At precisely one o clock in the morning of Saturday 1st March 1943 , Heinrich Himmler , Reichsfuhrer of the SS and Chief of State Police, received a simple message . The Eagle has landed . It meant that a small force of German Paratroops were at that moment safely in England a poised to snatch the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, from the Norfolk Country house near the sea, where he was spending a quiet weekend. *
Come with CiA to the village of Studley Constable to find out more……
Hmm, looks like I'm not organising this one after all...
Apologies, not trying ot take over 
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At precisely one o clock in the morning of Saturday 1st March 1943 , Heinrich Himmler , Reichsfuhrer of the SS and Chief of State Police, received a simple message . The Eagle has landed . It meant that a small force of German Paratroops were at that moment safely in England a poised to snatch the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, from the Norfolk Country house near the sea, where he was spending a quiet weekend. Come to the village of Studley Constable to find out more.
Single Day Airsoft Event 2nd March 2008 at GMA Site Tuddenham
Safety Brief at 9.30, game on at 10 am , Finish 4 pm
Players are invited to come to site from 4pm Saturday to enjoy a social evenings camping .
Cast
Players
Axis
Organiser – Oberstleutnant Kurt Steiner
Organiser
20 German players ideally FJ / Heer SS ok £30/Head
Allied
Organiser Colonel Shafto US
Organiser
15 US – local forces £30/Head
5 Brits – Churchill’s SOE/SAS Bodyguards £30/head
NPC Free to play but mostly Noncombatant
1 Winston Churchill – Could be organiser or someone prepared to Walt it up
1 Doctor – Can be forced to act as a medic for any side
4 Locals – one/two of which will be a German spy agreed at booking but kept quite from all Players
In total
4 Organiser
40 players at £30 / head
5 Players FOC
Revenue £1200
Special Rules
All NPCs except the spy , are non combatants i.e. they may not use arms nor can either side deliberately shoot them . If they are hit accidentally they have to be mediced before moving, but do not regen .
The spy appears the same however can use a concealed pistol , in which case once cover is blown must regen as a German .
Morning Game 1000- 1200 ( In the film from after the Waterwheel exposure)
Germans are now exposed to the village people , although the surrounding forces don’t know yet . Germans have massed the hostages, but not necessarily all in the same place- thus allowing Spy to operate.
US need to investigate and find out what is going on , ultimately to release the prisoners, meanwhile Germans need to find out where Churchill is being held.
Main Objectives
1 US/ Brits must Guard Churchill from Being Captured
2 Germans hold hostages in Village / Allies must free them after discovering the fact that they are being hidden
3 German Spy must help Axis without blowing cover, Hostages are to try to escape , discover who is the spy
4 Germans must hold village
Afternoon Game
The hostages are no longer necessary as cover is well and truly blown. Germans now out to capture Churchill and carry him off to rendezvous wit the U-boat at 4pm . Churchill can be defended or hidden anywhere on site .
Objectives
Germans must try to hunt down Churchill and capture him . At 3 PM German spy must have discovered the hidden rubber boat at the site’s edge and inform German’s so they can exfill at end ex with Churchill . Allies win by sopping Germans.
Eh? So, who's organising this then?
Eh? So, who's organising this then?
You and Chommers! 
The above are just the thoughts I had about a TEHL game after getting the date from Josh - it's there to be used or ignored as you like (CW asked me to repost it ) 
Also CW reckons the site is too small to play the above complicated NPC game on , that's cool by me too,
Come up with sommit good, & I'll focus on the Ostfront game for now !
Right - is the site suitable for TEHL?
Synopsis:
Hitler wants to kidnap Churchill.
Plot hatched, team chosen.
German paras land in UK dressed as Polish.
Walk into village and cut it off undetected.
Irish secret agent facilitates subterfuge.
Gets found out by girlie - Jenny Agutter HOT
Word gets out to local US unit.
Germans get holed up in church with hostages.
Germans release hostages, remove disguises and fight to death as falshies
Anti-hero Caine carries on mission alone
Kills Churchill - not.
End
We have no village, chuch (or pub!).
Cross dressing Germans would be a pain.
Not much fighting in film, what there is is mostly in the church.
One man dominates all the action.
On the face of it not much left.
But, if we are happy to lend the title of 'The Eagle has Landed' to a game set in East Anglia where German paras aim to kidnap Churchill (who is on a weekend painting break in the country) then fair enough, let's do it!
Yes I think the loose plot would be best. Just go for the title, it's something that people can get talking about and it's a hook to hang our game off.
We can use some of the scenes in the film as basic sub-plots (ie: stop the female informant shopping you into the US forces)
We need to have a think about a firmer game plan and sub-plots and what sort of props we can fit into it. Being a game set in the UK it could be a little bit prop thin, which have made a large part of our games in the past.
I'm inclined to agree. As Stephen puts it, " it's a hook to hang our game off". How many "Black Hawk Down" games have we had at sites here that are anywhere near what it was in reality? fuckloads.
People know what The Eagle Has Landed is - and that alone is enough.
Regarding props, thats a good point. Is there a building on the site we can deck out as a church (plywood steeple anyone?)
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Great , basic concept now marked out .
Can we now get some marketing and bodies booked , if need by via PM. Suggest same as before , full cost up front , you drop out you sell your place. also suggest get it in now before they all book for Varsity .
We've got nearly four months to worry about the game, which is 3 months and 29 days more than it probs needs
Heh, someone is panicking!
I'll put together a marketing package and we will launch by this weekend, if that's OK. I don't want a half-cocked launch like Varsity where so much was 'to be announced'.
Nor indeed 'announce then retract' a la Josh.
Just watched the film. Not bad. Not great either.
This is going to be a weird one to wrap a game around. Will have to have a think.
Yes, not much will be left of the film for our purposes - I've got the outline sorted S, I'll drop you a PM and see what you think....
Dave, any luck sending me the outline yet?
Yeah Chommers -have you tracked down a fit bird for the Jenny Agutter part yet? 
Stephen - are you available for a meeting this Saturday? I'll be over at Coventry getting James back to Uni so can call over. It'll save me two of three hours putting the game plan down on paper, takes me ages to write down thought processes and it's one of the hundred things I didn't have time for over the 'holiday'....
Nope, otherwise engaged this weekend I'm afraid.
Alternatively could a phone call do it?
S
Damn, meetings is the way we have always done it!
Damn, meetings is the way we have always done it!
Yes and traditionally Stephen has yet to appear at one 
