Back to the Future: The Card Game

About this board game

Back to the Future: The Card Game is a time-travel card game for 2–6 players that plays in about 60 minutes. Released in 2010, it brings the events of the Back to the Future movies to the tabletop.

Players take on the roles of descendants of familiar figures including Marty McFly, Biff Tannen, and Doc Brown. As these descendants travel back through movie events, they must work to ensure that pivotal events are not changed by other time travelers.

The game’s central challenge is its distinctive approach to time travel. It uses a unique patented game mechanism to simulate journeys through history, putting players in control of the famous DeLorean and making the manipulation of events the heart of play.

Rather than simply revisiting the movies, Back to the Future: The Card Game places players inside their timeline. The mission is shaped by the threat of interference: important events must remain intact before time travel itself gets un-invented.

With its recognizable movie setting, card-based format, and dedicated time-travel mechanism, the game offers a focused way to jump into the world of the films. Players guide their characters through the past while trying to preserve the pivotal moments that define the story.

Whether you are drawn to the McFly and Tannen families, Doc Brown’s inventions, or the idea of steering a DeLorean through cinematic history, this game puts the setting’s signature concept directly into your hands. It is an inventive tabletop adaptation built around protecting the past before the future disappears.