Weekly Trash - Titan

Tom and jeb - Thanks for the comments!
My buddy and I are both new to the game so we were fumbling around quite a bit just getting the flow down, but the comments y'all have made has really got me thinking about what this game really has to offer. Thanks again.

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Tom's Hand cock wrote:

Colossus will help with this too.... Titan is a game you have to play a few times to even realize what the fuck is going on, much less start to see the strategy involved on the masterboard.

This is the doubletruth, RUTH. I don't have another game in my collection that rewards replays as much as Titan. You should play some four or five Colossus games to get a feel for how things just move around, maybe not get killed the first time you have a fight. Once you have a clue, then you start to see little things like: touching the outer ring is going to send you to the outer ring (barring towers), conceding more than half your battles isn't uncommon AT ALL, Ogres aren't worth the cardboard they are made of when attacking a Tower, &c.

Damn, I love this game.

I, personally, like to keep my two Gargoyles in my Titan stack in 5-6 player games.

First because the beefy midrange creatures tend to make your Titan stack a tougher nut to crack, and second because you can make some killer gorgon stacks pretty quick by splitting off Cyclopi when you need room for Behemoths.

billyz wrote:

I, personally, like to keep my two Gargoyles in my Titan stack in 5-6 player games.

First because the beefy midrange creatures tend to make your Titan stack a tougher nut to crack, and second because you can make some killer gorgon stacks pretty quick by splitting off Cyclopi when you need room for Behemoths.

See, I do the opposite. I keep the gargs together with my titan in games with fewer players, because for those games, serpents are the endgame. With 5 or 6, Colossuses (Colossi?) are the endgame. There are differing opinions... but thats what makes the game interesting. Lots of different ways to skin a cat.

Yeah I do it too sometimes--it's just that I'd rather go for hydras in the 4-5 game.

I just did an all night epic Titan session.

Pretty fun times.

Was only a 3 player game with 2 players who had played 3 two-player games and one complete n00b. My friend and I feel like we're getting a better idea of what we're doing, but it's still slow.

Whatever though, we had Terminator 2 going on in the background (as well as some other films after that), some beers, and some pizza. So it was a good time had by all.

after playing Titan 5 times, all with new players, thrice with my brother and twice with a friend, i've decided to trade it away.

it takes too much time to start having fun and for the strategy to click in your head. the tactics on the battleboards are excellent, but the strategy on the masterboard feels random until you actually memorize how movement works, and i don't think we have the time nor the patience to get to that point.

that being said, this is EXACTLY the kind of wargame i wanted BattleLore to be. if they ever make a campaign for BattleLore over at FFG, i hope it feels like Titan, only less clunky.

Thanks for the thoughts kookoobah. Welcome to F:AT

I'm starting to see how the masterboard isn't a completely random affair.

It's more like a controlled chaos.

kookoobah wrote:

after playing Titan 5 times, all with new players, thrice with my brother and twice with a friend, i've decided to trade it away.

it takes too much time to start having fun and for the strategy to click in your head. the tactics on the battleboards are excellent, but the strategy on the masterboard feels random until you actually memorize how movement works, and i don't think we have the time nor the patience to get to that point.

that being said, this is EXACTLY the kind of wargame i wanted BattleLore to be. if they ever make a campaign for BattleLore over at FFG, i hope it feels like Titan, only less clunky.

I was excited abotu the titan reprint, but now I doubt i'll bother picking it up. Like you I just don't think I can be bothered getting up to the 'mastering the masterboard' part, despite the fact I have played heaps on colossus.

Mr Skeletor wrote:

I was excited abotu the titan reprint, but now I doubt i'll bother picking it up. Like you I just don't think I can be bothered getting up to the 'mastering the masterboard' part, despite the fact I have played heaps on colossus.

It's not that hard. Remember that the outer ring is a conveyor belt, the middle ring consists of six smaller rings which can either be spun round or used as a chain from one to the next and the inner ring is recruiting heaven but has a nasty tendency to throw you out into undesirable board positions and you've got the basics.

You may find this helpful:
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The biggest problem with owning a physical copy of the game is the play time. It's perfectly manageable with two and three, but with four it only takes one inexperienced, forgetful or AP-prone player to push it over the edge. Don't even both with five or six.

I agree totally with MattDP.

I also understand that with the length, etc., it isn't for everyone. Play it with an AP-prone player and you will want to commit violence.

Much like great classics like empires in arms, Titan is a game you don't play that often, but the times you do play really stick with you.

When I win a battle against opponents titan stack, score 100+ points for opposing troops and another 200+ points from the opponents other legions, do I get 3 angels into the winning legion? Or can I acquire only one angel per battle?
I played my second game today and this game is great, everyone is loving it. My groups Top3 are all old games (Dune, Cosmic Encounter, Titan), must be something about it...

sydo wrote:

When I win a battle against opponents titan stack, score 100+ points for opposing troops and another 200+ points from the opponents other legions, do I get 3 angels into the winning legion? Or can I acquire only one angel per battle?

You only get one, but not because of a limit on acquiring Angels in battle. The rules state that the half-points you get for other legions don't allow you to acquire Angels. In the unlikely (but possible) event that a battle outcome took you past two multiples of 100 (i.e. you were on 290 points and scored 110 from a battle) you'd get two Angels, providing there was room for them in the victorious stack.

The interesting thing is, by the time you are big enough to kill that many points in a battle, you probably don't want two angels in your stack anymore unless it got decimated or one of them is an archangel.