The Networks: Telly Time

About this expansion

The Networks: Telly Time is an expansion for 1–5 players, with games lasting around 90 minutes. It requires the base game, The Networks, and adds new television content, genre powers, and a fresh way to earn genre bonuses.

The expansion features nine genres, including three new genres represented by 45 brand-new Show cards. Many of these programmes are likely to be familiar to players from the UK, adding a distinctly British selection to your television lineup.

• Chat Shows: when you Develop one, you may immediately rotate all Stars and Ads in one timeslot to their good sides, including the slot containing the Chat Show.
• Quiz Shows: at the end of each Season, each active Quiz Show lets you convert up to $3M into up to 3 Viewers at a rate of $1M for 1 Viewer.
• Kids Shows: these offer many Viewers for their cost and can hold plenty of Ads, but they prefer your earliest slot and suffer a major penalty when placed elsewhere.

Telly Time also introduces a new “noughts-and-crosses” method for obtaining a genre bonus. Its compact tuckbox contains 59 cards and 35 small plastic chips, with most of the cards being new Shows.

The expansion is partially compatible with The Networks: On the Air: its Shows are not recommended for use with that expansion, but its Stars, Ads, and Network Cards work with Telly Time. It is fully compatible with The Networks: Executives; Mogul Cards are gained when you move the marker on your Genre-Bonus-O-Meter to the end.