[ShannonA]

I personally find Dungeon Twister & LotR:TC vastly different. The only things in common are that they're 2-player, they're fantasy oriented, and they center around a pretty strong direct confrontation.

TC is a game centered largely around bluffing and outguessing your opponent. The tactical component is pretty low, while conversely DT is all tactics & clever moves and bluffing & second-guessing are pretty much oriented around that initial setup only.

You're right that TC is quicker & smoother, but it'd also get quite dull at the longer game length of DT, while I think DT remains fresh throughout its length, and thus pretty much has to have a higher complexity.

I guess part of it comes down to the issue of whether you like a 1.5 hour 2-player game, or you'd prefer it to stay at .5 hours.