24: SLEIGH WARS
SLEIGH WARS: a boardgame from issue 72 of White Dwarf volume 1 about four very different Santas fighting to deliver gifts.
“Mummy, if there really is a Santa Claus, and he always brings people the presents they want most, how come I get landed with schlock like this every Christmas?”Ever wondered why? Well, the answer is that it became obvious long ago that there was no way that Santa could cope with the increasing volume of deliveries, and so the powers that be advertised for additional franchise holders, with the result that there are now four Santas rather than one.Santa Claus, Anti-Claus, General Nicholas B. Claus III Jr. and The Ongoing Spirit Of Christmas Where It’s At At This Moment In TimeThe trouble is, they all have very different ideas of what the job involves, and of the right presents for people...
What else could it possibly be? A formative RPG magazine issue and the basis of a Ghostbusters adventure...
Several Santas racing to deliver gifts has more recently been done by Ravensburger in the rather more wholesome Santa’s Rooftop Scramble but they’re all multiples of the regular Santa and they don’t have Xmas Pudding Mines..
Multiple Santas and newbies like Jack Skellington who might not have the right idea, heavy backup and other explanations for how Santa can deliver so many presents are common in Christmas media, and you could base a holiday one-shot on the likes of Prep & Landing, but most of them aren’t quite so vicious. Or such a clear warning about the dangers of careless subcontracting.
I hope Santa is good to you this year!
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