Cults & Daggers

Moby ID: 136268
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Cults and Daggers is a strategy game set in the Hellenistic era between the death of the Buddha and the birth of Christ.

You create your own religion and fight a secret war for the soul of the world. With your disciples you spread your faith throughout the Mediterranean world by preaching to the people and converting noble families. You and the other cults are the hidden powers behind history, you secretly manipulate the rise and fall of great city states to further your ambitions.

But the Old Gods are also stirring, taking advantage of the time between Buddha and Christ to try and destroy the world they can no longer rule. You must stop them by sending your disciples to their places of power and defeating their evil.

A sprawling, deep and complex game which covers over 400 years of history, spies, assassinations, double dealing, occult forces , martyrs , prophets and blasphemers.

Write your own myths. Single player against the AI or upto 4 player Multiplayer.## Cults and Daggers. Faith, Hope and Conspiracy.

  • Turn based Strategy over 400 years of history.
  • Create and customise your own Faith
  • Procedurally generated technology tree and adventure system
  • In depth modelled spying system allows for deep subterfuge
  • Complete ambient music Album "Cults and Daggers" included
  • Single player. Hotseat & PBEM multiplayer

Source: Steam Store Description

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A game by
Chaphat COO
Long suffering wife
Love of my life
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  • Art assets not created by Chaphat were made available by the kind generosity of the following:
Icons made by
  • Thomas Tamblyn (credited as Lorc)
  • From http://game-icons.net
  • Thank you!
The League of Moveable Type
  • You are a treasure
  • Thank you!
Art Assets
  • Die Online-Angebote der Wolfenbütteler Digitan Bibliothek
  • Der Herzog August Bibliothek
  • The British Library and its generous public domain program
  • The Getty and its open content program
Tools
  • Openframeworks
Creative Direction & being wonderful people
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  • HighWater Group
Design Support, Web & general awesomeness
After all these years I am proud to call you a friend
For excellent criticism of the game, thanks!
For generous advice and data
For sample code & advice
For early advice & sympathy
For the stories of Christ's disicples
[ full credits ]

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Game added October 31, 2019. Last modified February 13, 2023.