Scenario Design & Discussion

The 282nd NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Beida-La Boom History is replete with interesting surprises. The mercurial leader of Libya, having made much of his reputation as a foe of the West, ultimately decided that the future of his country (and his own future) might be secured more easily by adopting a policy of moderation. He was promptly ousted and forced into exile. The new regime is openly hostile to the West. Its ultimate goal is to dominate North and Central Africa and it has started an agressive campaign of purchasing weapons from nations such as China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran. In addition, it has purchased materials ne…

File Name: Three Novembers File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 11 Nov 2011 File Updated: 27 Jul 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD-4 v1b6 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information A nice simple submarine hunt scenario using some older platforms...I hope people will find it interesting and challenging. Click here to download this file

File Name: Assault - a scenario for ANW 3.10 and the ANW DB File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 19 Feb 2011 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: ANW DB V 2.4.3 (HUE) Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset: standalone Assault v1.0 A scenario for Harpoon ANW 3.10 and the ANW DB written by Ralf Koelbach February, 2011 The control of Iceland is crucial for the dominance in the Atlantic Ocean. Land your troops via helo and take the base! But prepare it well or your troops will never see the island... This scenario uses ANWs brand new feature boarding and takeover. It is by no means a beginner's scenario, you are up against v…

File Name: Ralfs_ANW_DB_scens, for Harpoon 3 ANW File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 6 Jun 2010 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: ANW DB V 2.2 (Dale Hillier) Authors: Ralf Koelbach Ralfs_ANW_DB_scens, for Harpoon 3 ANW Scenarios which work from Harpoon 3 ANW 3.9.4 onwards and with the ANW DB, V 2.2, downloadable here at Harpgamer Have fun! Click here to download this file

AAR: Torpedo Run [spoiler Alert] By Paul Bridge After receiving our latest orders, I asked the Jimmy (First Lieutenant) to plot an estimated path from the last reported position to Jakarta. I planned to position the Oberon astride their Path of Intended Movement [PIM] at this point. If we were unable to intercept them from the front, I was dubious if we would be successful in a stern chase. As we made transit southward, we periodically rose to periscope depth to 'sniff' the air for electronic transmissions with our Electronic Support Measures [ESM]. Two small patrol boats were discovered a fair distance away, but were not a threat to us. A pair of G…

HUD 3 v1.6.2 DB ANW 3.10.1.0 After building a scenerio all the a/c at one base that are bombers/attack do not show as ready to launch even when scenerio was built with them ready. The a/c that are ready are tankers and transports. What did I forget? Thanks again.

The 291st NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! #2.5 Suomenlinna - Yuri's Gambit This is the second scenario in the Battleset "21st Century Ocean Wars" War between NATO and Russia is imminent. The Russian forces on Kola will need unhindered access to the Atlantic. Admiral Yuri Padorin has drafted an alternative plan to deal with Finland. Author: Freek Schepers With over 127,000 PlayersDB scenarios downloaded in the last 37 weeks alone, the PlayersDB has proven itself the unequivocal players' favourite. Harpoon3.6.3 users can get the Complete Harpoon 3.6.3 Library [PlayersDB-7.4.7] The 21st Century Ocean Wars Battleset is available at: …

I apologize in advance if the following are silly questions, but I'm trying to figure out how to say certain things in a Harpoon orders text file. As I understand it, "Good luck and Godspeed" is the traditional closing salutation for American naval orders. Is it used in other English-speaking countries or is some other phrase used? If so, what are those phrases? (I'm guessing it might be "God save the Queen" in the U.K., but I honestly don't know, and I also don't know what Canada, Australia, and other Commonwealth nations use.) I would also be interested in the phrase used in other countries. I imagine that sometimes it is something that would translate fai…

The 278th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Missile Boats at Dawn No nation in the Middle East, and perhaps not in the world, has a more effective intelligence service than the Israeli Mossad. Quiet and effective, they search out potential problems and deal with them. On occasion, the things they discover are of such magnitude that assistance is needed from other arms of the Israeli military. Such was the case in mid-February, 1997. Through the work of a single agent, the Mossad learned of the completion of a quantity of chemical and biological weapons in Libya. These agents of mass destruction were to be shipped to Egypt. No target had been…

I tried it from the Syrian side to see if I could have a different result from history. I was hoping to use the same tactic I had employed when I played as the Israelis. I wanted to have the lightly armed MCM and MTB act as "beaters" for my Osa "hounds". Unfortunately, from the disposition of the Syrian vessels, I realized that I could not use the MCM vessel as much of searcher since she was severely limited by her speed. The MTB set out at creep speed to allow for the Osa PGMs to catch up. Once they were positioned, the ships headed in a southwesterly direction under EmCon. Almost immediately, the MTB detected an Israeli ship visually. Knowing that this meant her…

[spoiler ALERT] Scenario: Opening Moves Author: Herman Hum / Claudio Magnatti AAR by: Frans Koenz Side : Russia After an unprovoked attack on Russia by the PRC, Petropavlovsk remained operational and the deployed fleet elements only had the barest of weapons required for self-defense. My orders were to bring back the nuclear submarines to Petropavlovsk for replenishment and re-armament within 80 hours. They have only been loaded with limited munitions in accordance with the restricted training schedule. Only a few air-assets were available at Vladivostok. I was advised to engage only the units that posed an immediate threat. The game: 4 SS(G)N …

This AAR was posted by Frans Koenz on StrategyZoneOnline.com and is re-printed here with the permission of the author. AAR CAMPAIGN #12 THE CHANNEL WARS Scenario 3: Quotient. Scenario by: Herman Hum and Brad Leyte (CV32) Side: France Right after start of the game, UK launched a massive air attack on the French TF. I directly launched all Rafale fighters to intercept the enemy and managed to destroy all attacking aircraft (70 fighters, 3 Nimrod MR.2P and 2 Sentry AEW.) In the meantime, a British Trafalgar-class submarine was spotted. I launched an ASW aircraft to locate the submarine and sank it with torpedoes. Now it was time to plan a French attack…

File Name: The Duel V 3.0 File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 13 Sep 2009 File Updated: 13 Sep 2009 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: ANW DB 2.2 Editor: Dale Hillier Authors: Ralf Koelbach Battleset: No Information The Duel V 3.0 A scenario for Harpoon 3 ANW and the ANW DB written by Ralf Koelbach rkoelbach@yahoo.com This scenario was, if I remember correctly, my first scen I wrote for and with Harpoon 2, back then in 1994 or so. It bases on the Duel scen in Harpoon Classic, GIUK Battleset, but incorporates a lot of improvements. This version 3.0 is Nato side only. Have fun ! Ralf Click here to download this file

A couple of quick questions... First, on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being "This will happen" and 1 being "Not in a million years"), how likely is it that we might see an Iran-style Islamic revolution in Turkey and Egypt by, say, 2016? Second, assuming these revolutions happened, on a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are the following events (either as isolated events or as a cluster of related, perhaps coordinated events)... A) Egypt does not close the Suez Canal, but does raise fees and starts making many costly and time-consuming inspections of ships from countries it does not like--in effect, they are waging economic war against the E.U., Israel, etc. Egy…

The 11th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year! Showdown These scenarios are based upon events described in the book, "Show of Force", by Charles D. Taylor, 1980, Charter Books. The United States has established a Trident re-supply base in the Indian Ocean. The Soviets claim that such a base is meant to de-stabilize the region and prevent the self-determination of African nations and others within the area due to intimidation. Both nations have deployed extensive fleets to the Indian Ocean in a "Show of Force". Without guidance from NCA, both theatre commanders are operating under their final orders received. What began as a show of force has evolved …

AAR: The Empire Strikes Back By Paul Bridge "I can smell'em", said Commander Pettigrew. "I can just smell skunks in those straits". The Queen had been attacked and our orders were to have the HMAS Melbourne and group attack the base at Hasanuddin. The only way to do this was for us to close the distance to the base. This meant that we had to travel through the Indonesian islands in order to close the range so that our Sea Venom could reach the target. Whether or not Cmdr. Pettigrew really could smell submarines was now immaterial. Orders were orders. Orders were also issued to the Eagle TG to make best speed towards the bases in the Western part of Indonesi…

File Name: ANW DB - ANW Battleset File Submitter: RKoelbach File Submitted: 22 May 2011 File Category: BattleSets DB Used: ANW DB V 2.4.7 Authors: Dale Hillier ANW Battleset for Harpoon 3 ANW/HUE and ANW DB V 2.4.7. Scenarios written by Dale Hillier. Rebuilt and partially updated for ANW 2.4.7 by Ralf Koelbach. Battleset Descrition File (dsd-file) included. Click here to download this file

Here's the latest Installment in the Indonesian Campaign HarpoonHQ and StrategyZone Online "BROADSIDES" Date: 10th June 1966 Location: Andaman Sea Sides: UK and ANZAC Forces The Air Strikes were considered a success on the Indonesian Airbases, destroying many of the A.U.R.I aircraft in the air and on the ground. Most of the Badger aircraft have been destroyed but at least 6 still remain operational. The down side of the attacks were the numerous losses to the Vulcan and Canberra's which were badly mauled by the Mig-21's. HMS Eagle dispite her defenses was hit by single AS-1 missile and the resulting damage and fires destroyed her catapult…

30th Scenario posted this year! Freek Schepers has posted his latest scenario. This is his first scenario to use the Colonial Wars database by Paul Bridge. We sincerely hope that it is not his last for this database. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS In this scenario the forces are arranged as they were in the Caribbean on October 22nd 1962; the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Cuba started re-arming with the most modern Soviet weapon systems. MiG-19 and -21 fighters armed with Atoll-AAM, SSM-armed missile boats, and SA-2 SAMs have been supplied to Cuba in early 1962. Training has been provided in the USSR and Soviet a…

Friends, I'm working on some scenario ideas and got to thinking about something... Let's say it's 1986 and off the coast of East Africa during some crisis and NATO and the Soviets send various ships into the area. Someone (maybe a trigger-happy American captain) starts shooting at a Soviet ship or sub that got too close and spooked him and...well, when the dust clear, five or six ships and subs have been sunk, but most of them are Soviet vessels. The Soviets are, as one might expect, boiling mad. Whatever the truth is, as far as they can tell, this was not their fault. Of course, the Americans don't want to take the blame, either. It's not a presidential elec…