The Boxing Day Game 2025

Greetings…

So…I have finally got around to writing this post up… My apologies for the delay 😁

Due to not being able to use the big “New” table… It is still covered in boxes and books… We opted to use my little dining room table.

Which is big enough to take The Christmas village, Some woods and all the protagonists.

 Here we see the layout of the battlefield…

Force Blue… In two groups moving up from the South.

Force Red… In two groups moving down from the North.

And..

The Snow defending the Village and most importantly the Yule Goat.

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The Snow…

We decided we would tweak our rules for the Snow People… And have given them a chance to regenerate.

This added an interesting dimension to the game… It turns out they were quite good at regeneration.

The Yule Goat sits in the middle of the village and will catch fire if a Toy Town Soldier remains in contact with it and rolls high…

Let’s not forget… The demented Snowball in the woods.

As before this moves randomly and ricochets around the table creating chaos where ever it goes…

I have to admit that this is one of my favourite figures/ characters…

Much to my surprise… And theirs… The Snow immediately start taking casualties.

The psychotic Snowball and a nervous Snowman have an uncomfortable encounter 😳

The Snowman/ person is bowled over and Psycho Snowball careers towards Reds Troops…

Take note of the position of my men…

It doesn’t change much 🙀😳.

Psycho Snowball demolishes Reds Troops…

Come on… That’s pretty impressive 🤣

The Snowman jumps up oblivious to what has just happened….

Although looking like Henri is about to make a daring solo attack on a Snow sentry… This is actually another fine example of my men simply not moving…

You are on your own old chap…

Oh!… Was he stunningly successful in his endeavours?…. I hear you asking.

Of course not… He couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn 🙄

Rust manages to untangle himself from the mass of twisted limbs, splinters and chipped paint.

And bravely dives for cover…

The ‘Snow’ has started to regenerate…Psycho Snow looks around for something/someone new to play with…

Red’s men… those that are still on their feet… attack the village.

And my men…. 🤔. Sigh!

Ah!… It looks like it’s my men that Psycho Snow wants to play with…😳

Surprisingly my men manage to run out of the way…

Except…..🙀

Pierre… Mummy!

Snowball… I’m not your Mummy … I’m a ball of snow with anger management issues…

Pierre… Eek!

Snowball… Brace yourself! 😈

The onslaught continues… Reds men push into the village… Colonel Snow encourages his “ Men” to hold on and most importantly… Regenerate… Fast!

Out of nowhere… Rust rushes in and sets fire to the Goat…🙀🙀🙀

Then gets his brains blown out 💀💀💀

Horrified… Force Red breaks and runs…

And…

A brave snowman sacrifices himself by diving on the flames, Melting and saving the Goat…

A glorious victory for The Snow…

By actually getting into the village and doing something Force Red come Second.

And me?

Third 🤣🤣🤣.

A thoroughly enjoyable game…

With… What is now a predictable outcome…

I shall try and do a round up of 2025 in the next few days…

It’s been an odd year but hopefully still interesting…

All the best.   Aly