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. 

Many of the games we have covered over 3 seasons have an important place in the hobby landscape. From Catan at the birth of the modern board game renaissance, to the success of Monopoly, and the influence of Agricola we have covered many big titles. 

The game we are covering this episode has one of the farthest reaching impacts of anything we have covered so far. Coming out in 2008 this box of cards took the hobby world by storm, spawning numerous expansions and countless imitators. The mechanism it spawned is still everywhere in the hobby, and continues to be innovated upon. Let’s get shuffling and dealing as we dive into the phenomenon that was, and is, Dominion.

Show Links

Below are links to the games and anything else that the team mentions 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

Magic: The gathering

St. Petersburg

Netrunner - Episode Link

Pandemic - Episode Link 

Ascension 

Star Realms

Arctic Scavengers

Thunderstone

Tanto Cuore 

Shards of Infinity

Race for the Galaxy 

Star Wars Unlimited

Arkham Horror LCG

Puzzle Strike

Undaunted Series

Dune: Imperium

Automobiles

Tyrants of the Underdark

Gloomhaven

Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Clank 

Battlestar Galactica

Cosmic Encounter 

Dixit

Star Wars: Deckbuilding Game

Millennium Blades

Ruthless

Quacks of Quedlinburg 

Other Mentions

Diana Jones Award

Gathering of Friends

Fortress Ameritrash 

Team Links

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The Giant Brain

Bluesky

Matt

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Nate

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