ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Friday, 29 December 2023

Boxing Day Game 2023… The Cast of Players.

Greetings…

I thought I would introduce you to this years cast of players…

Our two groups of Christmas Treasure/Dinner hunters…


Toy Town Army Blue…

Commanded by General Malchanceux…

Toy Town Red Army…

Commanded by General Rust…

These lovely toy soldiers are available from Eureka Miniatures…

https://www.eurekaminuk.com/collections/toy-town-soldiers



Sleepy the Snowman…

Sleepy guards the town and the Yule Goat…
Any group of Toy Town Soldiers entering the Town without an item from the Christmas Dinner will be confronted by this sleepy looking soul…
Anyone or anything trying to destroy the Yule Goat will also be confronted by him…
He may look mild but his stats were something like an Elite Veteran Imperial Guard Grenadier Sergeant…
He is as hard as nails…


Melty the (Soon to be Ex )Snowman…
Any Snowman … Except Sleepy… Who encounters Melty must take an immediate moral test with a minus 2 on dice rolls….


Toy Towns unemployed politicians…Well known for their scandals and misdemeanours.
Who could forget the the Cease and Desist Order/Orders from Ben And Jerry’s…
The Exclusion Order/Orders from Tinkerbell… 
And The Candyfloss Affair 😱.
Ken Pump and Bob Brush….( Okay we probably all know who they really are 🤣).
Anyone who encounters these upstanding fellows will immediately miss a turn as they get canvassed about their voting preferences in the next election…
You must  defeat them in hand to hand combat to get away…
They will move at random or towards anyone in line of sight if not engaged in canvassing/boring people half to death.


Yup!
It’s Drinky and Drunky…
If you are unfortunate enough to encounter either of these drunken idiots they will…
On a roll of…
1-2…” Didn’t you spill my Beer?”…Fight Fight Fight… 
You must engage in hand to hand combat… If you win they will wander off… If you lose you will be knocked over and miss a turn… They will wander off..
2-4…” Your my New Best Friend “… Whomever will join your party and will loyally follow you until they see their Real Best Friend ( Drunky or Drinky) or The Yule Goat… Which must be Brunt 🔥🔥🔥
5-6… They will completely ignore you and wander off to find their Real Best Friend or the Yule Goat.

Drunky, Drinky, Ken and Bobs moves are decided by a random directional dice throw… Or if the actually have line of sight to a new Friend/Target…


Christmas Dinner and ‘Trimmings’… Collect as many as you can and the head for the Christmas tree in the town…

Snowmen… 
As you encounter these fellows they are added to your force as basic infantrymen…


The Three Snowballs of the Apocalypse…
When Hell Freezes Over this is what gets released….

The two smaller Snowballs were treated like Elite Light Cavalry and the bigger one as an Elite Dragoon.
They move randomly bouncing around the field of battle like crazed billiard balls…

If you end up in their line of sight they will go straight at you and attack…
If you win or draw in combat you have jumped out of the way and survive…If not you take damage… 
The best you can hope for is to simply be knocked down and miss a move…
If a Snowman is beaten in combat it is destroyed/absorbed by the Snowball…

It turns out these things were bloody lethal…

I will probably post the game up tomorrow…

Having spent the afternoon having a lovely late lunch at Cleaver and Wake restaurant here in Nottingham… I am going to put my feet up and let it go down…







Smoked Salmon, Venison and Sticky Toffee Pudding rounded off with Coffee and Japanese Whisky for me and a Cucumber and Mint based Cocktail for Mharaid…
All very seasonal I would say😁
And delicious.

All the best.  Aly







30 comments:

  1. Brilliant characters and rules, to say the least! We can't wait to know what crazy adventures happened on the snowy field.
    For now we wish you a good digestion, hoping that your dreams are not haunted by Drinky&Drunky, or Ken&Bob (in all honesty we wouldn't know which couple to choose)...

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  2. That is one mighty fine cast list, looking forward to the main feature immensely.

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  3. What a delightful way to approach Christmas. I just adore your Toy Town soldiers. Beautiful, colourful and shiny.

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    1. Thank you Greg…
      The Toytown soldiers are from Eureka Miniatures…
      https://www.eurekaminuk.com/collections/toy-town-soldiers

      All the best. Aly.

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  4. Some exceptional looking figures and grub!

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  5. Those soldiers look great. But the snowmen are excellent.

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  6. Totally barmy! But so creative and humorous! Looking forward to the AAR, though I suspect you may have not come first?

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    1. Thank you David…
      I came third 🤣

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Japanese Whisky! But, but, but...

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    1. Yes indeed Matt.
      Japanese Whisky has been winning awards for quite a few years now…
      It is very like Scottish Whisky.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Bloody hell Aly - you sure are living your best life mate. Top stuff.

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  9. 'Tis the season for marvelous madness! Great stuff :)

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  10. Looked like a rather nice lunch indeed Aly and the various characters for your game are, of course, splendid - I am looking forward to seeing how it all goes!

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    1. Thank you Keith…
      The lunch was delicious… We will definitely be going back again.

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Cracking looking figures, really good fun, the Snowmen look brilliant, looking forward to seeing the battle report, should be a goodie!

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  12. Looks like great fun. The figures are superb too!
    Neil

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  13. Your Toy Town armies are beautiful Aly! And your Snowmen are so varied and full of character! Very well done indeed!

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  14. Great looking armies, and a rather good looking dinner too!
    Looking forward to the festive AAR.

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    1. Thank you Rob…
      It was a very tasty lunch indeed…

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Hard to decide if I prefer the food or the snowmen pictures 🙂

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    1. The food was particularly good…especially the venison.

      All the best. Aly

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