Scenario Design & Discussion

Just a note of thanks to Larry Gertner (wombat1417) for retrieving and uploading all of those older Harpoon Classic scenarios for our collective enjoyment. Good job!

File Name: Return To Iceland File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Jim Werbaneth Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1997. The USN attempts to retake Keflavik against stiff Soviet opposition. Click here to download this file

File Name: Battle of the Faeroes File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Chris Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1992. NATO tries to save the Faeroes from Soviet devastation. Click here to download this file

File Name: Get Kiev! File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Ron Artigues Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. A Soviet CVBG must by stopped by outgunned NATO forces. Click here to download this file

File Name: Baltic Classic File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Scott Witte Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. NATO vs. Warsaw Pact shoot 'em up. Click here to download this file

File Name: Baltic Breakout File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: M.J. Andress Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. NATO must stop a Soviet CVBG exiting the Baltic Sea. Click here to download this file

File Name: Race To Narvik File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Thomas A. Konczal Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. Amphibious ops in Norway. Click here to download this file

File Name: Battle of North Cape, 26 December 1943 File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 12 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK Christmas 1943, bad day for sailing in the Far North. Picture: BC Scharnhort, circa 1939. Source: Wikipedia from German Federal Archives/Kommando der Volksmarine - Bildbestand (DVM 10 Bild), Accession number DVM 10 Bild-23-63-12 With BB Tirpitz damaged by attack of midget submarines, BC Scharnhorst remains the only Kriegsmarine capital ship available to be utilized against the Arctic convoys from Great Britain to Soviet Union. Admiral Fraser, Home Fleet commander, decides to set a trap to the last operational German capital ship, r…

File Name: MEDC Armageddon File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 12 Sep 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: N/A Authors: Chuck Rouhier & Gary Miller Battleset-MEDC: .sc3 - Orig - Original From 1991. Sequel to "GIUK Armageddon" (qv). Click here to download this file

File Name: GIUK Armageddon File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 12 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: n/a Authors: Chuck Rouhier & Gary Miller Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. A USN CVBG vs. the USSR post-nuclear strike. (qv "MEDC Armageddon") Click here to download this file

File Name: Ambush File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/a Authors: Ron Artigues Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. A Royal Navy carrier group vs. Soviet submarines (or is it the other way around?) Click here to download this file

File Name: Home Alone File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Andy Charters Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1991. The Royal Navy in single combat against the Soviet Northern Fleet. Click here to download this file

File Name: Red Raiders File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Chris Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1992. Ship-to-ship off Iceland. Good basic scenario for beginners. Click here to download this file

File Name: Dawn Patrol File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: Unknown Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original The original GIUK Scenario 1.0 from Harpoon DOS, just in case you don't have it around. Click here to download this file

File Name: ASW-ASUW Primer File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 10 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: N/A Authors: M J Andress Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original From 1990. Good practice for a beginner. Click here to download this file

File Name: Fortress V 3.0 File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 7 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: HCDB 2009/07 Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset-GIUK: .scm - EC2003 - EC2003 Fortress V 3.0 by Ralf Koelbach September, 5th, 2009 A scenario for HCE and the HCDB. Battleset: EC 2003, GIUK This is V 3.0 of a classical Cold war scen I wrote back in 2004 and updated to V 2.0 in 2007. The scenario uses a lot of mobile land units and hidden ressources for both sides. Have fun! Click here to download this file

I was re-introduced to this scenario by a bug report. It took roughly five minutes to re-create the bug from the provided save game. It took another 3 hours for me to stop playing the stupid thing! That was the first time in a number of months I'd spent any real time playing HC for non coding purposes. So with Labor Day Weekend on the schedule I thought I might find opportunity to take the scenario for a spin from the start. The bug report that started it all: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2228326 Find the scenario at: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...mp;showfile=361 So this is my kind of scenario, lots of action, not all that mu…

File Name: Bushwacked File Submitter: wombat1417 File Submitted: 6 Sep 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: N/A Authors: Lost at Sea Battleset-MEDC: .scg - HDS3 - HDSG From 1996. Systems testing in the Med. Click here to download this file

File Name: Battle of the River Plate, December, 13, 1939. Historical Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 04 Sep 2009 File Category: South Atlantic Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for South Atlantic The Americas Battleset and the HCWW-101110 World Wars era Platform Database. Picture: Source Wikipedia Commons from Imperial War Museum. IWM caption : The German battleship Admiral Graf Spee in flames after being scuttled in the River Plate Estuary off Montevideo, Uruguay. 17 December 1939. This is photograph A 3 from collections of Imperial War …

File Name: The Battle of the Denmark Strait, May 24, 1941 File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 03 Sep 2009 File Category: GIUK For use with the WW DB, a very simple, direct and fast battle inspired in historic events, the fight between BB Bismarck and CA Prinz Eugen against BB Prince of Wales and BC Hood in the Strait of Denmark. Good also for testing the artillery. Playable from both Red and Blue sides. Picture: An aerial photo of HMS Hood taken from a RAF Coastal Command Hudson aircraft on 24 May 1941. The battlecruiser was sunk later that day during the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Source: Wikipedia from the Collection Database of the Australian War…