Dor L'Dor — The Jewish History Timeline Game

from generation to generation

Rashi or the Vilna Gaon — who came first? Draw a card, hear the event, and place it in your timeline. Thousands of years of Jewish history, one card at a time, around your own table.

110 Cards◆2–8 Players◆Ages 14+
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How it plays

Where does it fall in history?

Every card names an event. Someone reads it aloud with the date covered — you decide where it belongs among the cards already in your timeline.

  1. 1Hear the eventThe player on your left reads it aloud — date covered.
  2. 2Place itBefore, after, or between the cards in your timeline.
  3. 3Revealed only if rightRight, and the date is shown and the card is yours. Wrong, and it stays hidden for the next player to try.

The cards

Every card, two calendars

Each event carries its Hebrew year — in numerals and in letters — alongside the civil year, so you can play by whichever calendar your table knows best.

The eventA moment, a person, a turning point — read aloud on every turn.
Hebrew yearThe anno mundi year, front and center in the gold oval.
Daf Yomi started.
5684
ה׳תרפ״ד•1923 CE
In Hebrew lettersThe same year as it's written in a ketubah or a sefer.
Civil yearThe common-era date, for anchoring it against world history.

The rules

Learn it in two minutes

Setup

1

Shuffle all 110 cards into one deck. Keep it stacked so no one can see the dates.

2

Deal each player one card, date showing. That card starts your timeline.

Winning

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The first player to build a timeline of 10 cards wins. For a quicker game, play to 7.

On your turn

3

The player on your left draws the top card and reads the event aloud, keeping the date covered.

4

Say where it belongs: before your earliest card, after your latest, or between two of them.

5

The reader checks the date. Right? It’s revealed and the card joins your timeline in that spot. Wrong? The date stays hidden and the next player gets a chance to place it in their own timeline.

6

Play passes to the left.

Same year?If the new card matches a year already in your timeline, either side counts as correct.
Big crowd?Play in teams of two or three and argue it out together — the best part of the game.
Either calendarAnnounce the Hebrew year, the civil year, or both when you reveal a card.
The Dor L'Dor box with two sample cards

Bring it to your table

A game for Shabbos tables, simchas, and every family gathering

Grandparents, parents, and kids playing the same history — from generation to generation.

110 Cards◆2–8 Players◆Ages 14+
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