Welcome to the latest episode of Cult of the Old!

 

Each episode your hosts Iain McAllister, Matt Thrower, and Nate Owens are going to turn back the clock to look at games that are at least 10 years old. They’ll give their own critical impressions, tell you about the history of the game and its impact, and what relevance these games still have in the modern hobby landscape. 

 

For the first episode of this season we are going back to what many consider the beginning of the modern era. Arriving onto the tabletop scene in the mid-90s Settlers of Catan was a breath of fresh air into a hobby that had grown somewhat stale. It made a star of its designer Klaus Teuber, who sadly passed in 2023. Join us as we trade wood for sheep and discuss the relevance this game still has in the modern hobby. 

 

Show Links

 

Below are links to the games and anything else that the team mention during the course of the cast.  We will be linking to BGG for games, designers, artists, and publishers as that is a good place to start for raw information about the game in question.

 

Games Mentioned

 

Baraborosa

Hoity Toity

Borderlands

Go

Magic Realm

Dominion

Game of Thrones Catan

Star Trek Catan

Risk

Puerto Rico

Vila Paletti

 

Other Mentions

 

New Yorker Interview

Spiel des Jahres

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Bluesky

Matt

Bluesky

 

Nate

Bluesky

Threads

 

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