Christmas Carnage (All Previous Episodes)

Thus concluded “Christmas Carnage” Episode Three, rolled out on Beasts of War in December 2016.  Once was enough for Clan Ghost Bear, they’d go back to picking on weaker foes like the regressive scum of the Inner Spheres.

But again, Santa’s workshop is far from safe.  2017 would bring yet another threat, and yet another test for the elite heroes of the NPDF.

Good afternoon, Beasts of War / OTT:

In preparation for Christmas, we’re re-rolling out all the old “Christmas Carnage” battles, traditionally run every holiday season since 2014. In these battles, a nefarious, wicked, or simply “naughty” force raises a powerful army and mounts an assault on that most sacred of December objectives, Santa’s village and workshop at the North Pole.

These were originally presented in the forums of the old BoW 1.0 site, and when BoW 2.0 rolled out, these were lost to the mists of the 1.0 archives.

No longer!

So once again, Santa’s elite NPDF (North Pole Defense Force) must stand fast against dastardly villains who would ruin Christmas for everyone!   In 2014, the Soviets made a try at it with a force of 1939 armor.  Having failed, it seems they are back for Christmas 2015, but this time with a much  more modern force of T-72 main battle tanks (complete with reactive armor panels) and Mi-24 Hind gunships!

Sure Christmas was doomed this time!  Or could the heroes of the NPDF pull out another miracle?

Thus concluded “Christmas Carnage” Episode Two, rolled out on Beasts of War in December 2015.  This victory for the NPDF was decisive, finally convincing the Soviets of the futility of their effort.  Two attempts on the North Pole had come to grief, they wouldn’t be mounting any more assaults on holiday cheer for the near future.

But that didn’t mean Santa’s workshop and village were safe!  The Soviets may have learned their lesson, but other forces were ready and waiting with even more powerful armies in their diabolical bids to conquer Christmas!

Stay tuned as the Christmas Carnage sagas continue, as we take a nostalgic look at who mounting the next all-out assault on the North Pole in December, 2016!

Good afternoon, Beasts of War / OTT:

As some of the long-time warhorses on the site may know, every year about this time we have a special “battle.”  It’s become something of a tradition by this point, where a nefarious, wicked, or simply “naughty” force raises a powerful army and mounts an assault on that most sacred of December objectives, Santa’s village and workshop at the North Pole.

Fortunately, Santa has a militia of his own, including elves for light infantry, enchanted snowmen for heavy infantry, reindeer for light cavalry, polar bears for heavy cavalry, special high-tech units crafted in a “secret R&D wing” of the elves’ toy workshop, and of course no small amount of heroes who serve as commanders for this small but elite (and growing) force.

Every year the “North Pole Defense Force” (NPDF) gets a little stronger, which is fortunate because every year the threat against the North Pole grows more severe.  Time and again the forces of evil try to ruin Christmas for everyone, and time and again Santa and his heroic militia must stand tall and defend their homestead (and Christmas) for all!

Will Santa’s village and workshop come under attack again this year?  No one knows for sure, but suffice it to say that the sophisticated “intelligence network” that Santa uses to compile his “Naughty or Nice” lists keep him well forewarned of any threat.  And yes, there are murmurings … yet another terrible army could well be marching toward the North Pole as we speak.

But before we get to that, as Historical Editor I feel it’s my job to plow through the archives and dust off the records of the previous four “Christmas Carnage” battles that have raged at the North Pole.  We started this tradition back in 2014, and since then it’s developed quite a following.  Formerly hosted in the forums of Beasts of War 1.0, they have been “lost to the mists of time” … until now.  Yes, I still have all the originals, which I will roll out in sequence here in the Projects feature of Beasts of War / OTT through the coming weeks, building up to … well, we don’t know what yet.  If Santa’s “NNA” (Naughty-Nice Agency) has learned anything about what may be coming, they keeping quiet for now.

So here’s the first ever Christmas Carnage, re-presented from 2014.  Here is where it all began, folks!  Stay tuned for subsequent editions (2015, 2016, and 2017).  Meanwhile, please accept my early wishes for a safe, happy, and epic 2018 Holiday Season!

Thus concluded “Christmas Carnage” Part One, first rolled out on Beasts of War back in December 2014.  But if anyone thought that would be the end of the issue, clearly they didn’t count on the Soviets coming back for another try, with far more modern equipment, in 2015!

Stay tuned as we continue to reconstruct the chronicles of the Christmas Carnage saga!