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

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Matt

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Nate

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