Designer Series: Samuel Bailey – Old Ones: Origins

Starcraft The Board Game and Forbidden Stars are still two of our favorite games. But both are long out of print and have no more support.
We are excited to hear the systems the we loved in those games are back with Old Ones: Origins.
We talk about length with the designer, Samuel Bailey, about the process of bringing a version of Forbidden Stars back to the market, the process to do so, the changes to theme and the gameplay.
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A designer series interview with Samuel Bailey about Old Ones: Origins is the kind of deep dive that makes me want to try a game before the hype cycle moves on. I run Colony Flow, a guide site for a small ant colony puzzle game, and hearing how a designer thinks about first-turn decisions always sticks with me.