The Eagle Has Landed For Bolt Action From Warlord
September 10, 2015 by stvitusdancern
So how many of you remember , The Eagle Has Landed? I am not talking about the famous statement made due to Apollo 11 landing on the moon, but the movie starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland.
In the movie elite German Fallschirmjäger are to parachute into England and pose as Polish paratroopers on manouvers in the English countryside with the intent to capture Winston Churchill and bringing him back to Germany in hopes of swinging the war Germany's way.
Needles to say, things go wrong for the Germans and their confederates and a local US Army unit is alerted and a battle is commenced in the village and the Germans do not fulfill their mission.
Now you can bring this movie to the tabletop with a scenery pack from Warlord Games to be used in Bolt Action. They even have a whole set with miniatures to play out the battle in the movie. The entire set would look like this:
- Oberst Steiner
- 3x metal Fallschirmjӓger with looted weapons
- 7x metal Polish Airbourne
- 6x new plastic Fallschirmjӓger
- 20x US infantry plastic
- US Ranger decal sheet
- US Officer
- US Radio operator
- 2x US Jeeps with crew
- US M3 plastic halftrack
- Plastic Stone Walls
- 4Ground Grave Stones
- Sarissa Watermill
- Sarissa Old English Church
What a terrific little set and what a wonderful idea to model this after a movie with this small battle. This would make a wonderful display piece for any game club event or bigger events. such as Salute. You know those Dad's Army miniatures you have sitting on your shelf, well now you have a scenario you can use with them.
I am definitely going to get in on this as this movie brings back memories of watching it with my Dad when I was younger. Yes, I know it has been out for a couple of weeks, but I just found it while doing research for other material. I cannot wait to build a table for this set!
Have you seen The Eagle has Landed? Would this make a good game?
"This would make a wonderful display piece for any game club event or bigger events. such as Salute."
The movie was brilliant… I don’t know how often I watched it.
This scenery set could make a good entry to Bolt Action because it’s everthing you need included… well… maybe a rulebook would be needed aditionally
This film led to many games using my plastic toy soldiers as a kid. Love the way Michael Caine says “Steiner”
And now, if someone could please make mini’s for “Cross of Iron,” with James Coburn, James Mason, and Maximilian Schell, I would be one happy camper: “You, Captain Stransky! You are my platoon!”
… doesn’t get any better than that 🙂
*Ring Ring!
Stransky: “Captain Stransky!”
Col. Brandt: “Where is your counterattack?”
Stransky: “We ARE attacking! We are defending! We are counterattacking!”
OMG, @oriskany It just occurred to me that I could probably pigeon the entire script. For those unfamiliar with the movie we might have to acknowledge each other with a secret handshake, or a code word like DEMARCATION!!!
I dunno, Demarcation didn’t work out too well for Steiner and his men.
One of the best lines, in this or any other movie, has to be when Capt. Kiesel is trying to describe Steiner to Stransky . . .
Brandt: “Anything to add to that, Kiesel?”
Kiesel: “Steiner . . . is a myth. Men like him are our last hope. And in that sense he is . . . a truly dangerous man.”
Oh, crap,I forgot one other . . .
Stransky: “Fine. I accept. I’ll show you how a Prussian officer can fight!”
Steiner: “And I will show YOU . . . where the Iron Crosses grow.”
Cross of iron is my favorite war film, for me it was like the Sven Hassel books brought to life. It was also the first one where I saw german soldiers as normal men stuck in a situation not of there own making and dealing with the realities of it; and not as a goose stepping fanatics. However stransky is a bit of an arse! I have a set of cross of iron figures, they are slightly bigger than bolt action minis but not noticeable when on the table. I need to do some serious research (if the wife lets… Read more »
Somebody did the Cross of Iron figures sometime ago. Cant remember who though
errr merrrr guuuurd, absolutely love it!! Definitely one of my favourite films of all time…
(Brilliant) going to have to watch the film now, again. Lol
The Eagle has Landed is such a kicka$$ movie it can’t be put into a post. Perhaps I can attempt to sample some of the best lines . . . Steiner: Tell me, Mr. Devlin . . . just WHY are you coming along? Devlin: Can’t ye tell, Colonel? I’m the last of the world’s great adventurers! Radl: I want you to come to England with me . . . Devlin: But Colonel, I barely know ye! Radl: . . . to assist in the capture and safe return to Germany . . . of Winston Churchill. **pause** Devlin: Hand… Read more »
Dont forget Well went the Day which is a British film made in 1942 which is basically the same premise and just as good
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035429/
fantastic film, yet strangely overlooked a lot of the time…
All that I can say is that you are a bunch of blighters! I mean that in the worst possible way of course as now I can’t get these lovely films out of my head 🙂 Cross of Iron I have no problem. Just found out that the only copy of the Eagle has Landed that I own is on VHS and I no longer have a VHS player 🙁 Amazon to the rescue a new bluray is only $16 to the door and I will have it tomorrow 🙂 Anyone need a well used VHS copy of The Eagle… Read more »