Christmas Carnage (All Previous Episodes)

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!