How to play the Marvel story timeline game

Forget release dates: this deck asks you to line up moments from the Marvel films and shows in the order they happen inside the story itself. Under each moment you'll see the film or series it comes from. One moment sits on the line to begin with, its place in the story showing. Slot each new card into the gap where you think it falls. A good call reveals its position in the story; a bad one still moves it to its real spot and takes one of your three lives.

The story reaches from ancient events on Earth through wartime origins and on past the great cosmic showdown. Release order is the trap, because several films are set long before the ones that came out ahead of them. Moments from the same film can land side by side or have a whole other adventure wedged between them. The film name under each card gets you started; remembering when that film is set is what keeps you alive.

How players are doing

This deck has been played 331 times. An average run places 15.8 cards, and 84% of all placements land in the right spot. Only 8 runs have ever placed every card.

The cards players get wrong most often:

Stephen Strange's car crash missed 43% of the time, usually by about 2 places
Odin's army defeats Malekith missed 42% of the time, usually by about 4 places
The Eternals stop the Emergence missed 35% of the time, usually by about 4 places

The safest card is Loki is killed by Thanos, placed right 98% of the time.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 72 cards you might be dealt, with 44 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

The Eternals arrive on Earth Eternals
The Red Skull takes the Tesseract from Tønsberg Captain America: The First Avenger
Steve crashes the Valkyrie into the ice Captain America: The First Avenger
Janet van Dyne is lost in the Quantum Realm Ant-Man
Carol Danvers crashes into a Blockbuster Captain Marvel
Fury names the Avengers Initiative Captain Marvel
Tony tells the world "I am Iron Man" Iron Man
Thor is banished to Earth Thor
Steve Rogers wakes up in the 21st century The Avengers
The Battle of New York The Avengers
The Mandarin is revealed as Trevor Slattery Iron Man 3
Loki takes Odin's throne in disguise Thor: The Dark World
Steve learns Bucky is still alive Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Guardians stop Ronan on Xandar Guardians of the Galaxy
Tony and Bruce create Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron
Sokovia is raised into the sky Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Sokovia Accords split the Avengers Captain America: Civil War
Peter Parker joins the airport fight Captain America: Civil War
Killmonger takes the Wakandan throne Black Panther
Peter Parker turns down a place on the Avengers Spider-Man: Homecoming
Hela destroys Mjolnir Thor: Ragnarok
Loki is killed by Thanos Avengers: Infinity War
Vision's Mind Stone is torn out Avengers: Infinity War
Scott Lang is stranded in the Quantum Realm Ant-Man and the Wasp
Scott escapes the Quantum Realm five years on Avengers: Endgame
Hulk snaps everyone back Avengers: Endgame
Steve Rogers returns the Stones and grows old Avengers: Endgame
Shang-Chi claims the Ten Rings Shang-Chi