January GAO (game accounting office) Report

The Old School Gamers decided to keep track of purchases,

Kickstarters, and regrets in 2020. We hope to focus more on 

games we know we enjoy, bling for those games, and expansions

for favorites, and less on buying games that never see the light 

of day while still picking up those gems that release every year. 

  

January’s GAO (game accounting office) Report 

Our Awesome buys:

1. Naval SitRep 57 from the Admiral Trilogy Group. Back in the day,

we enjoyed their Harpoon and Command at Sea games. Their twice

yearly periodicals are a fun read and stoke the fires to find table

time for a game or two.

2. Minis for use with Marvel Champions LCG. We enjoy adding bling

to some of our card games. We’re using heroclix figures for the

heroes and villains we have decks for.

3. Arkham Horror LCG A Thousand Shapes of Horror. This is our

Lovecraft go to game. This was a fun and exciting scenario, which

for a change our investigators performed quite well.

4. Arkham Horror LCG Dark Side of The Moon. This arrived yesterday

and we will play it out Saturday. The Dream Eaters story line is, and

has been, one of Fantasy Flights best.

5. Astronomy Fluxx. Haven’t played this one yet. It looks good and we

like that they used real photos. We often pull out a Fluxx game while

we eat or are waiting for more gamers to arrive. Quick and easy to learn

make this a backpack staple. And the price is right for our use.

6. Warhammer Underworlds Dreadfane - we are suckers for these 

B&N exclusive Games Workshop offerings. This is a quicker and easier

entry in the Underworlds series. We should be able to get this to the

table soon. 

7. Warhammer 40k Combat Arena - another B&N exclusive set in the

40k universe. The push fit minis are a big plus. This is a game of quick

and dirty arena combat. We are excited to play this one too. If it’s good

the minis might even see paint!

Kickstarters backed that ended this month

1. Meat Sweats - a backyard BBQ game for 4-10 players with a playing

time of 15 minutes. 

Kickstarters delivered

None

What was I thinking?

This month’s impulse buy and regret....

1. Magic the Gathering - Planes Walker decks. The Theros setting

was a favorite of ours. But two things. One, for the times we play,

we have waaaaaay to many Magic decks. Two, the planes walkers

drew us in, hope for some neat mythology related cards. I was very

disappointed. These two decks will not compete well against most

things in our gaming library. I’ve made a note to read this myself

the next time a Magic release comes out!!

2. Meat Sweats - we love quick card games and 4-10 players is a

bonus but we already have so many fun good card games that 

don’t get table time. The instant this funded and billed I did a facepalm. 

3. Battleline Medieval. We really enjoyed the first one and it saw a lot of play.

This version did not contain enough medieval theme to have me swap out

the original. And they didn’t even include the token that the original used for

showing ownership of the sector. Must fight the urge to acquire filler type

games. There are so many, and few “scream” “play me, play me!”

Let me know if you picked up something you’d recommend to us,

or of something we should avoid.

The Hobbit Saga - LotR LCG

In recognition of JRR Tolkien’s birthday we launched into the Hobbit

Saga adventure. The adventure contained several challenges and had

some fun moments.

Bilbo set off with the company of dwarves. Thorin Oakenshield, Gloin, 

and Nori in one group. Gimli, Thalin and Ori in the other. 

Our Adventurers were merrily trooping along until they bumbled into Bert.

We enjoy surprises, so having not really paid much attention to the Sack

cards, we had a good laugh as their now obvious use and meaning surfaced.

Bert scooped up Thorin Oakenshield and the party burst into action.

After clobbering an ally, Gandalf hit the table and set up Gimli to deliver the

finishing blow to Bert.

Our threat levels were creeping up fast, and with Gandalf out of one hand,

this “Troll party” began to spiral out of control!

Tom swoops in and Sacks Bilbo. Time to read the fine text. We quickly travel

to a site location allowing Bilbo to burgle his way out of his sack. Next turn he’ll

free Thorin. 

Then William shows up and we are forced to absorb more threat levels. Over

the next three cycles, with the help of another Gandalf, we manage to set Gimli

up to first take out Tom and then William. 

We were fortunate, in that we wanted to visit the locations Tolkien’s story traveled

through. Bilbo and Thorin’s party had successfully explored the Troll cave.

We didn’t realize how cool that was until....

We are now all set for the next stage. We hope to get that to the table soon.

For Anyone wanting a fun refresher on the Hobbit tale, we really enjoy the

1977 Bass & Rankin program with Orson Bean and John Huston.

Zombicide: Follow the Clues

“It wasn’t all BS” exclaimed Dan

For weeks the team had been following the hand drawn map Jose had given them. 

The team found Jose bitten and dying but he appreciated the company and kindness

the team showed him. 

Jose said he was a scavenger for a camp that was still functioning and trying to 

assist folks just outside of a hospital the CDC had taken over. He was cornered

by a swarm and his gun jammed. He managed to slide through but got bit in the

fray. 

“Follow this map. I’ve marked key landmarks and known danger points. Don’t 

let me change...” said Jose

Maggie gave him a nod and toke care of it about an hour latter. 

The team had just cleared a path to the make shift camp so the knew the

situation had gone bad at some point recently.  

Let’s search the area and those tents. Maybe we can pick up some bread crumbs 

to follow. 

We quickly take care of the doors and search both sides. This place must have

fallen recently. Lots of fresh fast zombies!

The team does well keeping the zombies from grouping and quickly searching for

clues to what happened as well as the usual quest for food, weapons, and ammo. 

The zombies are swarming....too much noise. 

Dan and Louise are feeling like they are about to be cutoff. 

Terry gets rushed but hold the gap open for Dan and Louise 

Watch the crawlers!

Maggie, James, and Laurie search the tents

“We gotta get this done”, shouts Dan over the roar of battle

“Found some folders and a brief case marked CDC”, yells Louise. 

“Let’s find a way out and see if we found anything good”, replies Dan

The team steps into the pocket to determine the best way out

“There! We can go between the tents and get outta here”, directs Maggie

The team moves quickly and starts to put distract between them and the zombies. 

Our first go at Rue Morgue was fun and wow nothing tougher than putting out a crawler 

for each 1 rolled along with a kill. The Rue Morgue campaign is moving toward a link up

with our Yacht / Rock Campaign. Thanks for reading, following, and commenting. 

Closing out the Decade

As 2019 and the 2010s come to a close it seems like a good time to look back

as well as take a look into the Roaring 20s. 

The Old School Gamers played some great games in 2019. A few of our favorites

were the ones that allow a really great narrative. Our top two were Warfighter and

Zombicide. Here’s Negan and Apocrypha get an honorable mention. 

One of our team created a fun list to close out the decade. We may have a few 

more of these type lists in the next few weeks. 

We had given up hope but this link back to our youth showed yesterday and will

get January table time. 

We hope everyone has a safe New Year and may it hold lots of good gaming!

Zombicide: Running the Rock

Wanda was nervous as she looked back at the team. This was her first mission

to plan and lead. She considers this team family after all the have survived. 

“Ok, one more time. We get to the control room and open the exterior door

then everyone but Josh heads out. Josh will let us back in when we signal.

Everyone got it?”, asked Wanda. The team nodded and they were ready. If

the notes they found were correct they should find the replacement parts needed

to use the machine shop again. With the machine shop and salvage they can 

get the yacht ready to explore across the bay. They had seen signals from the

coast which were now much less frequent but it had been clear they had been

SOS messages sent by flashlight and mirror. 

The team smashes open the path to the control room

With the door open Wanda moves quickly before the zombies can swarm

Doug and Ned notice that opening the front door clearly opened an interior 

door too. 

The zombies are coming quicker than planned

The prison zombies coming from the rear are endangering the plan

Wanda makes a stand on the pimp car!

Amy links up with Wanda while Phil decides to stay with Josh. Doug and Ned 

will join the effort to gather the items outside the front entrance. 

“Time to improvise, Amy you and me will go get the last items. Doug and Ned cover 

us and keep our retreat path clear” shouted Wanda above the mayhem. 

Phil and Josh keep the area clear

Wanda and Amy head toward the block of offices 

Zombies are closing from all sides. Amy and Wanda prep to crash the offices while

Ned and Doug work hard at holding the egress open. 

Wanda and Amy are forced to escape the other way after grabbing the prize

Doug holds the entrance and Ned takes on the runners

Get those doors open!!!

Ned uses the concrete saw on the Abomination

Amy decides to put our Molotov Cocktail to good use destroying a large part of the

remaining zombies on The Rock

Conclusion

“I feel like I just ran The Rock 10k”, mussed Wanda as she looked through books, notes,

and items they had gathered today. The team was very excited to have survived and

set the table to get the yacht ready to explore the area. As the team sat around decompressing,

Wanda interrupted the small talk,”you’ll never believe what’s in the notebook I scooped

up in the offices says”.

“The secrets of time travel”, joked Josh

“No but almost as good. These notes say the hospital across the bay had a cure they 

were about to test!” exclaimed Wanda. 

“I guess we know where we are going as soon as we make our repairs”, said Phil 

“Looks like we have a hospital to checkout before we look for the source of those

signals we’ve spotted”, added Doug. 

Zombicide once again provided a tense close run game. We were lucky to find good 

gear quickly. Until next time....Old School Gamers Out