' The theme chosen for HOTTBAP 2009 was When we were very young. Several edible possibilities sprang to mind, such as Farley’s Rusks (with lurking sugar) and Shark Infested Custard, but some of the wonderful Splintered Light proved irresistible, so I went for Heffalumps & Woozles.
Heffalumps, Woozles and Friends
The Heffalumps on the cover of this edition of Winnie-the-Pooh look remarkably like elephants, and the Woozles are notable by their absence from the illustrations.
The literary source: Winnie-the-Pooh
These Skeletal Constructs however leapt out at me saying Heffalump, Heffalump, Ho, HO!
Two Behemoths, including the general.
Heffalumps - Splintered Light "Skeletal Constructs"
The Giant Weasels make great Beasts, starring as the Woozles
Woozles (Beasts) - Splintered Light "Giant Weasels"
while the Were-Weasels make up both the warband (Wizzles), and the sneaker (Stouts – this one does not exist in the source, but that must because even Christopher Robin could not find them).
Sneakers are not really worth 3AP, even with the special rules we were using at HOTTBAP, but a chance to mangle the old joke:
Q. What’s the difference between a stout and a wizzle?
A. Woozles and wizzles are weasily wecognised and a stout is stoataly different.
Wizzles and Stouts (Warband & Sneaker) - Splintered Light "Were-Weasels"
The remaining elements were hand-made – a lurker: the Heffalump trap for Poohs
Heffalump Trap for Poohs (Lurker)
and a flyer: the Wrong sort of Bees – no doubt grumpy at having to fly out in the snow.
The Wrong Sort of Bees (Flyer)
The stronghold is a stand for a terracotta pot, and came from a garden centre.
and the terrain is based on the map in the book: Where the Woozle wasn’t, the Six Pine Trees, Eeyore’s gloomy place, and the Sandy Pit where Roo Plays.
The terrain
The army list I used at HOTTBAP 2009 is:
| Heffalump King | Behemoth General |
@4 = |
4 AP |
| Heffalump | Behemoth |
@4 = |
4 AP |
| Woozles | Beasts |
2 @2 = |
4 AP |
| Wizzles | Warband |
3 @2 = |
6 AP |
| Stouts | Sneaker |
@3 = |
3 AP |
| Heffalump trap for Poohs | Lurker |
@1 = |
1 AP |
| the Wrong sort of Bees | Flyer |
@2 = |
2 AP |
Alternatives I have available are an extra Heffalump or an extra element of Bees. The Stouts could also be fielded as an extra warband instead of a sneaker. In most of these cases I would then have to leave out the lurker, unless I built an extra one point element – perhaps a pooh-stick with teeth as a water-lurker.
