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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1997
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(77 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(14 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Colossal Arena
Alternate Names
Colossus Arena
Titan: The Arena
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Families
Description Edit | History

In Colossal Arena there is a group of eight creatures that are fighting. Each round, one of the creatures will die. To decide which unlucky sod will be the victim, players put numbered power cards in front of the creatures, with the lowest one going the way of the dodo. But what makes this game interesting at all is that players can make five bets throughout the game which will sometimes allow them to use a creature's special power and gives the game a method of scoring at the end.

Titan: The Arena is actually a reworking of a Reiner Knizia game called Grand National Derby, but Avalon Hill's remake was quite significant from a gameplay standpoint.

The Titan: The Arena printing is often confused with its namesake, Titan. But other than the fact that they both use fantasy creatures as a general theme, there's very little similar between the two.

Sequel: Galaxy: the Dark Ages

Online Play

More Information Edit | History

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Components (Titan arena version)

  • 1 rule book
  • 1 draw/discard tray
  • 25 plastic wagering chips
  • 110 cards
    • 88 strength cards
    • 11 spectator cards
    • 8 creature cards
    • 3 referee cards

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0 Russian Colossal Arena Cards Pasteups
Russian Colossal Arena Cards Pasteups Pages: 1 Amazon 2 Colossus 3 Cyclops 4 Daimon 5 Ettin 6 Gorgon 7 Magister 8 Magus 9 Prefect 10 Prefect 11 Seraphim 12 Titan 13 Troll 14 Unicorn 15 Wyrm
2009-03-22
0 [ES] Resumen de Reglas
Resumen de reglas en español-- Rules abstract in spanish
2009-01-21
1 Manual en español - Titan the arena
Traduccion al español de las reglas de Titan the arena.
2009-01-12
1 Chinese Reference Cards Patch
Using card sleeves, this patch can let reference cards become Chinese version.
2008-04-15
0 Colossal Arena_Chinese Creature Sheet
Including all creatures, spectator, magister, and prefect ability in a sheet. It can cut to fit in old big box version.
2008-04-15
5 Cards Spanish Translation
Labels for the cards with the translation to Spanish - Traducción de las cartas al Español en formato etiqueta
2008-04-03
0 Tuckboxes for Colossal Arena (without summary cards)
3 tuckboxes for all of the Colossal Arena cards except for the 10 summary cards. 2 Tuckboxes hold 55 Combat cards (5 sets of 11) each and the other tuckbox holds 22 Combat cards (2 sets of 11), 11 Spectator cards, 3 Referee Cards and 12 Creature cards. I created this version of the tuckboxes because I keep my summary cards in baggies with the matching colour's betting chips. This tuckbox has a glued bottom. Base tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/.
2008-03-16
0 Tuckboxes for Colossal Arena (all cards)
3 tuckboxes for all of the Colossal Arena cards. 2 Tuckboxes hold 55 Combat cards (5 sets of 11) each and the other tuckbox holds 22 Combat cards (2 sets of 11), 11 Spectator cards, 3 Referee Cards, 12 Creature cards and 10 summary cards. This tuckbox has a glued bottom. Base tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/.
2008-03-16
2 Colossal Arena PL
Rules in polish
2008-02-21
0 portuguese card translation/ tradução das cartas
Translation of the cards and their powers. Tradução dos poderes especiais das cartas.
2008-01-02
Statistics
User Rank: 217
Num Ratings: 3332
Average Rating: 7.03
Standard Deviation: 1.20
Num Views: 108425
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Personal Comments: 1452
Users Owning: 3585
Users Wanting: 152
Users Trading: 169
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