Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour Game Review

Editors note: The publisher, Liruis Games, has identified several items in this review which are in contradiction to the current rulebook. We're working with them to update this review accordingly.

The design duo of Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone—the twosome that gave us last year’s Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon, amongst other greats—has forced me to chase every game one or both designers is a part of in 2025, for better and for worse. Lopiano’s hands were all over the stellar Ayar: Children of the Sun, and when I learned that Mangone had partnered with Andrea Robbiani to design a new game called Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour (2026, Lirius Games), I needed to know if Mangone’s magic would surface again.

I tried and failed to join a convention play of Timeless Journeys at Gen Con 2025, as I mismanaged my schedule. Luckily, the team at Lirius was open to sending me a prototype to try out in advance of the game’s ongoing crowdfunding campaign. After sending a copy of the prototype rules, I dove in and got the game to the table for a couple of plays.

My first pass of the rules didn’t give me a great feeling, but I have sometimes been wrong when trying to guess…

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