Scenario Design & Discussion

Some tags employed for scenario description, it can be employed by any scenario designer for sake of standardization and simplification in upcoming scenarios: Air Intensive Scenario Afghanistan Alternate Cold War Database Arab-Israeli Wars ASW Scenario Bald Eagle China Cold War Scenario Colonial Scenario Covert Operations Drone Scenario France Scenario Gabriel Global War on Terrorism Scn Historical Scenario Israel Iran Komar Korean War Kriegsmarine LCS Scenario Michael Barkai Missile Boats Morocco Osa Phoney War RB-57 Saar Science Fiction Scenario Six-Day War Spain Scenario Spanish Civil War Scenario Special Operations Strategic Reconnaissance Submarine Scenario Spook S…

(linked from our current events sub forum) https://defence-blog.com/russia-warns-of-possible-military-action-in-baltic-sea/

The idea should be the employ of "secret" airfields in Pacific islands against some Chinese force: https://seapowermagazine.org/marines-establish-refueling-point-in-indo-pacific/

View File Black Sea 2 This is a (properly uploaded) adaptation of Don's "Black Sea 1", with his permission. Victory conditions and RED OOB are unchanged. BLUE loses all the F-35's, and gains 8 aircraft, 2 tankers, and the TGC Anadolu, with a motley air wing of helicopters and drones. Unfortunately, modern Turkish drones are unavailable in this database. Be careful, the other guy has better airplanes. Submitter rainman Submitted 02/03/2026 Category MEDC  

Turkey2.zip Here is a revisit of Don's excellent take on Turkey vs Russia. What if you had no F-35's? Victory conditions and order of battle are very much the same. You'll get a few more fighters, a small carrier, and two tankers. This might be hard. DUCK Patrick Howard

View File Turkey in the Black Sea Photo: Ada-class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy This scenario can be played with GE version 2022.027 (matrix last release) or newer, Database HCDB2-170909 in Medc 2003 Battleset. While Russia is still busy fighting it's war with Ukraine she has been harassing other countries with aircraft incursions, but Turkey fights back. Submitter donaldseadog Submitted 11/11/2025 Category MEDC  

View File Worst Case Scenario Can the EU repel a US invasion of Greenland? Let's see. EC 2003 NACV HCDB2 170909 Submitter rainman Submitted 01/23/2026 Category NACV  

View File China Submarine Exit to West Pacific For Classic Harpoon version 2025.025, Westpac Battleset and HCDB2 170909 Database There's two hypothesis for this fictitious scenario: First, a change in USA focus and deployments has left no USN forces in the West Pacific region other than a sole SSN that is in transit after maintenance at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. Second, internal Taiwanese political change has led to a swift change in status with PRC who now have use of Taiwanese facilities and have announced a forward military presence in the smaller island countries of the west pacific to enhance their securit…

View File Operation Midnight Hammer, night of 21-22 June 2025. Historical Scenario. Operation Midnight Hammer, night of 21-22 June 2025. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Middle East Battleset and the HCDB2-170308 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/US-Allied side or from the Red/Iranian side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: A B-2A Spirit and tw…

View File Operation FRUKIS For play with Harpoon Classic vers 2022.027 or newer, Middle East Battleset and HCCW 140314 Database. Israel invaded Egypt on 29 October 1956, having done so with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tightening of the eight-year-long Egyptian blockade further prevented Israeli passage. After issuing a joint ultimatum for a ceasefire, the United Kingdom and France joined the Israelis on 5 November, seeking to depose Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and regain control of the Suez Canal. [from wikipedia Suez Crisis Suez Crisis - Wikipedia ] In thi…

View File Tarakan Passage WW2 For play in HC game version 2022.027 (matrix patch) or newer. Westpac BS and using database HCWW 101110. 21 January, 1941, a Japanese invasion fleet of one light cruiser, ten destroyers, four minesweepers, three submarine chasers, three patrol boats and sixteen transport ships left Tarakan for Balikpapan, (oil rich areas of Borneo). A MLD Dornier spotted the fleet that same day, but heavy clouds with strong winds and prolonged rain prevented the plane from shadowing the fleet. On the next day, U.S. Navy submarines S-40, Pickerel, Porpoise, Saury, Spearfish and Sturgeon were ordered to intercept the fleet. …

View File Indonesia-Malayasia Conflict 3 Use game version 2022.027 (matrix patch) or later in Westpac Battleset with Database HCCW 140314 The "Landing at Pontian" (17 August 1964) was an amphibious landing made by a small body of Indonesian troops in the Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The landing took place during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, an undeclared war fought between Malaysia and Indonesia during the early 1960s over the creation of a Malaysian Federation encompassing parts of northern Borneo, areas that Indonesia sought to increase its own power in Southeast Asia. On 17 August 1964, Indonesian President Sukar…

View File Indonesia-Malayasia Conflict 2 Can be played game versions 2022.27 (matrix patch) and later Play in Westpac Battleset using HCCW 140314 database. The Sunda Straits Crisis was a two-week confrontation between the United Kingdom and Indonesia over the passage of the Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Victorious through the Sunda Strait, a major waterway separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, occurring between August and September 1964. The incident was part of the larger Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, an armed conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia (with the military support of Britain) over the for…

View File Indonesia-Malayasia Conflict 1 Requires Harpoon Classic version 2022.027 (matrix patch) or later, Westpac BattleSet and HCCW 140314 database. (Photo circa 1965 HMAS Melbourne, Vendetta and Voyager) The Indonesia - Malaysia confrontation was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya. After Indonesian president Sukarno was deposed in 1966, the dispute ended peacefully. The creation of Malaysia was a merger of the Federation of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia), Singapore and the British Crown colonies of North Born…

There's quite a bit of interesting reading here especially if you follow the various links. I'm wondering if things had gone bad and the conflict escalated to include significant naval and combat air action what would it have been like? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia–Malaysia_confrontation?wprov=sfla1

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (versionB) View File This scenario has been written to be playable in Harpoon Classic version 2022.027 (last available Matrix Patch) and is a variation of my previous version A 2nd Taiwan Strait Crisis Escalation. Play in Westpac BS using HCCW-140314 DB. On 24 and 25 August 1958 Chinese Communist (PRC) forces and Taiwanese (ROC) forces clashed in the vicinity of Dongding Island, which the Nationalist (ROC) troops controlled. The action was seen as an attempt by the communists to land on the island. This was the only naval and amphibious landing action during the crisis. ROC had begun to build m…

Has anyone played or written a scenario where nuke release should occur but sometimes doesn't even though it's in the scenario when viewed in the se and the game has been started with nuke release enabled. It seems random, sometimes it's triggered sometimes it seems not. It's just a feeling I have at the moment, ive been intrigued by a comment in Wikipedia re the second taiwan crisis stating that if it had escalated the usa was prepared to use nukes, so of course ive written them into some scenarios but they don't always seem to trigger. I'm currently using the last matrix patch game and scen edit 2022.027 for this scenario for widest distribution.

Taiwan Straight 2nd Crisis Escalated View File Scenario Background: On 24 and 25 August 1958 Chinese Communist (PRC) forces and Taiwanese (ROC) forces clashed in the vicinity of Dongding Island, which the Nationalist (ROC) troops controlled. The action was seen as an attempt by the communists to land on the island. This was the only naval and amphibious landing action during the crisis. ROC had begun to build military installations on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu archipelago, very close to the Chinese mainland. The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands in an attempt to take them from Tai…

View File Cold War Christmas in Taiwan This scenario is written to be played with harpoon classic version 2022.027 or newer. To be played in Westpac Battleset using custom database HCCW-140314. Scenario Background: Its a few days before christmas in a fictional 1964. There has been a continous close co operation between USSR and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Pressure in other locations and internal political change has lead to a significant withdrawal of USA forces from the South East Asian area, although a retained interest in the politics. Meanwhile negotiations between PRC and the Republic of China (ROC: Taiwan), …

View File The Med Sea Sharks, September 27, 2021. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset and the HCDB2-170909 (or later) 1980-2025 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with Advanced Scenario Editor Build 2017.013 and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/Israeli side or from the Red/Algerian side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: Algerian Navy LPD Kalaat Beni Abbes (L-474) on April 2, 2016, a San Giorgio-clas…