The Longest Day Drinking Game Rules

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The Longest Day drinking game gives this classic D-Day movie a steady watch party pace. You move from command rooms and weather calls to glider landings, scattered paratroopers, and the brutal fight at Omaha Beach. The film jumps between Allied plans, German delay, and French Resistance action, so every shift in the battle gives you something clear to follow.

Because The Longest Day runs close to three hours, this movie drinking game keeps the rules simple and the pace even. You take smaller drinks through the buildup, then bigger ones for the big scenes at Pegasus Bridge, Pointe du Hoc, Ouistreham, and the push off Omaha. It works well if you want a war movie drinking game with real history, a huge cast, and iconic D-Day scenes.

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The Longest Day Drinking Game Rules:

  • Take a sip when an on-screen caption introduces a new officer, unit, or location
  • Take a sip when the weather is used as a reason to launch, delay, or doubt the invasion
  • Drink when German commanders insist the real invasion will come at the Strait of Dover, not Normandy
  • Drink when officers lose time because Hitler is asleep or cannot be reached
  • Finish your drink when Eisenhower gives the final go-ahead for D-Day
  • Take a sip when Allied paratroopers land off target or scramble to regroup in the dark
  • Drink when the French Resistance takes action after news of the invasion reaches them
  • Drink when the Pegasus Bridge assault becomes the focus
  • Drink when Sainte-Mère-Église becomes the center of the action
  • Drink when a German lookout first spots the Allied invasion fleet at dawn
  • Take a sip when Omaha Beach action leaves troops pinned behind obstacles or the seawall
  • Drink when General Cota rallies the men to move off Omaha Beach
  • Finish your drink when the Americans finally break through the Omaha defenses and start pushing inland
  • Drink when the two lone Luftwaffe pilots make their strafing pass over the beaches
  • Drink when the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc discover the guns have been moved
  • Drink when the Free French assault the German stronghold at Ouistreham
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About the Movie
Title
The Longest Day
Released
04 Oct 1962
Rated
G
Runtime
178 min
Genre
Action
Plot
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Despite bad weather, General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the okay and the Allies land at Normandy. General Norma Cota travels with his men onto Omaha Beach. With much effort, and lost life, they get off the beach, traveling deep into French territory. The German military, due to arrogance, ignorance and a sleeping Adolf Hitler, delay their response to the Allied landing, with crippling results.
Language
English, German, French