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…

I know that some, perhaps many, of you HCE players out there must have played with the Scenario Editor and perhaps built scenarios of your own. I'll get to the point: why aren't you sharing them? Scenarios are the lifeblood of this game, folks. Without scenarios to play, enjoy and share, we're toiling away at improving this game for what? If you're worried about 'quality', please don't be. There's no one around here that is going to wag their finger and say your scenario doesn't meet their own self-conceived standards. And, if your scenario could use improvement, or you'd like help to make it better in some way, there are plenty of folks who would be glad to…

Ok, so time to test some modern UK forces post cuts. So we have no Harriers. We have the Tornado's still however, which are fairly formidible. We have, I think 2 Carriers? or none, some are to be scrapped but we have some underway. We will be sharing in some capacity with the French, maybe then the carriers could contain some Rafaels? however I tried this in the Scen ed, they didnt fit on HMS Invincible Our likely/simulated/semi-ficticious/made up enemy shall be......... NORTH KOREA. Fighting MiG 21's.... but due to the fact they are a piece of shit rather old, any ideas on Russian/International fighters they could have? Apparently they have some M…

Would anyone like to volunteer to recreate the [Original IOPG] scenario "12.0 ...and then there were two"? This would need to be tested and ready to go by mid-December 2024 at the latest. Parameters: 1. Similar groups, units, victory conditions to the original scenario. 2. Use EC2003 IOPG or Custom BattleSet. 2. Use HCDB or HCDB2 (HCDB2 would need a custom BattleSet from the BS Builder to make distribution reasonable). 3. Adjust design for increased realism (would Kuzenetsov really carry that many planes in that timeframe, similar for Nimitz, ...) 4. Add two submarines per side

File Name: Manila Galleon 1988 File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 19 Jul 2014 File Category: WestPac Manila Galleon 1988 ... in WWIII. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for Western Pacific Battleset and the HCDB-130818 1980-2015 Era Platform Database. Image: USS Trípoli (LPH-10), undated, but clearly after 1972(installation of Sea Sparrow. Credited to Dennis Stephenson SMC USN Ret in navysource.org, and showed on Wikipedia as public domain because taked by an US serviceperson on duty. This scenario is designed to be played with the US-Philippine/Blue side or with by the Soviet-Vietnamese/Red side, to avoid spoil…

I'm planning on doing a Falkland Islands scenario or possibly a few to study the various different force capabilities that would be available to the Royal Navy / RAF to mount a re-taking of the Falkland Islands should Argentina decide to invade depending on the timescales for attack. Looking at 2011 / 2015 and 2020 Basically 2011: Patched up Carrier Group with HMS Ocean, Illustrious and maybe even a rusting Ark Royal, with a few remaining Harrier GR9 planes any maybe some Harrier II's "borrowed " from the US Marines. Possibility of regional intervention from Argentine Allies (maybe Brazil - Carrier Sau Paulo ex Foch) 2015: Potential scenario with no …

As part of the run-up to the release of Harpoon Commander's Edition, I've decided to dust off some After Action Reports that I did for Harpoon Classic's first battlesets, GIUK, NACV and MEDC. It is hoped that, besides enjoyment of a Cold War era story played out in Harpoon scenarios, this series of AAR's will stimulate one or more of the community's scenario designers (old and new alike) to fashion new Cold War scenarios for the Westpac theater. Enjoy. Scenario 1: NACV 1.0 – Any Port in a Storm Background Although war at sea has been raging for several days, many merchant ships have not yet made it to safe haven, and additionally, many NATO warships have…

File Name: Breakout File Submitter: rainman File Submitted: 22 Oct 2009 File Updated: 24 Oct 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: HCDB-090726 Authors: Patrick Howard Battleset-MEDC: .sco - EC2003 - EC2003 Future MEDC scenario. Get a CVBG home through a tight spot. Edited to make the first 30 minutes more survivable. Click here to download this file

AAR: NACV4 Side: Blue On we go. This is the first scenario of this battleset I try. maybe I would be better to start with 1GIU, but IIR each one has its own story. The setup is really interesting: I´m used to play Cold War scenarios and never played a scen in which the Russians build a coalition with European forces. fascinating setup. My first steps are to set up formation patrols, thus no base will fall victim to a surprise attack out of the blue sky. Next step is to bring the long range recon birds and the bombers into waiting positions.

Greetings everyone, I just completed my 3rd attempt at Fortress Keflavik scenario. The simulation gave me the opportunity for victory after achieving the minimum conditions, but I decided to try and sink all Red force surface vessles. Mission accomplished. Does this make me some sort of scoundrel? For those of you who have played this particular battle, have you found a way to compeltely anihalate and sink ALL Red Force vessles, surface and sub? Also were you able to do any damage to the Red Force airfields? I sank all the Red Surface forces, and 2 subs at a cost of 10 aircraft. Any ideas or suggestions?

File Name: Four Minute Warning File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 15 Sep 2014 File Category: GIUK From 1953, British citizens were told that they could expect four minutes of warning before an impending Soviet nuclear attack. Once the alert was given, television and radio networks all over the country would be interrupted by a broadcast warning, as well as activation of the national air raid siren system. In practise, the warning would have likely been much less than four minutes. The RAF Bomber Command Main Force, and its V class bombers - the Valiant, Vulcan, and Victor - was intended to guard against this threat and to prevent the neutralization of Britis…

File Name: Falkland 2010-1 File Submitter: divefreak File Submitted: 11 Dec 2010 File Updated: 15 Dec 2010 File Category: Custom DB Used: HC-95to10-DB Authors: RH Battleset: Falkland Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS What happens when Argentina trys again to take the Malivinas? Get your group around the Type FF near the Falklands and sink the LCF Hercules! Click here to download this file

File Name: BRICS #2 - Northern Moves (Part I) File Submitter: gemerson File Submitted: 26 Jul 2012 File Updated: 15 Aug 2012 File Category: GIUK DB Used: HCDB-120522 Authors: Greg Emerson Battleset-GIUK: .scm - EC2003 - EC2003 *** Red Side Only *** Scenesetter: (Taken from “The BRICS Conflict – A Brief History of the Third World War (2016 to 2018)”) Historians argue about the affect the claims dispute over the Arctic region had in the conflagration that became known as the BRICS Conflict. As Europe’s economy melted down in the early years of the 21st century’s second decade, Russia established itself as one of the dominant economic powers in the Nor…

File Name: hold on Diego Garcia File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 20 Nov 2010 File Updated: 21 Nov 2010 File Category: IOPG DB Used: HCDB101022 Authors: Don Thomas Battleset-IOPG: .scp - EC2003 - EC2003 Britain and France find them selves facing off with India.... updated to fix a victory condition problem hopefully third time lucky, I hate working at 11pm. Another update, sorry guys, I think I've got the victory conditions sorted out. Don Click here to download this file

File Name: Red October File Submitter: Mark File Submitted: 17 Jul 2008 File Category: NACV DB Used: Default Authors: Mark Battleset-NACV: .scn - EC2003 - EC2003 The Hunt for Red October You are Defecting. The entire Russian Navy is after you. Read your orders and good luck. PS. I welcome all feedback...especially on how to make this scenario as difficult as possible Click here to download this file

Okay, here's the situation... I just upgraded to Windows 7, and I love it, but the scenario editor no longer works. The game itself runs fine, though. I understand this has something to do with the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit systems. I know there are some work-arounds for this, including Virtual Machines, etc., but I don't have any of those set up yet and I'm honestly not sure when I will get around to it. Any chance someone is working on a new version of the scenario editor? You know, one that will work under Windows 7? In any event, it occurred to me that I can still contribute to the Harpoon community by posting detailed scenario ideas …

File Name: MED5 File Submitter: Palex80 File Submitted: 05 Sep 2015 File Category: MEDC This is the fifth scenario in the series. PRELUDE: Operation “Southern Shield” managed to oust US Coalition forces out of the Azores. With ECON forces leaking their wounds and stretched to the limit it was a rather less joyful Christmas. Once again however the US Coalition unfortunately took the initiative and with it the fight to ECONs front …or rather back door. The citizens of Tel Aviv woke to air sirens, uncommon sounds since the signing of the peace accords with their Arab neighbours 2 years ago. They looked at the sky in anticipation of Katyusha rockets coming dow…

File Name: Latakia Bastion advanced base, October 2015. Historical Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 15 Oct 2015 File Category: Middle East Latakia Bastion advanced base, October 2015. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for The Middle East Battleset and the HCDB-150928 standard 1980-2015 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/Israel side or from the Red/Russian side. To avoid a few spoilers you should play a few times first the Blue side, and only later play the Red side. Image: S…

File Name: Surprises in the Pacific File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 25 Dec 2010 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HC95to10 (Rene Haar) Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Surprises in the Pacific Year 2015 You find Yourself in command of the Japanese and allied forces in a big struggle versus the PRC and North Korea. Your forces are outnumbered and the Chinese bring in their latest inventory. Russian intentions are unclear and unpredictable. If they join the war on China' s side it will become extremely difficult to hold Japan and Taiwan. Yet You are not defenseless. Both new Japanese through-deck carrie…

File Name: New Russia Part One File Submitter: JSF File Submitted: 10 Aug 2014 File Category: GIUK Scenario Background: September, 15th, 2014. One month ago, Russia invaded the Ukraine. This had been well prepared and the Ukrainian forces were outgunned and overrun in a month. Russia has taken control over the whole country amazingly fast and installed a Moscow friendly regime. Nato acted helpless and chattered in different tongues. The US look weak and are heavily involved in the Middle East where the IS forces gain territory by the day. Russia has decided to make use of this perfect strategic situation. It has massed troops, armored vehicles and …