Astra Titanus Deluxe

What is the Project About

In 2010, Victory Point Games (VPG) unleashed a groundbreaking space combat game (Rated a 7.2 on BGG). Inspired by concepts from the hit game OGRE and the BORG from Star Trek: The Next Generation, designer Chris Taylor launched a title that sold out quickly. Now, Pungo Games picked up the torch and, with Chris, revamped and enhanced the game and every component, making it a full-size boxed game. Play Astra Titanus Deluxe in under 90 minutes and stay riveted as BOT-driven Titan ships hunt down your space stations and ships.

Astra Titanus Deluxe is a solitaire game. It can also be played cooperatively by two or more players. The game involves spaceship fleet battles against a gigantic alien BOT-controlled death machine. You command fleets of warships against a lone Titan or two. The Titan is controlled by a deck of BOT cards. Each BOT card specifies the Titan's exact action, movement, and target for that turn, ensuring its behavior follows strict rules without player input. The Titan relentlessly advances toward its objectives. Defeat the Titan before the objectives are destroyed to achieve victory.

This David-versus-Goliath struggle thrusts your planetary defense warships against the overwhelmingly large Titan, intent on destroying your way of life. Command your fleet as they swarm the singular Titan ship. Strike now before it shatters your starbase. You are humanity's last hope.

What's New in Astra Titanus Deluxe

The game is played over a series of turns, with each turn divided into nine phases. Follow the Sequence of Play and play each phase in order.

During a turn, the player commands a fleet of warships, deciding how to move and attack.

The Titan (4 different Titan ships included in the game) is controlled by a deck of cards. A card determines the Titan's movement path, targeting instructions and other actions. An optional Titan player can make some of these decisions. 

Each Titan comes with it's own tracking board, as well as deck of Titan cards.

The Titan's goal is usually the destruction of its target objectives. The player's goal is to prevent this destruction by destroying all Titans.

Components

Each copy of Astra Titanus Deluxe includes the following:

• 22" x 17" hard mounted game board
• One deck of Titan AI cards (poker size and quality)
• Four double-sided Titan Tracking boards
• Six double-sided scenario cards
• Four six-sided dice
• One rulebook
• One counter-sheet that include the following:
  • 4x Titan Ship Counters
  • 6x objectives
  • 25x capital ships
  • 25x escorts
  • 9x drone interceptor squadrons
  • 27x missile salvos
  • 15x asteroids
  • 16x jump/damage markers
  • 2x legendary ship markers
  • 10x Titan status/damage markers
  • 1x reserve point (RP) marker
  • 1x turn marker

Kickstarter Exclusive:  Print your own 3D models with the exclusive downloadable STL files of the Titan Ships. Only Kickstarter backers will receive these files at no charge.

The game comes with Titan counters, but with this exclusive, you can 3D print massive Titans to elevate gameplay and strike fear into the hearts of your fleet commanders. 

Sample Titan models shown below:

Rules and Play Example

Watch a Play Through of the original Astra Titanus! by Wayne Hansen below:

Add On's

Astra Titanus Deluxe board game = $65

Neoprene Game Mat = $60

Reviews of the Original

*Please note the reviews below are based on the original Astra Titanus produced by VPG.  While the core game play is the same, we have made major upgrades in the components as well as the game play, adding more scenarios, a scenario generator, as well as more 2 player options!

Shipping

Shipping will be charged post campaign through the Kickstarter pledge manager.

*For international customers, we do not pay VAT or customs due to country variants.  Shipping cost estimates are as follows for single game shipments:

• USA: $12 - 15
• World Wide: $25 - 35

Add on games / neoprenes will add $2 to $5 shipping USA and World Wide.

About the Designer

Astra Titanus Deluxe designer:  Christopher "Chris" Taylor is a video game, board game and card game, developer originally from Southern California. Taylor is most famous for acting as lead designer for the original Fallout title for Interplay Entertainment,working alongside Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky and Jason Anderson. While at Interplay, Taylor contributed to the design of Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Stonekeep and Fallout 2. He also served as producer for The Lord of the Rings Online.

Chris is also the designer of Imperial Stars II by Pungo Games as well as Nemo's War, a game published by Victory Point Games.  He was the designer of Pillars of Eternity: Lords of the Eastern Reach, a tabletop game based on the video game Pillars of Eternity which was released in 2016.