Could be the quintessential Ameritrash game...and it rocks, unlike so many Euros that simply waddle. Seriously, the amount of dice rolled in this game is phenomenal. If you don't have fun tossing piles of dice into a box lid, go play Elfenland and push the little booties around. Monster slugathon indeed!

It rocks???

Yeah, it "rocks" - "rocks" me to sleep, with all the ridiculous downtime.

This is the quintessential example of what I used to abuse myself with, but no longer have to tolerate - waiting fifteen minutes to do something, then waiting thirty minutes to do something, only for that "something" to involve crudely-drawn fantasy critters gnawing on each other to the relentless clatter of dice.

I pulled out Titan two weeks ago. My group is four guys who have been playing wargames since at least the seventies, and two guys who got into games later than that.

It took 30 minutes for the "forget this crap" to be unanimous.

This game takes about as much thought and planning as taking a driver's license exam, and you're going to hold it up as some standard-bearer of a proud and great tradition? It's the epitome of tedium.

Yeah, it rocks...sure, it's clunky and outdated but it's still fun for me to bring out every now and then. It's still best with 2 players though, with 4 players it _is_ way too long and tedious, even by my standards.

No better game could represent dice than this, that's for sure. Not even Diceland, which is composed 100% of dice.

The only thing I cannot agree with in criticism of this game is the illustrations. By the missing (and missed) Dave Trampier, they are classic and timeless.

Wasn't Titan originally released in the U.K.?

You're splitting hairs again, Lint Head!

Here's another game involving lots of rolling cubes.
You rolled to hit, then you rolled to see what damage
that caused. You roll this for every round you shoot.
What was the rate of fire on that 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft
gun?

Crudely drawn? Crudely drawn??! Say what you will about Titan, but I think it represents the pinacle of single color counter art. Yes, each counter is all one color, and yes, the printing quality was not always the greatest, which means that the art had to be both bold and fairly simple, but it was very well executed, I think. Each counter was individually drawn, and the shapes seem very iconic. While I'm not as crazy about the board, I wish more games today had art that was as attractive and functional as Titan's.

Plus, I think the game is a lot of fun, and this from someone who plays almost exclusively German games. It is long, true, and, if you play with more than two, there can be a lot of downtime when a battle is fought, but I still enjoy it quite a bit.

The art is simple, not crude. There is a difference.
This still makes an excellent two- or three-player game. It's only downtime if you only care about your own turn. Watching other people take their turns isn't just empty time.

Was Titan really released in the UK first? Much of the testing was done by the UVA gaming group in Charlottesville VA. That group was still very active when I lived there between 1997 and 2002 and they still played a lot of Titan. I got my ass kicked several times before I even figured out how the movement worked...

Bah! I can only laugh at those that complain about the long playing time of Titan. My plays of Titan numbering in the hundreds I can hold my head up high to the Eurogamers and say:
"Titan can be played in under 1 hour. If it takes longer
it's the fault of the gamers not the game!".

Darrell, your critique is very well received.
As it is such a bunch of crap to you, I can see no reason at all why you would keep the game – even a classic game wouldn't justify this treatment.
So, as I am myself willing to get my hands on a copy of this, I'm sure we could work out some arrangement! I'd be happy make you the service of getting you rid of it. Honest.

Titan has been, and will always be... my friend.