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    Support us on Ko-Fi   https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold   Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CultoftheOld Email us at [e-mail]