Scenario Design & Discussion

File Name: Orange or Red? File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 28 Apr 2007 File Updated: 30 Apr 2007 File Category: MEDC Hi all, just uploaded a new scen for HCE. Battleset is EC 2003 MEDC, database is Renes Euro-DB. The scenario shows a big US-Russian clash after the Ukraine has fallen back under Russian domination and poses a threat to Romania. Ukrainian naval force have taken US side and together they try to retake Ukraine´s bases and protect Romania. This is a big one - Brad, Rene - you should like it! Regards, Ralf Click here to download this file

I'm an experienced Harpoon, commanders edition scenario creator. I like to create very large scenarios. However, if I make one very large, I sometimes get a memory allocation failure message. Is there a way to avoid that? Thanks, Steve

File Name: milkrun File Submitter: TeTeT File Submitted: 22 Nov 2010 File Updated: 23 Nov 2010 File Category: Custom DB Used: 65-80db Authors: TeTeT Battleset: Indochina Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS Scenario for the Indochina battleset and the 65-80 db. A small scenario depicting a Marines action against NVA regulars on their move to the DMZ, taking place in summer 1965. This is my first scenario, looking for any feedback. Click here to download this file

AAR: Thirst for Victory [spoiler Alert] A Harpoon Classic scenario By Brad Leyte The first order of business was to get some CAP [Combat Air Patrols] over the precious water supplies. The water tankers were coming in from India and their loss would spell doom for the nation. However, with Malaysia and Indonesia sitting on both sides of the transit route, that was easier said than done. It would be like travelling down a straw that might be squeezed by a giant fist at any time. I gambled and sent the Falcons from Brunei aloft right away. They were currently unarmed, but I had a feeling that I was going to their defensive / offensive punch ASAP. The so…

File Name: Knockout Punch File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 19 Jul 2009 File Category: NACV DB Used: N/A Authors: Ed Ladner Battleset-NACV: .scj - EC2000 - EC2000 From 1997. Hold the line at Iceland until reinforcements arrive. Two versions. Click here to download this file

File Name: LCS goes to War. Battle off Vietnam 2015. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 29 Jan 2011 File Category: WestPac LCS goes to War. Battle off Vietnam 2015 (Hypothetical scenario): This scenario is inspired in the current (January 2011) discussions about the Littoral Control Ship, her future, her future missions and her future fate. In a surprising decission with the absurd allegation of budgetary eficiency, on November 2010 the US Navy decides to purchase a great number of LCS, when yet are not resolved a myriad of issues relatives to the ship design, concept and tasks. The US Navy will purchase ten ships of each one of the concurrent designs (a…

After Action Report: Crete Convoy A scenario by Mark Gellis So, I had to get a convoy through possibly hostile waters. Well, lotsa experience doing that, so her goes ... I had very little fixed wing air support, so that meant I would need to use my two helicopters sparingly and carefully. I moved into the Strait of Sicily at a decent cruise speed of 16 kt without energizing any radars or launching any helos. No sense in letting an enemy know my position too early ... It wasn't long, however, before I figured it was getting a little too dangerous to be cruising along blind. In fact, a neutral oil tanker had reported on open channels about being overflown by a …

File Name: Mex10a1.zip File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 20 Sep 2008 File Category: Custom DB Used: HCDA Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: CaribbeanBasin Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS A small scenario pitting Mexican forces (with a little help from the United States) against Colombian ones. This scenario uses the HCDA database. Click here to download this file

Although I have years of experience with Harpoon (dating back to PNP days), I am a mere padawan when it comes to scenario design. I have toyed around with the thought, but lately have begun making notes concerning a series of scenarios. One issue I struggle with is using the mission clock in the design editor. Could one of our resident Jedi Masters provide some insights? Does the clock work on a scale of the hours in the scenario or does the mission clock trigger the event X-hours after the beginning of the scenario? Also, when you create your scenario, do you typically script a timelne for the engagement? I just want to design some realistic situations and not ove…

1GIUK.7z View File Following the devastating Sigma variant wave in late 2022, the world started recovering again in 2023. The skirmish along the Russian-Ukrainian border in early 2022 served as reminder that the pandemic was not the only concern. The European Union, exiting the pandemic more divided than ever before, was too weak to keep its cohesion, losing Finland and Sweden in 2023 and Romania in 2024. Norway, Sweden and Finland formed the Northern Block in late 2022, while Romania aligned itself with the Russian-friendly Ukrainian government. Following the Vaccine Shortage Unrest of Warsaw, a state of civil war erupted in Poland. T…

File Name: Senkaku File Submitter: Clemens File Submitted: 17 Apr 2012 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCDB-120405 Authors: Clemens Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Just a small scenario based on the Senkaku Islands dispute. This is my first scenario after a several years without harpoon on my computer, so please offer any and all critiques on this as I hope to write several scenarios based on the Senkaku and Spratly Islands and Taiwan, (possibly involving NK and SK too) The background is yet another confrontation by chinese fishing trawlers. Several had anchored just off of one of the islands. As expected a standoff ensued until the JCG attempte…

After Action Report for 'A Nice Little Shootout' A scenario by Pawel Kurek (PAK) 'A Nice Little Shootout' is a new HCE scenario for the EC2003 GIUK Gap battleset. I played the scenario using beta 2010.001 and the HCDB database. Scenario Background Orders As commander of the NATO (Blue) forces, you are directed to move the friendly amphibious group (AFS) southward at best speed toward safer waters along the Polish coast, while a multinational surface action group (AGS) is directed to try and rendezvous with AFS, to provide it with some better degree of protection against Russian attack. Also, you are directed to scramble as many fighter aircraft a…

File Name: Ice Station Zulu File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 25 Oct 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sci - EC2000 - EC2000 From 1998. Black ops in Greenland (if you can get there...) Click here to download this file

File Name: New Scenario for HCE: The Backyard II File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 1 Dec 2007 File Updated: 15 Mar 2009 File Category: WestPac DB Used: HCDB Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset-WPac: .scq - WPac - WestPac Hello guys, "Backyard II - the final shootout" is the sequel to "The Backyard", part of the WestPac battleset. Hope you enjoy it! Ralf Click here to download this file

View File Cold War on Cold War: Mirage IIIE vs U-2 Dragon Lady. June 1967. Historical Scenario. Cold War on Cold War: Mirage IIIE vs U-2 Dragon Lady. June 1967. 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 Red/France side or from the Blue/US-UK side. You should play a few times first the Red side to avoid spoilers, and only later …

File Name: Another Franco-Prussian War File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 25 Jan 2012 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sc5 - HDS1 - HDS1 From Unknown, 1993. Sub vs. surface in the North Sea. Some minor fiddling to the original ROE. Click here to download this file

File Name: Red On Red Sub Duel, March 2017. Historical Training Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 02 Apr 2017 File Category: GIUK Red On Red Sub Duel, March 2017. Historical Training Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the GIUK Gap Battleset and the HCDB2-170401 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/Russia side or from the Red/Russia side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: …

For today this is just a place holder mostly, but if any of you have any ideas on Vietnam era historical and a historical missions i'd love to hear about them! I've been meaning to get onto this for a while, as I always thought there were too few Vietnam era missions, and the one or two I found were brilliant. I plan to make around 5 historic scenarios, but will extensively research each one, with the help of you guys I hope Also I plan for some 'fun' A-Historic missions, which will be entirely of my own design! For this week I will be researching in main the weapons systems used in the US Advisory Vietnam War era - '63-'65 Notes for research(any ideas for …

Rourke's Drift View File Excellent "Defense of Iceland" scenario rescued from Harpoon Scenario Warehouse. Submitter wombat1417 Submitted 02/12/2008 Category GIUK  

File Name: Napoleon's Revenge File Submitter: donaldseadog File Submitted: 20 May 2010 File Category: NACV DB Used: HCDB-100308 Authors: don thomas Battleset-NACV: .scn - EC2003 - EC2003 Spurred by a sentence in an EC2003 battleset scenario, here we have France 'teaching a lesson' to the UK after they leave the European Alliance against USA. A small scale scenario pitting a French carrier group against an English with limited shore based air support but with additional surface and subsurface vessels. You can play either Red or Blue though its intended primarily as a blue play so the reds are slightly better equipped. For EC 2003 NACV battleset, HCDB-100308 d…