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

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Boxing Day Game 2024

Greetings…

My apologies for the time between posts… and the late posting of the Boxing Day Game…

Shortly after Christmas I caught Flu which combined with my Sarcoidosis and an underlying infection… Basically knocked me for six and lead to two visits to the hospital for Blood testes, chest X-Rays, ECG’s and various other swabs and checks….

I am slowly recovering…Apparently this will take some time…

I am beginning to feel a bit better….And I am starting to think about painting toys…

I have even bought myself some new toys… Retail therapy…. What’s not to like.

So… I’m not going to give a full blow by blow account of the Boxing Day game…. I’m not sure how much I can recall… apart from the fact that I will not be holding a victory parade….

Here are sone hopefully pretty pictures with some occasional comments…




The beautiful village… With the Gavle Goat in the village square…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat

The object of the game was for Rust and Malchanceux to burn the goat for a victory… collecting Xmas dinner and destroying enemies on the way would be a bonus.

The Snowmen had to defend it….






Rust makes his move…As does one of the Snowballs of the Apocalypse… (The only one to be activated in the game)…


Rust press’s on…



Malchanceux wanders slowly through the woods… They did manage to pick up a little snack…


Brace yourselves …



Rust finds good firing positions and pours shot into the Village square…



Wander…Wander…Sigh!…



Look… The Village , The Goat ,Snowmen and Rust…
Open fire!…





Like my memory… It starts to get messy…
A flurry of Snowmen and Rusts soldiers running around fighting, shooting and attempts at arson…


Not even Drunky wanted to get involved….


And then at almost the last throw of the dice… The Goat is incinerated….😱

It really was down to the wire…. Rust and Malchanceux were one wrong throw away from breaking…

I reckon I came a Glorious…. 4th 🤣🤣🤣…
A very fun game indeed….

Heres to a Happy and Healthy New Year…

Look after yourselves…

All the best.   Aly



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  1. Old Nick10 January 2025 at 02:24

    Glad to hear you are feeling better. And that was a great amusing game!

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  2. Mark Strachan10 January 2025 at 03:06

    Sorry to hear that the New Year has started poorly for you (but I did note a bad omen for the year in that the first three days of the year were Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - a year that starts with WTF must surely be doubtful). Hope you get well soon. Looks like you had a good bit of fun before the lurgi hit.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 18:45

      Thank you Mark…
      WTF would be an appropriate description…😁
      Feeling better bit by bit…

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Donnie McGibbon10 January 2025 at 03:37

    Sorry to hear about your health travails and hopefully you are on the mend, a bit of retail therapy is always good for the soul!! Cracking looking game and looks like loads of fun was had great stuff!

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 18:46

      Thank you Donnie…
      The game was loads of fun and I am impressed by my 4th place 🤣
      All the best. Aly

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  4. rross10 January 2025 at 05:45

    Sorry to read about your health woes Aly - it feels like you have been through the ringer a bit in the last 6-12 months? Your festive game looks suitably....weird! And of course, sounds like we got the traditional result - its nice to know there are some things we can still rely on in this world of constant changes!
    Looking forward to following your adventures in the coming year.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 18:50

      Thank you Keith…
      I am hoping this year will be more settled…
      The game was as always loads of fun… And just a little bit weird… As it should be…

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Phil Curran10 January 2025 at 06:53

    Get better soon. Thank you for the battle report!

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  6. Phil Robinson10 January 2025 at 07:53

    Sorry to hear you have been unwell, illness has affected a fair few of our number recently. Good to hear you managed your annual Boxing Day game/ drubbing, the dice gods have no mercy even when one is poorly. Take care and get well soon.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 18:58

      Thank you Phil…
      I’m starting to feel a bit better… Little steps … All forwards.
      My traditional drubbing is now an official part of the Holiday period

      All the best. Aly

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  7. pancerni10 January 2025 at 09:06

    Good to hear your activities included some fun. Quite the game. In between the martial exercises rest up.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 19:00

      The game was indeed lots of fun…
      I intend to get as much rest as possible…

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Steve J.10 January 2025 at 10:44

    HNY to you and yours Aly and I hope you are beginning to feel a bit better now. As always a great game to behold:).

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 19:03

      Thank you Steve…
      I am starting to feel a bit better…
      Little steps … But all going forward.

      All the best. Aly

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  9. The Jolly Broom Man10 January 2025 at 11:35

    Hope you continue to recover matey - what did you treat yourself to with the retail therapy? I’m asking cos it’s always good to know what the movers and shakers out there are getting into next! lol. P.S all the Christmas figures look ace but Drunky is still my fave.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 19:20

      Thank you Mark…
      I bought some Aventine Hellenistic Phalangites …
      I am intending to put together a small Pyrrhic force and a similar sized Hellenistic one to fight them… Pyrrhus died fighting against Sparta… so I thought it would make a nice change from Rome.
      I also bought an Airfix kit…
      A Boulton Paul Defiant… this was the first aircraft kit I remember building… I think my dad bought me it… Know idea when I will get it done… but it is there for when it is needed 😁
      I’m not sure how hip the Boulton Paul is considered these days…
      Drinky and Drunky are definitely full of the Xmas spirit… Pints of it.

      All the best. Aly

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  10. David10 January 2025 at 11:49

    Splendidly eccentric, as is only to be expected of the annual Father-Daughter game! Glad you are improving health-wise, if not dice-wise!

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    1. Aly Morrison10 January 2025 at 19:04

      Thank you David…
      My health will improve… But the Dice… Who knows.

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Unlucky General11 January 2025 at 06:32

    Delightful post Aly and those grenadiers look just gorgeous. Very sorry to see you got knocked but at least you are mending. Happy new year.

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    1. Aly Morrison11 January 2025 at 14:59

      Thank you…
      Whenever we think about doing something different…
      All it takes is a look in the Christmas toys box… And we know it has to be Snowmen, Snowballs and Shiny Grenadiers..
      It’s always fun…
      I am indeed on the mend… A slow process at the moment… but getting there.

      A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you.

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Rob11 January 2025 at 12:02

    Looks super fun as always. The aesthetic is brilliant, perhaps you could ease your way back into the hobby by making some snowman corpses?

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    1. Aly Morrison11 January 2025 at 15:03

      Thank you Rob….
      There is a list as long as my arm of stuff I want to add to this collection…
      Snowman casualties are definitely in there…

      All the best. Aly

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  13. matthewjksullivan12 January 2025 at 02:08

    What a great looking game! The expression on the faces of the snowmen just kills me.
    I got invited to a similar Xmas game this year in Stratford, Ontario: it also featured wooden soldiers, snowmen, plus some very mean looking gingerbread men.
    I was sorry to read about your flu. I hope your recovery is swift and easy. Take care!

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    1. Aly Morrison12 January 2025 at 20:38

      Thank you Matthew…
      They are great fun to make…
      I rather like the idea of Gingerbread Men…

      It’s a steady but slow recovery… but every day there is some improvement…

      All the best. Aly

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    2. matthewjksullivan13 January 2025 at 04:52

      Well, you'll often be in my thoughts because I'm painting your sculpts all the time these days.

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  14. caveadsum147113 January 2025 at 14:17

    Looks like the usual lovely game, if you were to win the world would shift off it's axis in all probability, so thanks for coming 4th! Boulton Paul Defiant? Excellent! Always thought something similar would be a great name for a motorbike?
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison13 January 2025 at 17:15

      Thank you Iain…
      I do my best to keep the planets safely in alignment…
      It would definitely be a bike for the “Ton Up Boys”…

      All the best. Aly

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  15. David13 January 2025 at 19:06

    Mmmm, BBQ for Xmas dinner. My favorite! Would have been a shame for the goat to escape and spoil the celebration. Didn't look like any of the snowmen were left to melt in the flames of the BBQ anyway. Glad you are on the mend and hope the trips to the hospital did not put too much of a damper on your holiday.

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    1. Aly Morrison13 January 2025 at 19:36

      The goat didn’t stand a chance…
      I think most of the snowmen were reduced to slush…

      And I still managed to come 4th 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  16. Rob Young14 January 2025 at 10:53

    Retail therapy works for me. Nice figures and get well soon!

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    1. Aly Morrison14 January 2025 at 12:57

      Thank you Rob…
      Yes Dr Retail comes very highly recommended…

      All the best. Aly

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