In Time War conflicts between nations are no longer fought as wars. Instead, agents are sent into the past in an attempt to change history. In the game, players represent the heads of the time travel agencies of the US, Russia, China and Germany. They must keep their organizations functioning and control their agents as they send them off into the time stream.
Time War is really two games in one.
The first game is the running of the time travel agency. The players must gain recruits for their department then train them to be time agents. Three agents can be trained further and form an Action Team. The more training an agent receives the better they are at performing their missions, but the longer their training lasts. Training can be sped up by hiring instructors.