Timemaster
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| Designer(s) | Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday, Carl Smith |
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| Publisher(s) | Pacesetter Ltd, Goblinoid Games |
| Publication date | 1984 (Pacesetter Ltd), 2011 (Goblinoid Games) |
| Genre(s) | science fiction |
| System(s) | Percentile based (d100) |
Timemaster is a 1980s role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions. Players take on the role of Time Corps agents to fix deviations in the timeline of the game. The primary antagonists are the Demoreans, a fictional race of shape-shifting aliens from another dimension who are determined to mold time to suit their needs.
Timemaster was published by Pacesetter in 1984. It was designed by Mark Acres, Garry Spiegle, Andria Hayday, Carl Smith, and Gali Sanchez. It featured cover art by Jim Holloway.Timemaster was published as a boxed set containing two books (64 pages and 32 pages), a 16-page pamphlet, a large colour map, counters, and dice.Chill, Timemaster, and Star Ace were all built around the same house system and all released by Pacesetter Ltd within a one-year period. According to Shannon Appelcline, Timemaster "did more to play up the issues of time travel than any of the other scant few games in the genre, past or future". The game company 54°40' Orphyte later purchased the product rights from Pacesetter. They put out two Timemaster adventures, Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him (1991) and Darkest Before the Dawn (1992) and supported the line with RPGA tournaments for a while. Goblinoid Games purchased all rights to Timemaster from 54°40' Orphyte in 2011.
Timemaster is a role-playing game (RPG) featuring a time-travel system in which the player characters are agents of the Time Corps, who are dedicated to preventing their enemies from changing history. The rules are basic and easy to learn. Movement and combat is position-oriented, designed for use with counters on a hex grid. The 64-page "Traveler's Manual" covers characters, combat (individual characters and mass battles), skills, paranormal talents, equipment, and non-player characters. The 32-page "Guide to the Continuum" describes the Time Corps and the enemy Demoreans, with brief overviews of ancient Athens, Rome during the time of Julius Caesar, medieval England, Tudor England, Napoleonic France, and World War II France. The 16-page "Red Ace High" pamphlet is an introductory scenario set during World War I. The game is compatible with Chill and Star Ace.
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