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Author Topic: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?  (Read 36894 times)

Offline Mad Lord Snapcase

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well? (Back story update, page 5)
« Reply #75 on: October 08, 2018, 07:26:51 AM »
A great way of establishing a series of linked games, I look forward to the AAR's :)

Thanks, Ballardian. First game is in November with Doug em4 and Vagabond and then I hope to play some smaller solo games in the new year, all linked off this story. Chapter 2 to come shortly.
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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well? (Back story update, page 5)
« Reply #76 on: October 09, 2018, 10:37:28 AM »
Chapter 2: Prien Meets the Fat Lady

   “Can this verdammte lastkahn not go any faster?” shouted Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, Iron Cross First and Second Class, U-boat War Badge with Diamonds and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. “Actually mein Kapitän, this is technically a schmales boot, not a lastkahn” replied Obersteuermann Hans Sammann. Sammann was something of a pedant and did not choose his moments for displaying his pedantry too well. “Arschloch!” came the succinct reply from the hard-bitten U-Boot commnder. Currently the hand-picked raiding crew from the new type VIIB Unterseeboot, U-47 were travelling at four miles per hour on the Barnstaple to Tiverton Canal. U-47 was currently resting on the bottom of the Western Approaches, two miles out from Saunton Sands and just south of Lundy Island. Prien and his men had rowed ashore under cover of darkness and hidden the rubber dinghies in the sand dunes. The mysterious 5th Column they were to rendezvous with had arranged to leave a narrow boat ready for the submariners to head inland. They were looking for the branch off the main canal at Molton-Magma to join the Market Snodsbury to Much-Piddling Canal.

   It felt like three weeks ago but it had only been three days since Prien had been in Paris at the offices of Kommandierender Admiral Frankreich. Prien had been summoned by the commander of Admiral Frankreich, Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster.

   “I want you to go to England and capture Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark,” stated Schuster brusquely. Schuster was not the kind of Admiral to be questioned by a mere Kapitänleutnant and Prien merely nodded his head in acquiescence whilst his mind was in a whirl. He was a U-Boot commander, not a spy. “As you know, Prien, the Kriegsmarine is not the Führer’s favourite branch of the armed forces. I want to install Prince Phillip as head of the puppet government when the British surrender. That way, the Kriegsmarine will rise to the top in the Führer’s mind and we will assume our rightful position in the Reich. My secretary Brünnhilde will give you the details and plans of the operation, codenamed Griechischer Prinz.”

       With that, Prien was ushered out of Schuster’s palatial office and into Brünnhilde’s less spacious but more functional office. She seemed keen to sing the details but Günther assured her that was not really necessary. Brünnhilde produced a red folder marked Streng Geheim: Unternehmen Griechischer Prinz and handed it to Prien. Brünnhilde then went on to explain that Otto Skorzeny, a member of the Führer’s bodyguard, had already secretly landed in Devon to contact an Abwehr agent code named Starling. Starling has provided the tantalising intelligence that Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark was to visit a Home Guard platoon in Much-Piddling, where Joanna Grey (Starling), a German sleeper agent, lived. Prince Phillip, accompanied by his Royal Naval escort and Royal Marine bodyguard was to meet the local MP for Mid-Devon, Sir Douglas D’Emfore and then visit the Much-Piddling Home Guard under the command of Captain Lord Bertram Wilberforce Snapcase before being served luncheon at Snapcase Hall, on the outskirts of Much-Piddling. As it transpired agent Starling was Sir Douglas’s personal assistant which was how she had come by the vital intelligence. Sir Douglas would be accompanied on the visit by a highly trained bodyguard, one Sergeant-Major V. A. G’Bond late of the Sherwood Foresters but now assigned to an elite VIP protection unit. Trained by Eric Sykes, G’Bond was a close-combat specialist. As Günther left the offices of Kommandierender Admiral Frankreich, the final words of Brünnhilde were echoing in his head; “Es ist nicht vorbei, bis die fette Dame singt!”.

To be continued.....
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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well? (Back story update, page 5)
« Reply #77 on: October 09, 2018, 10:40:48 AM »
 lol lol lol
Cheers,
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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #78 on: October 09, 2018, 11:13:23 AM »
What a verdammt gute introduction to a game of supposedly hilarious fun and excitement. Very good characterization of believable pulp characters - and situations...

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #79 on: October 10, 2018, 07:04:11 AM »
What a verdammt gute introduction to a game of supposedly hilarious fun and excitement. Very good characterization of believable pulp characters - and situations...

Poiter50, glad you are enjoying it!

Michi, many thanks for your kind comments. Another couple of chapters and the main characters will be positioned for the start of the game which takes place on 23rd November. We have allowed for it to continue into the next day as I seem to have made it rather complex!

I am hoping that the players have a lot of fun with it by getting into character, hence the back-story.   :)

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #80 on: October 10, 2018, 07:07:36 AM »
My team of proof-readers have passed Chapter 3 as fit for human consumption so without further ado.....

Chapter 3: Steiner Pulls It Off

     There was a massive grinding of tortured metal, sparks, a curious sense almost of weightlessness as the Tante Ju fuselage rolled over and over in the Devon field. Stahl felt like it would never end but suddenly there was relative quiet, broken only by the ticking of cooling metal and the drip of aviation fuel onto a red-hot engine. With both wings and their engines broken off in the crash, there was still the nose engine of Immelmann II attached to the fuselage. “Scheisse!” shouted Stahl as he suddenly understood the significance of the dripping fuel. He tried to stand but found he couldn’t move. Something was pulling at his foot and then he realised it was Steiner trying to pull him out of the wreckage of the cockpit.

     Steiner. The man was a mystery. Leiste had told him at Carinhall that he could pick his own crew but he must include a highly decorated and experienced Fallschirmjäger officer, Oberst Kurt Steiner. There were all sorts of rumours about Steiner. Norway, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and then disgrace. Steiner had tried to prevent a roadside execution by an SS unit. For this, he was court-martialled. Rather than face the firing squad, Steiner was allowed to transfer to a penal unit on the Channel Island of Alderney, where they made high risk attacks with their captured motor torpedo boat using manned torpedoes against Allied convoys passing through the English Channel. Virtually a suicide unit. Leiste had offered a chance for Steiner to redeem himself in the eyes of Göring. The Luftwaffe wanted a fighting man on this mission and, in their view, not only was he a fighting man but he was expendable.

     Stahl came to just as Immelmann II exploded in a ball of flame. A column of dense black smoke rose into the air. Stahl suddenly realised that the storm that had caused the crash was over, as if it had never been. Rolling over Stahl saw the rest of the crew, some injured but everyone was there. Hanna Reitsch had been thrown clear of the plane during the crash landing and suffered only minor scratches. Oberfeldwebel Dieter Müller had been trapped in the burning fuselage but somehow Steiner had managed to free him and drag him to safety. He had a bad leg injury and a nasty knock to his head. Stabsfeldwebel Raimund Weiser had a piece of metal embedded in his arm but Stahl was surprised to find that the whole crew was still alive.

     “So, Sabartovski, where are we?” enquired Stahl. “I believe we have come down about a mile north-west of a village called Much-Piddling” replied Sabartovski, “we need to head south-west for Winkleigh to rendezvous with the Black Shorts and Spode”. “We will reconnoitre the village and try and liberate some transport. Zimmermann, see if you can retrieve a machine-gun from the wreckage. You all have your personal pistols and Steiner has retrieved enough hand-grenades so take one each” ordered Stahl. With that, the unlikely invading force set off on foot in the direction of Much-Piddling.

To be continued.....

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #81 on: October 10, 2018, 09:02:23 AM »
I am undecided which party has my sympathy yet...  lol I will follow with keen interest.

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #82 on: October 16, 2018, 10:00:13 AM »
I am undecided which party has my sympathy yet...  lol I will follow with keen interest.

Thanks, Michi, obviously I'm biased because I'm commanding the Much-Piddling Home Guard as the rather dim and bumbling Captain Lord Bertram Wiberforce Snapcase!

A bit more scenery for the game:

A statue to be erected in Much-Piddling village square. The village's greatest hero, the Elizabethan swash-buckler and explorer (some would say pirate but b'damned to them), Sir Francis Snapcase. Born in Much-Piddling in 1540, 'tis rumoured he died in El Dorado in 1599.

The inscription reads: Sir Francis Snapcase, 1540 - 1599, "Singed the Queen of Spain's Bush"


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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #83 on: October 16, 2018, 01:10:21 PM »
Fnar, fnar.

Cracking work old bean!

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #84 on: October 16, 2018, 01:34:46 PM »
Elizabethan swash-buckler and explorer (some would say pirate but b'damned to them), Sir Francis Snapcase. Born in Much-Piddling in 1540, 'tis rumoured he died in El Dorado in 1599.

The inscription reads: Sir Francis Snapcase, 1540 - 1599, "Singed the Queen of Spain's Bush"

There is a game about it to be played in the not so distant future, I suppose. Either the first part or the second.

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #85 on: October 16, 2018, 01:52:35 PM »
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Cracking work old bean!

Thanks, jon_1066.   :)

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There is a game about it to be played in the not so distant future, I suppose. Either the first part or the second.

Yes, there is an Elizabethan game planned for later, possibly Witchfinder General. But for now Sir Francis is only set-dressing for this Operation Sealion game.   :)

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #86 on: October 16, 2018, 06:09:08 PM »
Thanks, Michi, obviously I'm biased because I'm commanding the Much-Piddling Home Guard as the rather dim and bumbling Captain Lord Bertram Wiberforce Snapcase!

A bit more scenery for the game:

A statue to be erected in Much-Piddling village square. The village's greatest hero, the Elizabethan swash-buckler and explorer (some would say pirate but b'damned to them), Sir Francis Snapcase. Born in Much-Piddling in 1540, 'tis rumoured he died in El Dorado in 1599.

The inscription reads: Sir Francis Snapcase, 1540 - 1599, "Singed the Queen of Spain's Bush"



That’s a really nice job, m’lud. Inscription and weathering look the bizz. Congratulations on a cracking bit of scene dressing.

Doug

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #87 on: October 16, 2018, 09:45:24 PM »
Amazing project, I will follow this with anticipation!

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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #88 on: October 17, 2018, 09:05:20 AM »
Amazing project, I will follow this with anticipation!

Thank you, Ockman.   :)

As a person of such eminence as Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark is visiting Much-Piddling, it is only natural that the local MP should be there to greet him. As a consequence, Sir Douglas D'Emfore, MP for Mid-Devon has taken time out from the House and returned to his constituency to greet the esteemed royal visitor. As an MP in wartime, Sir Douglas is escorted by his Personal Protection Officer, Sergeant-Major Victor Albert G'Bond, late of the Sherwood Foresters and trained by none other than Eric Sykes himself.

Sergeant-Major G'Bond has booked a car out of the car pool for the visit and was rather amused to discover an Austin 7 which could have been his own personalised number plate!






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Re: On The Day, Went The Eagle's Landing Well?
« Reply #89 on: October 17, 2018, 09:26:30 AM »
Nice paint job.