Cult of the Old - Monopoly

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. 

 

Within any sub-culture certain things become the boogeyman. Films so terrible they are just terrible and become the poster child for the worst the form has to offer. Books so ponderous that no-one can make them to the end and everyone wonders why anybody bothers trying. Board games are not immune from this and it is of course those games that a lot of us grew up with that become the target of our ire. 

 

That does not mean they are not worthwhile discussing and here on Cult of the Old we want to take a look at the history and impact of one of those pariahs. Yes it's time to choose if you want to be the dog or the hat, to hope you don’t go to Jail, and to see if you can get the best value properties. The game that makes Capitalism fun, Monopoly! 

 

Monopoly was designed by Elizabeth Maggie, not Charles Darrow as you will learn in our cast!

 

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

 

Monopoly: Ultimate Banking Edition 

Catan - Episode Link

Pandemic - Episode Link

7 Wonders - Episode Link

Risk

Modern Art

Acquire

Power Grid

Lords of Vegas

Millennium Blades

Contract Bridge

Kriegspiel

Magnate: The First City

Monopoly Deal

I’m the Boss

 

Other Mentions

 

Senet Magazine

The Monopolists

Dollop Episode on The Landlords Game

 

Team Links

 

Team Links

 

Websites you can find the cast on

There Will Be Games

 

Iain

The Giant Brain

Bluesky

Matt

Bluesky

 

Nate

Bluesky

Threads

 

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