Editing Titan (board game) (section)

==Reception==
In the November 1980 edition of ''[[The Space Gamer]]'' (No. 33) Jerry Epperson commented that "If you don't mind having a fragile, 'blood-bath' game in your collection, ''Titan'' is definitely for you. If you do not care for slaughter-type games, the ''Titan'' will be a little rough, especially for [the price]."<ref name="SG33">{{cite magazine |last=Epperson|first=Jerry |date=November 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|magazine =[[The Space Gamer]]|publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]]|issue=33|pages=31–32}}</ref>

In the April 1981 edition of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' (No. 48), [[Bill Fawcett (writer)|Bill Fawcett]] found the production values of the first edition produced by GorgonStar were questionable, especially the playing pieces silk-screened with a water-soluble ink that came off on fingers as they were handled. But he found the game itself "is a very sophisticated fantasy game with original ideas, clearly written rules and a very playable game system." He did note that the game was not perfect. "Play occasionally gets bogged down. This is especially true in games where everyone plays conservatively and avoids battles, which will commonly occur the first few times new players try the game." Fawcett concluded that "All in all, ''Titan'' is far higher in quality than were the first efforts some companies that are now major manufacturers."<ref name=dragon48>{{cite magazine |last=Fawcett|first=Bill|author-link=Bill Fawcett (writer)| date=April 1981 |title=Titan will slug it out with anyone|magazine =[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|issue=48|pages=81–82}}</ref>

In the December 1982 edition of  ''[[The Space Gamer]]'' (No. 58), Paul Manz commented that "''Titan'' is a refreshing change from involved FRP games. For those of you who haven't tried a fantasy game, ''Titan'' is a good one to start out with."<ref name="SG58">{{cite magazine |last=Manz |first=Paul |date=December 1982 |title=Capsule Reviews|magazine =[[The Space Gamer]]|issue=58|pages=44}}</ref>

Charles Vasey reviewed ''Titan'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #46, and stated that "The game is not only tightly designed, it is pretty vicious. If you go into a fight, then only one side can survive, and if the attacker does not win within a certain time-frame in each battle he is defeated."<ref name="WD46">{{cite magazine | last =Vasey | first =Charles | title =Counterpoint  | magazine =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]  | issue =46  | pages =16  |date = October 1983  }}</ref>

In the October 1983 edition of ''[[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]]'', [[Paul Cockburn]] stated that "in the end, you have an abstracted wargame, attractively packaged, in which the pieces do represent something, as in chess, but where this has no importance to the playing of the game, just to its ''feel''. And ''Titan'' has a very good feel to it indeed. It is the best boardgame I have come across for a while."<ref name="Imagine7">{{cite magazine| last = Cockburn |first = Paul |author-link = Paul Cockburn | title =Game Reviews | type = review | magazine = [[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 7| pages =43 |date=October 1983}}</ref>

In Issue 4 of ''AGS'', Deke Young noted that the game "is both easy to learn and impossible to master. A player can build up a tremendous position yet still be eliminated as quickly by another player." Young called the movement rules "hard to understand at first" but concluded, "''Titan'' is a game every gamer can enjoy."<ref>{{cite magazine | last =Young | first =Deke| title =Titan: Game Review| magazine =AGS | issue =4  | pages =18   | date = October 1988  }}</ref>

In a retrospective review of ''Titan'' in ''[[Black Gate (magazine)|Black Gate]]'', John ONeill said "There are classic fantasy games and there are classic fantasy games. Jai Kamani and David A. Trampier's ''Titan'', a massive game of conflict between mythological armies of ogres, unicorns, griffons, and other creatures, was perhaps the most ubiquitous fantasy game of my youth."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2013/06/22/new-treasures-titan/ | title=New Treasures: Titan – Black Gate | date=22 June 2013 }}</ref>