Hey Don, this thread reminds me of the work done for Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming.

19 hours ago, eeustice said:

When I moved in 2012 I tossed the original Battle Book I had. I came with some 3 1/2" floppy disks with a new battle set.

TonyE talked me into getting another copy. I found a copy on Amazon.

My first copy of Harpoon was on 5 1/4" floppy disks.

After seeing all the Harpoon boxes I wish I would have saved mine.

Who would have thought 30 years later we would still be playing Harpoon.

I still play it because I've been interested in Naval history and navies in general since at the tender age of 15 my dad got me S.E. Morisons History of WW2 for the US Navy...and read every book. Working for shipyards in general and all the years I spent working on US Navy ships at Mayport NS whetted my interest even more. I still like the mental challengeg the game can give you, keeps the old grey matter functioning

I am in the process of purchasing the S. E. Morris WW2 books. They are still available from Amazon. I have gotten several volumes that are of the original printing that are in pretty good shape. I read the series back when I was in High School.

Thank You (especially Mr. Don Gilman) for Your response, as You said, no one would have predicted that we would be playing Harpoon in 30 years  I will still be looking for Harpoon Advanced Naval Warfare and Harpoon Commander's Edition. Best regards for everyone!
 

New arrivals... Getting closer to complete the collection

Congrats, keep us updated, I'd like to add photos and a story to one of the Harpoon sites so we don't lose the history any time soon.

I appreciate @TonyE pointing me toward this thread. I recently started another asking about Harpoon’s history. I am also close to a complete collection. I’m missing Designers’ Series II and Harpoon II’s Regional Conflict battleset, though I learned from the photos above that the Deluxe package also come in a non-multimedia edition.

Sorry for the cross-post, but I’ll pass along a link to a history of Harpoon I attempted at https://RetroViator.com/Harpoon. I’ve included a product timeline—at least as complete as I could piece together.