Merry Chistmas Wargamers Poem!

Wargame News and Terrain wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas, many more glorious moments on the tabletop and lots of good dice throws! I also found this excellent wargamers poem from a fellow blogger: A Wargamers Poem by Eric the shed of the Shed Wars Blog

These are the tales of wargamers all

Playing with soldiers, lead and small

The armies are scaled for battles of old

The victory will go to the lucky and bold

The table is set, the forces arrayed

The generals arrive, none are delayed

The tools of the trade are put to one side

players huddle, whisper and confide

The game start is earnest with a roll of a die

The units start marching, sailing or fly 

A legion of lead crawls across the table

to create the battle of History or Fable

At ranges in scale the sides open fire

Some will advance and some will retire

Imaginary noise and smoke fill the room

Dakka, Dakka, Dakka, Boom, boom & Boom

All grown men , children will be,

Pushing their lead into battle we see

Their minds will re-enact the horror of war 

But divorced from the power, shock and awe

The game goes on over fields of felt

Through woods and towns all home built

The pride in their hobby is obviously clear

The speed of a horse, the range of a spear 

Across the world, gamers regale their tales

the battles they won and skirmishes failed

In blogs and letters to the forums

They share their passion with decorum 

Christmas comes with new toys

For our special Wargame boys

Piled up high and under the tree

terrain, some rules and a new lead army