
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,492
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Harpoon 4: Modern Tactical Naval Warfare
- 2–8 players
- 150 min
- Complexity 4.4/5
- 1997

Expansion for Harpoon V: Modern Tactical Naval Combat 1955 - 2020
2024
Rules assistance for Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023 is an expansion for Harpoon V: Modern Tactical Naval Combat 1955 - 2020 released in 2024 for 2–8 players. It was designed by Larry Bond and Chris Carlson and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, and Simulation.
Commonwealth Aircraft lists the British, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand aircraft in service between 1955 and the present day. It is designed as a sourcebook for Harpoon, fifth edition, but it can also be used as a general reference. Organized as a collection of annexes, this publication provides statistics on aircraft and any modifications or upgrades they received, sometimes many times. Other annexes detail weapons and sensors characteristics, including air-to-air and air-to surface missiles, guns, ASW weapons, electronics pods, radars, sonars, with all the information needed to use them in a Harpoon scenario. In addition to real-world platforms, many canceled or proposed aircraft and their systems are also described. -description from publisher's website
Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023 supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Nautical. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, and Simulation. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023 are: Larry Bond and Chris Carlson. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Commonwealth Aircraft: Aircraft of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 1955 - 2023 as an expansion for Harpoon V: Modern Tactical Naval Combat 1955 - 2020. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Harpoon V: Modern Tactical Naval Combat 1955 - 2020 to use it. Check that your edition of Harpoon V: Modern Tactical Naval Combat 1955 - 2020 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.