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Colossal Arena

Colossal Arena

The Avalon Hill Game Co · 1997
2–540–60 min8+ yrs2.0/5 complexity6.8 BGG#1.481 BGG9 KFamily
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How do you play Colossal Arena?

Colossal Arena/Titan:The Arena is a strategic card game for 2 to 5 players: you play, not as combatants, but as spectators, cheering and betting on the melee ongoing in a fantasy arena/colosseum in which fantasy creatures are pitted against each other in battle!

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Colossal Arena box art
official art · The Avalon Hill Game Co

Colossal Arena/Titan:The Arena is a strategic card game for 2 to 5 players: you play, not as combatants, but as spectators, cheering and betting on the melee ongoing in a fantasy arena/colosseum in which fantasy creatures are pitted against each other in battle!

Each round one of the creatures will die. To decide which unlucky soul will be the victim, players put numbered power cards in front of the creatures, with the lowest one going to the graveyard. The jockeying for position and strategic diplomacy in playing the numbered power cards can be intense - but what makes this game even more interesting is that the players' place bets throughout the game which will sometimes allow them to use a creature's special power in battle!

The winner at the end of the game is the bettor who's raked in the most winnings - just another day in the life of a fantasy monster gambler.

Titan: The Arena is actually a reworking of a Reiner Knizia game called Grand National Derby, but The Avalon Hill Game Co'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 is very little that is similar between the two.

Reimplemented by: Galaxy: The Dark Ages

game anatomy
Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating6.8 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
40–60 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#1.481
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Colossal Arena is a card game game, for 2–5 players, taking ~40–60 minutes, featuring betting and bluffing. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Colossal Arena — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Colossal Arena support?
Colossal Arena is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of Colossal Arena take?
A game of Colossal Arena takes about 40–60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Colossal Arena for?
Colossal Arena is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Colossal Arena?
Colossal Arena has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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