Cult of the Old - Arkham Horror

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. 

 

It is the end, dear listeners. As we stare once more into the inky black void of our season break, we contemplate our own mortality and wonder if there is anything out there between the episodes. Such musings can leave us imagining monstrosities that exist in the gaps between seasons. Entities vast and overwhelming that we can barely understand and are wise to not look at directly. Only by coming together in the warm embrace of our listeners can we stand a chance to fight back such Eldritch Horrors. 

 

The game we are discussing for our last episode this season similarly tackles the darkness of the unknown. This game took the mythos of HP Lovecraft and turned it into a co-operative game where investigators take on horrors beyond measure to save a small town in Massachusetts. A game that arguably gave rise to the hobby game obsession with Cthulhu and was certainly one of the earliest co-operative games. Join us on a road trip to the end of space and time, in Arkham Horror. 

 

The original game was designed by Richard Launius, Charlie Krank, Sandy Petersen, and Lynn Wills. We are mostly covering the second edition version created by Fantasy Flight Games and designed by Richard Launius and Kevin Wilson.

 

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

 

Call of Cthulhu RPG

Battlestar Galactica - Episode Link

D&D Gold box Games

Pool of Radiance

Curse of the Azure Bonds

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Talisman - Episode Link

War of the Ring

Twilight Imperium Third Edition 

Arkham Horror: RPG

Elder Sign

Eldritch Horror

Star Wars: Outer Rim

 

Other Mentions

 

Ride the Lightning - Metallica 

Ramsay Campbell

Thomas LeGotti 

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Twitter

 

Matt

Twitter

 

Nate

Twitter

Instagram 

 

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