Peter Pan

On Sunday my daughter treated my wife and I to wedding anniversary trip to the theatre to see' Peter Pan Gone Wrong', which I can heartily recommend seeing if you get the chance. On the way back I was reminded that man years ago I subjected Disney's film version to the HOTT treatment, backed up with bits and pieces from the book, for one must always go back to the original source material if possible. So here it is; another article from the old Stronghold, resurrected and dusted off for your pleasure.

Peter Pan

Army Lists for ‘Hordes of the Things’

By Alan Saunders

My children have recently become obsessed with Disney's 'Peter Pan'. The only way to stay sane under such an onslaught was to consider the HOTT potential.

The Lost Boys

Stronghold: Hideout in hollow tree

Aerial Hero General (Peter Pan and Wendy) @ 6AP	1
Flier (Tinkerbell) @ 2AP	1
Water Lurker (Crocodile) @ 1AP	1
Water Lurker (Mermaids) @ 1AP	1
Warband (John, Michael and other Lost Boys) @ 2AP	7

At the end of the film they capture Hook's ship and Tinkerbell enchants it so that it can fly: Airboat @ 3AP.

Pirates

Stronghold: Pirate ship

Hero General (Captain Hook with Mr. Smee) @ 4AP	1
Artillery (Cannon) @ 3AP	1
Sneaker (Pirates bearing gift-wrapped bomb)@ 3AP	1
Warband (Pirates) @ 2AP	7

Indians

Stronghold: Indian encampment

Warband General (Indian chief) @ 2AP	1
Warband (Indian braves) @ 2AP	10
Lurkers (Indians disguised as trees) @ 1AP	2

This gives you a nice three-sided campaign set in Never-Never Land. The film even has enough shots of Hook's map to allow a simple campaign map to be drawn up.

These lists are based on the film. An examination of the book, however, doesn't require too many changes to the lists, although it gives Hook a crew of just seventeen, which is going to stretch the army a little. The Lost Boys fare even worse; there are only six of them, although there is, at least, an implication that there are sometimes more (Pan is described as 'culling' them from time to time, which is a little disturbing).

Although they don't put in much of an appearance, there is a fourth force in Neverland; the Beasts. A pretty simple army list - twelve beasts. Easy. Funnily enough the crocodile would make a good general for this army, although it would lose its water lurker status in the Pan's force. The rest of the beasts are, as far as I can remember, such things as bears, wolves and so forth.