameplay. Time travel as a plot device has been employed in video games since early arcade games. The manipulation of time as an aspect of gameplay entered the mainstream following the release of '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' in 2003, though earlier titles such as 2000's '' The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'' have employed it.

Board games

Various kinds of family and simulation games exist, where people play face-to-face or around a table, or within earshot of each other, or passing written notes around, where the topic or mechanics of the game include time travel. * '' Khronos'' * '' U.S. Patent No. 1'', designed by James Ernest and Falko Goettsch * '' Time Tunnels'', designed by Robert Von Gruenigen in 1988 for Uncontrollable Dungeon Master; hex and counter hidden movement war game * Timelag, designed by Mike Vitale in 1980 for Gameshop/

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; wargame, with a relativity mechanic * '' Doctor Who: The Game of Time & Space'', designed by Derek Carver in 1980 for Games Workshop Ltd.; players collect artifacts

Card games

* '' Chrononauts'' * ''Dino Hunt'' by Steve Jackson Games * '' Doctor Who: Battles in Time'', designer uncredited in 2006 for G E Fabbri; collectible card game and magazine * '' The Doctor Who Collectible Card Game'', designed by Eamon Bloomfield and Paul Viall in 1996 for MMG Ltd.; players "overwhelm" their opponent * '' Towers in Time'', designed by Mike Sager in 1994 for Thunder Castle Games; collectible card game

Tabletop Role-playing games

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Dungeons and Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

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GURPS Time Travel ''GURPS Time Travel'' is a sourcebook for ''GURPS''. It was written by Steve Jackson and John M. Ford and published in 1991. Contents ''GURPS Time Travel'' presents options to allow gamemasters to create systems to match their campaigns, includ ...

'' * '' LegendMUD'' - the multi-user dungeon creation of gaming guru Raph Koster * ''

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Timemaster ''Timemaster'' is a role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions, written by Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday and Carl Smith (game designer) and published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984. Players take on the role of Ti ...

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Retrieved 28 January 2013. * '' Transdimensional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1989)

Game expansions

*'' The Sims 3: Into the Future'', by EA Maxis, the eleventh and final expansion for '' The Sims 3'' series before releasing ''

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Time travel Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a ...