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.