Cult of the Old

• Cult of the Old - Through the Ages

  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. Dear listeners, it is once again time for us to part ways. As we come to the end of our third season, let us reflect on the games we have covered. From the family friendly Ticket to Ride, to the genre defining titles like El Grande and Dominion, and the brutal chance of Blood Bowl we have covered a wide range of genre, mechanism, and complexity. However, no game this season has the reputation for sheer scale and difficulty of our final title. Not only did our last title this season establish its designer as a powerful voice, but it took a venerable genre and turned it inside out. The civilisation style of board games is almost as old as the hobby, and our final title took this genre, stripped out a lot of the fundamentals and made a game that took the world by storm. Join us for one last time this season as we go Through the Ages.Show LinksBelow 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 MentionedPandemicMage KnightCodenamesFrancis Tresham Civilisation Mega Civilisation ProphecySid Meier’s CivilisationNew LeadersThrough the Ages AppCan’t Stop - Playte VersionFlip 7FFG CivilisationMare NostrumImperiumSix Sojourns - Eight Minute EmpireCarta Impera VictoriaCivilisation: A New DawnInnovationArk NovaOther MentionsMatt LeacockBoardgame ArenaDigital Antiquarian Team LinksIain The Giant Brain BlueskyMatt BlueSkyNate Bluesky InstagramSupport us on PatreonEmail us at [email protected] 

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• Cult of the Old - Blood Bowl

  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. Nate: Well Iain we are almost at the end of the seasonIain: That’s right Nate and the teams have all to play forN: Teams?I: Yes Nate, teams. In no other sport do we get to see the sheer physicality and natural brutality brought out in such a glorious mannerN: This isn’t a sports podcast Iain, it’s a board game podcastI: Can’t it be both? N: I guess it could. If we covered a board game from at least 10 years ago that happens to be focused on sportI: How about a fantasy sport? N: Tell me more IainI: Well Nate, let me tell you about a sport that is not only an allegory for the animosity between many fantasy races but also stands as one of the icons of the British gaming scene. N: Is it from a famous British Publisher?I: You took the words right out of my mouth NateN: Meat Loaf?I: No thanks I’ve eaten. N: Enough of this, let’s get on with the showI: You’re right Nate, let’s tell these fine folks about Blood Bowl. Show LinksBelow 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 MentionedWarhammerEpic 40kWarhammer 40kNecromundaWarhammer QuestSpace Hulk   Monsters of the MidwayFootball Strategy Avalon GamesTerror of the Lichemaster (warhammer campaign)Middle Earth Strategy Battle GameMordheimGorkamorkaDuneBlitz BowlDreadballBlood Bowl: Team ManagerKaos BallOther MentionsGames Workshop Ltd.Tabletop Simulator Mod we used Beastie Boys - License to ill American History XThe ProducersTSRTeam LinksIain The Giant Brain BlueskyMatt BlueskyNate Bluesky InstagramSupport us on PatreonEmail us at [email protected] 

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• Cult of the Old - Power Grid

  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. Sometimes you hear about games by reputation. The epic length of Twilight Imperium, the complexity of Vita Lacerda designs, the seemingly simple mechanisms behind the games of Reiner Knizia. These reputations can attract or repel in equal measure, and sometimes they are undeserved. The folklore around some games can be a hindrance to their uptake. However some folk tales are firmly based in reality. The game we are covering tonight is one of those games that I knew by reputation alone. Dry, excruciating downtime, with very little in the way of redeeming features. Despite that description this is a game that has always been available, an evergreen in more ways than one. Now that I have played the game, what do I think? We will get to that. As to what my fellow hosts think, well they are in the ring and ready to fight over the classic that is Power Grid. Show LinksBelow 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 MentionedTicket to Ride - Episode Link ImperialRailway RivalsMcMultiPlaybossAge of SteamCity of Big ShouldersChicago ExpressBohnanzaPuerto Rico - Episode LinkFearsome FloorsPlum Island HorrorFish, Flip, and Frikadelen 504Ark Nova SetiThebesRed NovemberPatchworkRaModern Art - Episode LinkFishingOther MentionsBrettspielweltThe story of Power Grid - https://opinionatedgamers.com/2016/07/11/funkenschlag-at-fifteen-the-story-of-power-grid/Team LinksWebsites you can find the cast onThere Will Be GamesIain The Giant Brain BlueskyMatt BlueskyNate Bluesky InstagramSupport us on PatreonEmail us at [email protected] 

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• Cult of the Old - Memoir 44

  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. A large part of the culture of the tabletop hobby is tied up with games emulating history. From HG Wells’ Little Wars to the early days of Avalon Hill and the modern expressions of the form in GMT Games, wargames are undoubtedly a large part of tabletop gaming’s history and present. We have covered one of the icons of this genre with Twilight Struggle in Season 1, a game that sat atop the BGG rankings for many years.Our next game this season has never had such an accolade, but has still been a massive presence over the years. Taking the more complicated wargames that were available at the time and distilling them into a fast card driven experience, it crossed the aisle into more  mainstream hobby gaming. Soon it was on gamers shelves everywhere and spawned numerous, and we do mean numerous, expansions, campaign books and more. Pull up a chair and reminisce with us as we look back at Memoir 44. Show LinksBelow 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 MentionedTwilight Struggle Ticket to RideBattlecryCommands & Colours AncientsCommands & Colours Napoleonic Commands & Colours series We the PeopleCombat CommanderHeroscapeStar Wars Queen’s GambitBattleloreNetrunnerSamurai BattlesOther MentionsVassal Richard Borg InterviewTeam LinksWebsites you can find the cast onThere Will Be GamesIain The Giant Brain BlueskyMatt BlueskyNate Bluesky InstagramSupport us on PatreonEmail us at [email protected] 

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• Cult of the Old - El Grande

  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. Over the last two and half seasons of Cult of the Old we have covered some absolute classics. From the brutal farming of Agricola that kicked off our very first season to Catan that began our second we have looked at games venerable and revered, and some that are just past their prime Some of those games still hold their place in the hobby, but many have been surpassed as designers take the original ideas and improve on them ten fold. This is not the case for the game we are covering tonight. Hitting the scene in 1995, the same year as Catan, our next title quickly became a watch word for area control. Though many games have followed in this Grand Dames footsteps, none have managed the combination of simple mechanisms, devilish decisions, and twists of fate that this title nailed. Pick up your caballeros and send them into the depths of the Castillo as we explore El Grande. Show LinksBelow 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 MentionedCatan - Episode LinkCivilisationRiskGo6 NimmtHeimlich & CoTorresTikalHeroquestVilla paletti San MarcoMission Red Planet Race for the GalaxyDominion - Episode LinkArcsRootChaos in the Old WorldKemetWallensteinShogunOther MentionsRio Grande GamesZ-Man GamesTeam LinksIain The Giant Brain BlueskyMatt BlueskyNate Bluesky InstagramSupport us on PatreonEmail us at [email protected] 

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