Scenario Design & Discussion

File Name: Gray Hermit (1984) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 31 Aug 2013 File Category: Scenarios My 29th scenario of 2013... This Cold War scenario assumes the Soviets have stealthily moved a couple of submarines into Hudson Bay. Canada considers this intolerable and acts to remove this threat. I think this one turned out quite well. It might work well as a scenario for people getting used to Harpoon ANW because it is a straightforward search-and-destroy mission and you only have a few ships and aircraft to control. The only drawback, and this is often the case with an ASW scenario, is that there can be a lot of waiting while you search. …

Last night, we welcomed another player to the Harpoon3 ANW community. John (a.k.a. OFFascist) is also the roommate of Sharker2003, but I knew that there wasn’t going to be any favourtism shown because of it. We elected to try Freek Scheper’s Blockade scenario from his 2nd Lebanese War Battleset. It’s made with the most popular database with the ANW crowd, the PlayersDB. It’s a 3-sided scenario with John acting as UNIFiL, Sharker as the Israelis, and myself as Hezbollah. Their orders were to maintain a blockade around Lebanon. My job was to break it. From the very start, John, who is a real life Coastie, said that the scenario was just what you would see in th…

The 267th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! NAVAL INFANTRY The war between NATO and the CIS is in full swing, but neither side has gained an advantage over the other. CIS submarines have done well against ANTO shipping, but CIS ground forces in Europe have not matched the successes of their naval cousins. The CIS surface fleet has been kept in reserve since the leadership knows that the NATO surface combatants are more powerful than they. Early on in the war planning, it was decided that the surface fleet would be used only on special missions and recalled as quickly as possible. While this theory goes against traditional doctrine, its advantage …

AAR: Sea King to Chile Incident [spoiler Alert] A Harpoon ANW scenario Author: Freek Schepers Jerome Chiecchio (a.k.a. Angle of Attack) and I elected to try out this hypothetical scenario set in the Falklands. One of the most mysterious events of the war happened on May 16th, when a Sea King was found burning and abandoned near Punta Arenas airbase. The British claimed a 500nm navigation error but, after the war, it became clear that SAS Special Forces had been planning a raid to take out the Exocet-armed Super Etendard aircraft which had sunk Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor. Speculation on the nature of this operation still ranges from SAS-Hercules aircraft…

Here's an excellent After Action Report by Peter Frank. It is re-printed here with permission from the author. In the most natural way I'm playing with my own country: The Netherlands. In the mission orders I found an interesting remark about the superior AAM's (Air to Air Missiles) and the superior AEW. After a few minutes of hard thinking I found the solution and it worked quite well in the game. Started off with sending 2 Apaches airborne from Gilze-Rijen bound for the French Demolition team in The Hague. At the same time two pairs of F16 equiped with AMRAAM airborne from Leeuwarden, along the coast to the South. The first pair went feet dry app…

The 276th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! BLACK SEA, BLACK HOLE Operation Southern Swath is in full swing and going well for the CIS. In the Mediterranean theatre, CIS air power has dominated with Turkey being defeated by a combined amphibious invasion and aerial onslaught. The only Turkish units that survived the initial air campaign were those underway and not in the Black Sea. Eventually, most of these vessels ended up in Italian or French ports. After two weeks of sitting on the sidelines, the Turks are ready to get back into the fight. To do this, they have decided to send two SS boats back into the Black Sea to generally harass the CIS N…

35th Scenario this year! Dave Steinmeyer has posted his second scenario, BALTIC TIDE. Thanks for sharing it with us. World War III has been raging across the globe for three days already. Casualties have been high on both sides. Where the Soviets expected to make rapid gains on land, they have not. And where NATO expected to quickly gain control of the skies above Europe, the Pact has made more than a fight of it. At sea, there are only the quick and the dead. What were supposed to be set piece battles turned into bloodbaths with the winner being whoever fired first. While no American carriers have been sunk, yet, three have been heavily d…

The 289th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! The Backyard The Cold War finally went hot and furious as battles arose around the world. This scenario deals with a U.S. multi-carrier attack supported by Japanese forces in the Western Pacific. The U.S. forces must neutralize the Soviet fortresses in the theatre. Those Red bases are heavily protected. This scenario was originally written by Ralf Koelbach for Harpoon Classic Commanders Edition and has been re-made for Harpoon3 and the PlayersDB with the consent of the author. Author: Herman Hum With over 117,000 PlayersDB scenarios downloaded in the last 36 weeks alone, the PlayersDB has pro…

Cumberland´s Last Ride A scenario written by Dale Hillier for the latest ANW DB = 2.4.7 and Harpoon 3 UE 3.10 It is included in the db package: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?a...mp;showfile=652

File Name: ANW DB - Tutorials File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 15 May 2011 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: ANW DB V 2.4.7 Authors: Dale Hillier Original Tutorial Battleset for ANW DB V 2.4.7 Rebuilt by Dale Hillier, 2011-05-13 The Battleset desciption file (dsd-file) is included. Just unzip the packed file in the scenarios folder under your ANW DB folder. Attention: You need the latest ANW DB version = V 2.4.7 to play them. Click here to download this file

Guys, With the H3DB under construction, I just want to remind everyone that the HUD2 is posted and available and there are many scenarios written for it. So give one or two of them a shot and let us know since the H3DB will have some of the elements and spirit of the HUD2. It would also be great to see some new scenarios using this db.

File Name: ANW DB - DESRON Battleset File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 15 May 2011 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: ANW DB 2.4.7 Authors: Dale Hillier DESRON Battleset for ANW DB V 2.4.7 written by Dale Hillier, rebuilt by Ralf Koelbach, 2011-05-15 The Battleset desciption file (dsd-file) is included. Just unzip the packed file in the scenarios folder under your ANW DB folder. Attention: You need the latest ANW DB version = V 2.4.7 to play them. Click here to download this file

The 251st NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Last week, we released 120 New scenarios. This week, we return you to our regular programming schedule. RESCUE A SAILOR On March 23, 2007 Fifteen Royal Marines were captured by Iranian patrol boats while on routine inspection of an Indian freighter. The UK must look for options, through political or military means, to get its people back. At the same time, US presence in the Gulf is at a high with two CVBGs amidst great tension over Iran's nuclear program. Author: Freek Schepers This scenario has been tested for compatibility with Harpoon ANW. Harpoon ANW users can get them at: C…

File Name: Operation Southern Guard (1985) File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 10 Jun 2013 File Category: Scenarios My 19th scenario of 2013... This "what if" Cold War scenario assumes World War III took place in 1985. It also assumes that, in case the Suez Canal becomes unusable, some merchant ships and tankers are taking an alternate route around the southern tip of Africa. Soviet forces operating out of Angola will attempt to disrupt Allied shipping. Dutch, South African, and American forces in the area must protect the merchants and destroy the Soviet task force. Image: Dutch frigate HNLMS TROMP (F-801) (Source: United States Navy.) (I hope p…

The 17th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Serpent's Island Starting from 1878 back when the Treaty of Berlin offered it to Romania and until today, this piece of rock has played various roles that have reflected the interests of the countries in the region. After being a simple location for a lighthouse used for guiding navigation, it became a strategic point for the USSR, the latter annexing it in 1948 through a simple handing over minute, out of the desire to complete its control of the Danube by taking advantage of the military and strategic context of that time. After the fall of the Soviet Empire when it became part of Ukraine, the latter bei…

The 25th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Alone in the Snow Sweden's neutrality lasted only as long as the Reformed Russian Republic had no need of anything that Sweden had and not a moment longer. The determined resistance of the United States' 1st Special Forces put the R3 theatre commander behind schedule by 36 hours. Behind schedule has never been a comfortable place for a Russian Commander and this commander was determined to be uncomfortable only for a very short period of time. His plan to get things moving again involved turning Norway's southern flank. But, in order to do that, staging bases closer than Germany were required. Unfortuna…

AAR: Force Z By Harold Hutchison HMAS Stuart found herself amidst three unidentified vessels. She immediately launched her SeaSprite helicopter to classify them. Unfortunately, one of her charges, Iowa Farmer, happened to be between her and one of the unidentified vessels. The merchant's master was particularly ornery today and refused all requests to turn his vessel to starboard and allow the Stuart to screen him. His reply was, "You're the [expletive deleted] Navy. It's not my job to get my [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] shot off. You do your [expletive deleted] job and I'll do my [expletive deleted] job." With little choic…

The 25th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Alone in the Snow Sweden's neutrality lasted only as long as the Reformed Russian Republic had no need of anything that Sweden had and not a moment longer. The determined resistance of the United States' 1st Special Forces put the R3 theatre commander behind schedule by 36 hours. Behind schedule has never been a comfortable place for a Russian Commander and this commander was determined to be uncomfortable only for a very short period of time. His plan to get things moving again involved turning Norway's southern flank. But, in order to do that, staging bases closer than Germany were required. Unfortuna…

AFTER ACTION REPORT Scenario : “CARCRASH” for Harpoon 3.6 Author : Freek Schepers Side : Russia Reporter : Taitennek I am in command of a small Russian SAG, centred on the Admiral Kuznetsov, and a submarine [Akula II]. My orders are to reach the operational area, marked by ref. points 9-12. I also must destroy at least 2 enemy aircraft carriers. Fighters [MiG-29 Fulcrum and Su-30 Flanker] and helicopters [Helix] are aboard the Kuznetsov and her escorts. They carry various weapons. Game on! First impressions: Intelligence reports that the Royal Navy has put in two of their VTOL carriers; the HMS Invincible [R05] and HMS Ark Royal [R09]. The …

Cold Front The 4th new scenario of the year! New World Order battleset #4 - Part 1 - The War with UBAN - Indian Ocean Persian Gulf - #4 COLD FRONT In September 1995, one of the West's not-so-secret desires was fulfilled. Saddam Hussein, the mother-of-all dictators, was assassinated. However, this apparent good fortune has also kindled one of the Western world's darkest fears. In the chaos following Hussein's demise, the "rogue nation" of Iran has taken political control of Iraq. This new nation has further amalgamated with Yemen, Syria, Egypt, and Libya in a new military and economic confederation known as the United Brotherhood of Arab-Persian Nation…