Ave Uwe: Titus Game Review

I’m a sucker when it comes to Uwe Rosenberg. Ever since I played Agricola for the very first time way back in 2007, he’s become a designer that never fails to pique my interest. At some point, I went from merely being a fan to being an avid collector, with nearly 70 unique Uwe Rosenberg games collected thus far. Today, I am writing about one of his more obscure, early efforts: Titus.

Titus Caesar Vespasianus was Roman emperor from 79 to 81 AD. And, honestly, that’s about all you need to know to play this game. In fact, even that’s too much historical background because, as far as theme goes, this game is completely devoid of it. At its heart, it’s an abstract, pure and simple. It may as well have been called “Coin Flip” for all that Titus has anything to do with it. In fact, if you ask me, that would have been a far more clever, and accurate, title for this game.

Published by Adlung-Spiele in 2000, Titus is a svelte little card game about collecting sets of cards in order to score victory points, but don’t let its small size fool you. It’s much more difficult than it sounds. Titus is a game that will not only require you to think tactically, but will put…

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