Trivia
Book Research
Author
Tom Clancy used
Harpoon while writing
The Hunt for Red October, published in 1984. Clancy later teamed up with
Larry Bond writing
Red Storm Rising, published in 1986. The game was used to model many of the naval battles depicted in the book.
Origins
Larry Bond first created
Harpoon in 1980 as a miniatures game. Bond was a serving officer in the U.S. Navy at the time.
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- September 1990 (Issue #74) – Wargame of the Year
- March 1992 (Issue #92) – Introduced into the Hall of Fame
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #40 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list
