Scenario Design & Discussion

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: The Capture of Ibrahim al-Awal, 1 November 1956. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 24 Dec 2012 File Category: Middle East Shore Bombardment of Haifa and the capture of Ibrahim el-Awal, 1 November 1956. Historical scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the Middle East Battleset and the HCCW-120614 Cold War Platform Database. This scenario is designed for play by the Israeli/Blue or the Egyptian/Red side, but it's a historical and very unbalanced scenario. The almost forgetted Suez Crisis or Second Arab-Israeli War was a very interesting campaign with some novelties, as the History first heliborne assault. And ever the…

AAR: Nicobar Vengeance [spoiler Alert] By Mark Gellis How do you find a submarine that doesn't want to be found? Well, at least I had a surfeit of ASW assets. Wow, a full complement of helos on my 2 little ships; my Horn-of-Plenty was certainly overflowing. Since a Bear can stay up all week, I launched it right away. I intended to ferry my fighters over to Port Blair and refuel them before going out on patrol. However, a pair F-16 lurkers were spotted approaching my ships and the Bear. As my Rules of Engagement [ROE] forbade me from initiating hostile action, my beautiful long-ranged Air-to-Air missiles were simply going to be dead weight. I moved my e…

World War III View File Chaos is rampant in the Pacific. Japan and Russia are engaged over a large find of oil reserves at Sakhalin Island. China must crush Hong Kong secessionists who have declared their independence; failure is not an option as Taiwan and others would surely follow suit. North Korean brinksmanship is at a new peak. DPRK forces are massed at the border and threatening to invade the ROK unless Pyongyang is granted an impossible package of economic concessions. In short, every hot spot in the region is about to boil over! (Released March 2005). Submitter CV32 …

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: The Capture of Ibrahim al-Awal, Hypothetical Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 24 Dec 2012 File Category: Middle East Prelude to Musketeer, an hypothetical scenario about the capture of the Egyptian destroyer Ibrahim al-Awal. Image: Dassault Ouragan at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim, 2004 by Oren Rozen. Source: Wikipedia. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the Middle East Battleset and the HCCW-120614 Cold War Platform Database. This scenario is designed for play by the Israeli/Blue or the Egyptian/Red side, but to prevent some spoilers is better to play first the Blue side some times and only after pla…

File Name: Japfish File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac Fish populations around the world have declined due to global warming, overfishing, and other factors. Japan has responded to dwindling catches by fishing closer and closer to parts of the Russian coast where fish are still relatively abundant. It is not clear whether Japanese fishing boats has actually violated Russian territorial waters or, if they have, how often it has happened, but Russia believes its territory is being violated. The situation has become very tense. Russian fishermen have fired shots at Japanese fishing boats. Japan has responded by sending armed escorts …

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: Fortress Kevlavik - Nato side File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 14 Oct 2009 File Category: GIUK DB Used: Stock Database Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset-GIUK: .sc1 - Orig - Original Fortress Kevlavik - Nato side A scenario for Harpoon Classic Battleset GIUK (stock) by Ralf Koelbach October, 14th, 2009 This scenario derives from a discussion at Matrix Forum regarding the original version. In those days scenarios were mostly written for two sides playable thus creating the balance problem. Since this old GIUK 6.0 scen has always been one of my favourites I´ve written two modified versions - one focusing on the Soviet side, the…

File Name: The Local Bully (Part 1 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Updated: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea War (Part 1 of 5) The PRC has occupied one of the disputed islands in the South China Sea. Any civilian shipping that has come close to the island has been harassed by the PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy). Lately, some fishing vessels from the Philippines have been attacked by PLAN warships and attacks against Philippine vessels have increased in the past few weeks. Analysts speculate that the PRC has chosen the Philippines to make an example out of due to its relatively modest military forces and poss…

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: When Shove Comes to Punch (Part 2 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Updated: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea War (Part 2 of 5) The Philippines are in an uproar over the destruction of their naval task group by the PLAN. Questions are being asked as to what the true mission of the task group was and the circumstances surrounding its destruction. The President of the Philippines has stated that the task group was sent to protect its fishing fleet and the attack was unprovoked. The Philippine government has filed a formal protest. Meanwhile, the PRC is seizing this opportunity to "flex its muscles" and to …

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

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File Name: A Cry for Help (Part 3 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea War (Part 3 of 5) A combined air and commando attack has crippled the Armed Forces of the Phillipines. The chain of command is in complete disarray and morale is at its lowest. The population is living in fear of the Chinese and the Philippine government has appealed to the international community for help. The Chinese are continuing to make intimidating statements and promising the continued use of force to make the point not to interfere in the Parcel Islands. The navies of neighboring countries are responding to protect civilian …

File Name: Under Fire File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 20 Jun 2008 File Category: Custom DB Used: HCDA Authors: Brad Leyte Battleset: Caribbean Basin Battleset Battleset-Custom: .scz - Custom BS - Custom BS Under Fire A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the Caribbean Basin battleset. (This is a custom battleset right now, available for download here at HarpGamer, but it is intended to become an official battleset in an upcoming patch for HCE. Once that patch is released, I will upload a new version specifically for that battleset). This scenario is designed for play by the BLUE side only. The death of Manuel Marulanda, the founder and lon…

File Name: Lock On File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 21 May 2009 File Category: MEDC DB Used: Stock Database Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset-MEDC: .sc3 - Orig - Original Lock On A scenario for Harpoon Classic Commander' s Edition Battleset: MEDC (Original) by Ralf Koelbach rkoelbach@yahoo.com 'Lock on' is a modified stock scen, based on MEDC no. 7. It derives from the blueprint given by James DeGoey in his classical 'Harpoon Battlebook' which was released in 1991. He crafted the tutorial scen based on Michael Palmer's book 'The War that never was'. Click here to download this file

File Name: Pushing Back (Part 4 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea War (Part 4 of 5) The situation in the Parcel Islands continues to deteriorate. Fire has been exchanged between Chinese and Japanese and Korean naval vessels with each side blaming each other for beginning the hostilities. The Chinese are still refusing to disclose the reason for their seizing and fortifying the islands and have insisted on remaining there. In fact, they have dispatched a large occupation force to garrison the island. The countries around the region, have decided to impose a blockade around the island. (Released Decem…

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 …

File Name: Fight ! (Part 5 of 5) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: WestPac The South China Sea (Part 5 of 5) The Chinese have declared that they are unwilling to abandon their outpost and are committed to defending it. The Allied nations have resolved to assault the island. (Released December 2004). Click here to download this file