Rare Trampier Art (TITAN)

Last night, I found this great little series on Dave Trampier art. Proceeding from the below page to the next several newer ones will show some great TITAN art that I had never seen, to include what a potential Trampier AH box cover would have looked like. Great stuff.

crypticarchivist.blogspot.com/2014/03/ra...rt-introduction.html

Sort of related, I've never played Crokinole before, but this makes me wanna buy a set:


boardgamegeek.com/thread/293074/my-hilinski-board-arrived-week

EDIT: I _just_ realized that the minotaur's ball-and-chain flail is a d6!

I agree with the author that his "alternate box cover" would have been much, much better.

jeb wrote:

The image is too static but I love that it shows the Mountains terrain and the native creatures. It needed to show combat to make it a stellar cover. I'm not a fan of Nishiuye's cover, though now iconic.

I'm torn.

That grimacing Titan is so iconic, I can't imagine it not existing, but Nishiuye's take doesn't represent the game nearly to the same degree as this Trampier piece.

Yes, the mountain with its native creatures is awesome. As is the Titan standing behind them. Very representative of the game. However, that means another creature is standing in the spotlight.

TITAN is such an airtight game, it would have been awesome for the cover to be equally dialed in. What we have is fine, but I wouldn't complain with Trampier's either.

EDIT: I still have no idea why I'm holding on to the Valley Games TITAN. It's the final item I have that is around solely to 'collect'.

Dr. Mabuse wrote: The image is too static but I love that it shows the Mountains terrain and the native creatures. It needed to show combat to make it a stellar cover. I'm not a fan of Nishiuye's cover, though now iconic.

The author of the blog (posted above by Mr. White) makes the same critique. He would have proposed lightening the background a little to make the other creatures pop a little more and put the Lion into combat with something in the foreground corner there, still keeping the image centered on the Dragon.

I prefer this to the Nishiuye art, personally. His Dragon does nothing for me.

Mr. White wrote: Yes, the mountain with its native creatures is awesome. As is the Titan standing behind them. Very representative of the game. However, that means another creature is standing in the spotlight.
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Is that a Titan or a Colossus?

Space Ghost wrote:

Mr. White wrote: Yes, the mountain with its native creatures is awesome. As is the Titan standing behind them. Very representative of the game. However, that means another creature is standing in the spotlight.
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Is that a Titan or a Colossus?

Great point! I (and seemingly the blog author) assumed it was a Titan standing behind his legion's creatures.