{"id":3801,"date":"2025-12-23T07:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/merry-christmas-a-greeting-from-the-mechstrategen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:58:42","slug":"merry-christmas-a-greeting-from-the-mechstrategen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/en\/merry-christmas-a-greeting-from-the-mechstrategen\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas! &#8211; A greeting from the Mechstrategen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Merry Christmas! &#8211; A greeting from the Mechstrategen <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear readers, supporters and strategy friends,<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An eventful year is drawing to a close. While the frost moves in outside, I am slowly putting the reactors here at <strong>mechstrategen.de<\/strong> into standby mode. It&#8217;s time to leave the heat of everyday life behind me and enjoy a little Christmas peace and quiet.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I look back on the past year, I am <strong>grateful for<\/strong> one thing above all else. Without your passion for mechs, tabletop and in-depth strategy, this blog would just be an empty hangar. Your interest is the fuel that keeps me analyzing new tactics and immersing myself in the world of steel giants.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/openart-image_ksTB9LvW_1765032418314_raw.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Christmas!  \" class=\"wp-image-3799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/openart-image_ksTB9LvW_1765032418314_raw.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/openart-image_ksTB9LvW_1765032418314_raw-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechstrategen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/openart-image_ksTB9LvW_1765032418314_raw-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My thanks to you<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to take this moment to say <strong>thank you<\/strong> personally:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thanks to you, the reader,<\/strong> for taking the time to follow my thoughts and analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thank you for your feedback:<\/strong> the discussions in the comments and messages have often broadened my own horizons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thank you for your support:<\/strong> whether through praise, constructive criticism or sharing my posts &#8211; you help me to keep this platform alive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time for the coolant flush<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, Christmas is an opportunity to take off the armor for a moment and focus on what matters away from the battlefield: Time with family, good friends and perhaps the odd new model-making project or strategy game that has ended up under the tree.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Strategy wins battles, but the right crew wins the war. Thank you for being part of my crew.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish you a peaceful holiday season, full energy reserves and a smooth start to a hopefully glorious new year. May your dice luck stats remain stable in 2026! <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All the best and happy holidays,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00f6ren from <strong>mechstrategen.de<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas! &#8211; A greeting from the Mechstrategen Dear readers, supporters and strategy friends, An eventful year is drawing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merry Christmas! 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