My First Board Game: Race of the Titans

A game of Race of the Titans in action!

For our first board game assignment, we were required to make a race to the finish game.  A race to the finish board game consists of players trying to mover their characters to the end of the board before their competitors.  The challenge was not having to design a game, but having a core gameplay structure that is fair for all players.  Obstacles must be added so the players have some challenge on the quest to the end of the board.

The game I created for this assignment was Race of the Titans.  Race of the Titans is an action filled game where 2 – 4 Players must race to the Coliseum at the top of Mount Kravoot to win the ultimate prize, Immortality.  To begin, each player must roll the dice. The player with the highest number will be the first Titan to roll.  If there is a tie, then the two players will roll again until the tie is broken. Once the first titan has been selected, the order will go clockwise from that player.  Once the player has rolled a single die, they must move their Titan the corresponding amount of spaces.  In the event that a player’s Titan lands on a sword, they will enter battle mode.  During battle mode, the player must roll both coloured dice.  The blue being the Titan’s attack, the orange being the enemies attack.  If the player’s die is a higher number than the enemies, they have won the battle and they advance two extra spaces.  In the event that their die is not higher than the enemies, they have lost the fight and their Titan must move back two spaces. 

In the event that a player lands on the same space as another player, these two players must enter battle mode.  The battle mode rules are the same, however, the losing player must retreat 3 spaces to safety.  In the event that during their retreat they land on another enemy, the player must again do battle until they land on a patch of safe ground.  Gameplay ends when one Titan reaches the Coliseum and claims their prize.

Since I did not have enough time to create full models to be the Titans, I used thumb tacks with the metal shaft cut off instead.  These pieces worked great as they are all different colours and the players can easily keep track of their Titan.  In the finished version of the game, full 3D models would be used to represent the Titans.