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You might try eBay. I've found lots there.

Nice collection stilesw

mikkey,

Thanks. Started with the release of the original Harpoon I (DOS based v1.0) back in 1989. Actually have a Windows 95/MS DOS 6.22 system, with 5.25" floppy drive, that it still plays on. I kept getting the updates and spinoffs after that. Hadn't heard about any new Harpoon stuff for a while so I went searching online about 2013 and that's when I discovered CMANO which turned out to be a superb, far more advanced, successor. I can't begin to compute the number of hours I've played both simulations!

-Wayne

There seems to be a lot of attention given here to how naval strategy and tactics would/should work within CMANO.

As I recall the H4 strategy manual it was mainly about naval strategy, not as it applied directly within H4.

If anyone is looking for a general naval tactics guide then "Fleet Tactics - theory and practice" by Capt Wayne P Hughes is an excellent text and a good introduction. It's available from the US Naval Institute bookshop, and probably elsewhere as well (e.g. Amazon).

To relate that theory to the practical aspects of the game, then I agree the devs and an experienced ex- (or current) naval practitioner might collaborate on such a guide. We would need to bear in mind however that CMANO covers a large time frame, and tactics will vary over that time with weapons and sensors development.

ORIGINAL: stilesw

You might try eBay. I've found lots there.

This is a lovely collection! Probably you could start collecting boardgame items as well [:)]

britten,

Not a bad idea but, sadly, I never really had an opportunity to get into the military boardgame world. I did have a fair amount of D&D "table top" gaming and greatly enjoyed that. Also, there is the matter of space! Already have two walls of shelves with gaming software!

-Wayne

Any updates reg. the scanning progress?

I just sent email to Roland. Hopefully he's still with us on this board.

The OP is asking how many people are potentially still interested in having a complete book scanned. If somebody still wants that, can you indicate this here?

I'm interested and TheCabal as well. Anyone else?

I am interested, of course [&o]

I am as well. Please and Thank You!

I'm interested! Please and Thank You!

Any updates? =)

Harpoon II Official Strategy Guide

It seems that there may be some available as reported here: https://www.findbookprices.com/isbn/9781559584579/

-WS

The OP is back in action. Some additional pages were added today.[&o]

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ORIGINAL: thewood1

I think the real issue is people not taking advantage of what is already available. There are great official and community resources available. They are not prominently displayed on the forum, but even a little searching will get most of what you want. This game is not one you can stroll into and have everything handed to you.

This is spot on accurate ! I stay mostly on the Steam Forums for CMANO because of this reason. When a new player does post, it is almost always something that can be easily found , but people are either unwilling, or unaware of the tools and info available to them . A fast search reveals almost all of them , yet people seem adverse to the idea for some reason, when usually its far easier, faster, and less typing to do so.

I actually created a Steam Guide (Really is just a short URL list ) with embedded links to This site , Baloogans Half Life , and Nimrodx guide links , The manual ,FAQ , Addendum etc....for easily finding these resources and getting them used to the ideas of using them. If players spend all the time they have posting their questions they would never have any to play, much less those that answer them as well .

So far it seems to be working pretty well as most of the time any follow up questions are often something thats very in-depth and complex requiring a much more detailed answer and actual game play knowledge.

Thx for adding more pages to the H2-Guide.

It seems we're stuck on page 180 for now. If anyone cares about for the rest of this book he probably should contact (and motivate) OP by the email assigned to his forum account.

I still have my hardcopy from the 90's. Good reading.