September 22, 200817 yr Hi guys, my harpoon paper days are starting again, as illustrated by my purchasing saga. Going out to buy the 2003 review just after posting this. Last time I played was with H1 or H2 rules, back in the mid-80s, only played computer variants since then. No ground back then. So I've heard and read about ground rules existing for H4(.1), but not being up to date on what is what and where it is (much less its cost, hahaha), I'm asking for your help, dear pooners. Interested in "official" ground combat rules, be it in commercial or free, paper or online, supplements, as well as community mods, hopefully freely available. Or barring tailor made systems for H4.1, ground rules that work nicely with Harpoon would do. Thanks in advance, and poon on !
September 22, 200817 yr Author Might as well add : any harpoon modules for the free ADC clones out there like VASSAL ?
September 22, 200817 yr I'd like to hear about the mythical Ground Combat System as well. Pete has used it but I've never really understood where it exists... http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=890
September 22, 200817 yr Author I'd like to hear about the mythical Ground Combat System as well. Pete has used it but I've never really understood where it exists... http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=890 Looks like Pete is saying they are in the 2nd edition of South Atlantic
September 22, 200817 yr Pete says "yes", the GCS first appeared to me in South Atlantic War II. With Harpoon 3 being published by Game Designers Workshop, Harpoon was dovetailed with Frank Chadwicks "Combined Arms" miniatures rule set for any ground action. With GCS, SAW II provides items used in the Falklands War, too include how to use it to conduct an amphibious landing, along with stats for a traditional land US Army/USSR battle. Aside from that, the only place that I've seen the GCS develped further is in Harpoon Naval Review 2003 where Dave Schuler adds stats for contemporary USMC and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps units. I SWAG'ed a Russian Airborne Battalion posted here and had some fun with it. The GCS is strickly numbers based, so it some real number crunching. I happen to have a good imagination, and a penchant for mind numbing calculations given that my "degree" was in history. From time to time I have heard that the GCS is being revamped for the Unification Project of all of the Admiralty Trilogy systems. We'll have to see.
September 22, 200817 yr Interested in "official" ground combat rules, be it in commercial or free, paper or online, supplements, as well as community mods, hopefully freely available. The only follow on GCS stuff aside from HNR2003 was in High Tide. Some Soviet Naval Infantry units along with Danish and Norwegian cats and dogs IIRC. Other "best lead" would be the three yahoo harpoon groups and searching GCS. You'll get some background on GCS weapon's calculations, and even some push back. I also posted here some time ago an answer that I received directly from Larry regarding Harpoon Air/Ground (GCS) interaction which was enlightening. http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=196
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