Harpoon (Third Edition) (1987)

About Harpoon (Third Edition)

Harpoon simulates modern naval warfare. Its rules tell how ships and aircraft move, detect enemy contacts, and attack them. Weapons inflict realistic effects, and proper naval tactics produce accurate and believable results. The die-cut counters included in the game make it possible to take this game home and start playing. Tom Clancy's books Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising used Harpoon as a source. (The game was not based on the books.) To quote from the Author's N…

Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Line of Sight, Measurement Movement, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation · Designer: Larry Bond

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