<p><br></p><p>Welcome to the latest episode of Cult of the Old!</p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Show Links</strong></p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Games Mentioned</strong></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic"><u>Pandemic</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96848/mage-knight-board-game"><u>Mage Knight</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames"><u>Codenames</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71/civilization"><u>Francis Tresham Civilisation</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184424/mega-civilization"><u>Mega Civilisation </u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8095/prophecy"><u>Prophecy</u></a></p><p><a href="https://civilization.2k.com/"><u>Sid Meier’s Civilisation</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280833/through-the-ages-new-leaders-and-wonders"><u>New Leaders</u></a></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.czechgames.tta&hl=en-US"><u>Through the Ages App</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop"><u>Can’t Stop</u></a> - <a href="https://www.playte.com/11"><u>Playte Version</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7"><u>Flip 7</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71/civilization/credits"><u>FFG Civilisation</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3931/mare-nostrum"><u>Mare Nostrum</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318184/imperium-classics"><u>Imperium</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439826/six-sojourns"><u>Six Sojourns</u></a> - <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131366/eight-minute-empire"><u>Eight Minute Empire</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240465/civ-carta-impera-victoria"><u>Carta Impera Victoria</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233247/civilization-a-new-dawn"><u>Civilisation: A New Dawn</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63888/innovation"><u>Innovation</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova"><u>Ark Nova</u></a></p><p><strong>Other Mentions</strong></p><p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/378/matt-leacock"><u>Matt Leacock</u></a></p><p><a href="https://boardgamearena.com/"><u>Boardgame Arena</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.filfre.net/"><u>Digital Antiquarian </u></a></p><p><strong>Team Links</strong></p><p>Iain</p><p> <a href="https://giantbrain.co.uk/"><u>The Giant Brain</u></a></p><p> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk"><u>Bluesky</u></a></p><p>Matt</p><p> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mattthr.bsky.social"><u>BlueSky</u></a></p><p>Nate</p><p> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sanildefanso.bsky.social"><u>Bluesky</u></a></p><p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sanildefanso/"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p>Support us on Patreon</p><p>Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]"><u>[email protected]</u></a> </p>