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 last game of this season we are venturing once more beyond the stars and further back in time than we ever have before. Cosmic Encounter is a game that has been around before the hobby as we know it today even existed. Having had numerous versions over the years, the team dive into the impact of this game and what lies behind its longevity. Designed by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka, and Kevin Wilson over the various versions. There have been artists and publishers too numerous to mention but are all listed on BGG. The most recent version of the game that most people know is from Fantasy Flight Games. 

 

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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

 

Diplomacy

Dungeons & Dragons

Magic: The Gathering

Settlers of Catan

Acquire

Dune

Dune: A game of Conquest and Diplomacy

Borderlands

Gearworld

Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen

Dominion 

Medium

Root

Andean Abyss

Battlestar Galactica

Arkham Horror

 

Other Mentions

https://therewillbe.games/articles-interviews/7232-an-interview-with-peter-olotka

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi

 

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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. 

From time to time a game comes along that captures the zeitgeist. A title that stands like a colossus above the rest of the releases that year, offering a veritable garden of delights to players. Just the sort of game we like to talk about on Cult of the Old. 7 Wonders was such a game, taking the civilisation game and boiling it down to a simpler drafting mechanism. Designed by Antoine Bauza, published by Repos Productions, with art from Dimitri Chappuis, Miguel Coimbra, Etienne Hebinger, and Cyril Nouvel.

 

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

 

Magic : The Gathering

Fairy Tale

Mare Nostrum

Innovation

Mottainai

RA

Civilisation, Frances Tresham version

Villagers

Civilisation: New Dawn

Catan

Wingspan

Werewolf

Dominion

Tortuga 1667

Sushi Go/ Party

7 Wonders Duel

Carta Impera Victoria

Netrunner

Project Nisei/ Null Signal

Res Arcana

Millennium  Blades

   

Other Mentions

 

Serge Laget passing

Wizards of the Coast controversy

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter 

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate 

Twitter

 

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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. 

 

So far this season we’ve been on the farm, battled in tokyo, cured a worldwide pandemic, built an industrial empire, expanded our Citadels, struggled in the cold war, and been the lords of waterdeep. Now it is time to cross the barrier into the unknown as we journey to space for the first sci-fi game of the season. It’s time to put on your cap, yell “10-4, Rubber ducky’ and blow your space horn as we sign up to become Galaxy Truckers. Published by Czech Games Edition and designed by Vlaada Chvatil with art from Tomáš Kučerovský and Radim Pech.

 

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

 

Bananagrams

Race for the Galaxy

Agricola - Cult of the Old Episode

Pandemic - Cult of the Old Episode

Prophecy

Through the Ages

Dungeon Lords

Mage Knight

Space Alert

Pictomania

Jungle Speed

Magic Maze

5 minute dungeon

5 minute marvel

Millennium Blades

Pendulum

Tash Kalar

Last Will

Codenames

Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy

 

Other Mentions

 

Czech Games Edition

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi

 

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Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x

 

Email us at [email protected]

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. 

 

Dungeons and Dragons has always been the dominant game in the tabletop RPG space. From its early days to the all encompassing 5th edition, there have always been attempts to leverage that name in other ways. T-shirts, mugs, TV shows, and of course board games. Lords of Waterdeep from designers Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson is a game that took many by surprise when it came out. Putting the worker placement mechanism into the world of DnD as you take on the role of one of the Lords of the city, it remains on shelves to this day and we delve into the reasons why. 

 

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

 

Agricola

Caylus

Kingsburg

Pillars of the Earth

Alien Frontiers

Dungeons and Dragons

4th Edition

Old School Essentials

Castle Ravenloft

Wrath of Ashardalon

Conquest of Nerath

Nexus Ops

Argent Consortium

Lords of Vegas

Ra

Risk Legacy

Assault of the GIants

Tyrants of the Underdark

Dune: Imperium

Everdell

Anachrony

Other Mentions

- 

Folded Space Inserts

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi

 

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Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x

 

Email us at [email protected]

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. 

This episode the team find themselves in the midst of the Cold War. Twilight Struggle from  designers Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews, sat atop the BGG rankings for many years. It brought card driven wargames to a wider audience and has influenced the direction of much of the wargames side of the hobby. Originally published by GMT Games with Art from Viktor Csete, Rodger B. MacGowan, Chechu Nieto, Guillaume Ries, and Mark Simonitch.

 

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

 

We the People (Washington’s War)

Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage

Paths of Glory

Here I Stand

El Grande

Turn Zero Expansion

Hammer of the Scots

A Victory Lost

Dominant Species

Sekigahara 

Pandemic: Legacy

Root

Dawn of Freedom

1960: The Making of a President

13 Days

Watergate

Red Flag Over Paris

Fire in the Lake

A Distant Plain 

People Power

Labyrinth: War On Terror

The Troubles

 

Other Mentions

 

ACTS - Automatic card tracking system

Dispatches, vietnam book

Wargameroom.com 

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi

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Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x

 

Email us at [email protected]

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. 

 

This episode the team is turning to their first small box game of the season. A game with a mean streak that brought the mechanism of role selection to the modern hobby audience and made a name for its designer. Citadels from designer Bruno Faidutti and publisher Hans im Glück was a staple of every backpack. Across the various versions it has art from Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval, Jesper Ejsing, Bruno Faidutti, Didier Graffet, Bjarne Hansen, Darrell Hardy, Florence Magnin, Jean-Louis Mourier, Scott Nicely, Hassan Nozadian, Christian T. Petersen, Brian Schomburg, and Richard Spicer.

 

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

 

Castle (Castel)

Verräter 

Meuterer

Werewolf

Five Tribes

7 Wonders Duel 

Lords of Vegas 

Blood on the Clocktower

Puerto Rico

Mission: Red Planet

El Grande

Mascarade

Survive/ Escape from Atlantis

Cockroach Poker

Carta Impera Victoria

 

Other Mentions

 

Faiduttis perfect game library

Complexity and Depth article from Iain

Iain’s Collection 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi

 

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Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x

 

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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. 

 

In this episode of Cult of the Old we visit the industrial revolution in England through the game Brass. With a new edition, called Brass:Lancashire, released through Roxley Games in the not too distant past, this game has caught the limelight again and reminded everyone what a powerhouse designer Martin Wallace is. The original release was through Warfrog Games. Artists who have worked on the game are Gavan Brown, Lina Cossette, Peter Dennis, David Forest, Eckhard Freytag, and Damien Mammoliti.

 

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

 

Age of Steam

Steam

Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World

Ankh Morpork

Power Grid/Funkenschlag

Struggle of Empires

Few Acres of Snow 

A study in emerald

Auztralia

Age of Industry

Brass: Birmingham

Twilight Struggle

Through the Ages

Tinner’s Trail

Barrage

Kanban

Indonesia

Greed Incorporated

Food Chain Magnate

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold

 

Join us on our Discord https://discord.gg/Ye6Bem5Q6x

 

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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. 

 

In this episode of Cult of the Old the team look at a game that couldn’t be more appropriate for our times. The game that introduced the idea of co-operation to modern boardgame audience, Pandemic. Designed by Matt Leacock with art from Josh Cappel, Christian Hanisch, Régis Moulun, Chris Quilliams, and Tom Thiel. Originally published by Z-Man Games. 

 

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

 

Reiner Knizia’s Lord of the Rings

Red November

Witch of Salem 

Arkham Horror 1st edition - Chaosium edition

Arkham Horror 2nd Edition - FFG

Eldritch Horror

Defenders of the Realm

Dungeons and Dragons Adventure series

Castle Ravenloft

Wrath of Ashardalon

Legend of Drizzt

Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Settlers of Catan

Hanabi

Spirit Island

The Crew

Gloomhaven

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold

 

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On the latest episode of Cult of the Old the team discuss the massive Kaiju of dice chuckers, King of Tokyo!

Welcome to the inaugural 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. 

The team are starting this journey with the most pastoral of worker placement games, Agricola. Designed by Uwe Rosenburg with art by Klemens Franz. Originally published by Lookout Games.

 

Games Mentioned

Bohnanza

Caylus

Bus

Keydom

Lords of Waterdeep

Lancaster

Feast for Odin

Dominion

Power Grid 

Le Havre

Teotihuacan 

Puerto Rico

Terra Mystica

Spirit Island 

Caverna

At the Gates of Loyang

Ore et Labora

 

Other Mentions

Z-Man Games

Dale Yu - Opinionated Gamers

Playagricola.com

Team Links

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

The Cult of the Old

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

 

Support us on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold

 

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