README for Colossus Variant Abyssal6 (Version 1.1)

What is Abyssal6 Titan?

Abyssal6 Titan is an extended version of basic Titan that attempts to add to the original Avalon Hill Titan.

What has changed with the Titan?

The Titan is now a skill-factor 5 piece. This yields automatic hits against skill-factor 2 pieces. A Titan gains Titan-Teleport at 1000 points. He still recruits an Angel at 100 points, Archangel at 500 points, and gains a hit-point every 100 points.

What has changed on the Battlelands?

The Battlelands for Brush, Jungle, Plains, Marsh, Hills, Woods, Desert, Swamp, Mountains, and Tundra have all been changed. They are all more severe, giving more advantage to native creatures. In addition, Hills, Bog, Bramble, and Drift have been added to new Battlelands in order to spice things up a bit.

What has changed with the original creatures?

Other than the Titan, none of the original creatures has had their stats changed, or how they are recruited. Original creatures do have new recruiting options in their native terrains.

What are the new creatures and how are they recruited?

5 of a kind recruit a Knight in the Tower. A Knight is a 9-5. (Changed from 7-5)

3 Gorgons recruit 1 Manticore in the Brush. A Manticore is a flying rangestriker, 8-3.
3 Serpents recruit 1 Jabberwok in the Jungle. A Jabberwok is a 27-2. (Changed from 25-2)
3 Jabberwok recruit 1 Wraith in the Jungle. A Wraith is a 40-2. (Changed from 60-1) It is summonable and there are only 2.

2 Rangers recruit 1 Salamander in the Marsh. A Salamander is an 8-3.
2 Unicorns recruit 1 Ent in the Woods. An Ent is a 12-3.
2 Hydrae recruit 1 Chimera in the Desert. A Chimera is a 16-3.
2 Colossi recruit 1 Mammoth in the Tundra. A Mammoth is a 20-3.

3 Rangers recruit 1 Air Elemental in the Marsh. An Air Elemental is a 5-4 flying magic-missiler.
3 Unicorns recruit 1 Earth Elemental in the Woods. An Earth Elemental is a 8-4 flying magic-missiler.
3 Hydra recruit 1 Water Elemental in the Desert. A Water Elemental is a 11-4 flying magic-missiler.
3 Colossi recruit 1 Fire Elemental in the Tundra. A Fire Elemental is a 14-4 flying magic-missiler.

What is the Abyss?

The Abyss is the Anti-Tower. On the main board it is colored Purple. The battleboard is an upside-down Tower, with the "Abyss" covered in drift. The defender starts in the walled-in drift. A powerful stack should be attacked when in the Abyss, whenever possible, as it is extremely vulnerable.

If the Abyss is such a nasty place, why would a someone place a stack there?

The Abyss allows unique recruits. First, a Titan can recruit a Druid, a 3-5 magic-missiler. With 2 Druids, the player can recruit an Air Elemental (Changed from 3 Druids). Similarly, a player can upgrade his elementals from Air to Earth to Water to Fire needing a 3:1 ratio to recruit a level better Elemental. Finally, with three Fire Elementals, a player can recruit the Balrog. There is one Balrog in the game, and this summonable lord is a 20-5 flying magic-missiler.

What about the Masterboard? 

The Masterboard is almost identical to the original board, except all of the Jungle not in the "bus" has been removed.  (New Masterboard for version 1.1, changes the "bus")

Who is responsible for Abyssal6 Titan? 

Abyssal6 Titan was originally created by David Newell. Eric Nielsen helped a great deal with balance-testing, and inspiration. Together the two of them have tried to break Titan by changing the rules hundreds of times, rarely succeeding. They would like to thank the original creators of Titan at Avalon Hill for creating a superb game that has given them thousands of hours of enjoyment. Also to be thanked are John Crowe, for introducing them to the game, Nate Houle, for being a frequent play-partner and an extremely tough opponent, the development team of Colossus for doing a wonderful adaptation of Titan and making many custom changes to the code that made Abyssal Titan possible, and Dave Wall, for during his first game of Titan, actually believing a player had to make the sound of the creature he was recruiting, forever imortalizing the Ogre as an "Uunga-Bunga."

Last modified: 4/29/2003