Okay, just to show some of the scope of the "EPIC: Total War" project, here's a tentative list of the "generic" scenarios to be included; each will have different sceanario rules and setups that will allow for a wide variety of battles to be fought, even just in "pick up" games.

Additionally, you'll be able to tailor scenarios to, I hope, represent almost any kind of campaign conflict you can imagine. One of the plans for the supplement is to have a "historic refight" based on each one of the scenarios as an example of how they can be customized.

Now, they are all in various states of work, and this is just a list of names, without any explanation. One thing I'd like you, Gentle Reader, to do, is note if any obvious scenario or mission is missing!

Thanks!

Scenario List

Ambush
Assault
Beachhead
Breakout
Cityfight - NEW!
Cleanse
Escalating Engagement
Escort Duty
Hit and Run
Hold At Any Cost
Last Stand
Meeting Engagement
No Man's Land
Pitched Battle
Planetary Assault
Rearguard
Recon
Rescue
Spearhead
Spoiling Attack
Strongpoint Attack
Surprise Attack
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Firefights

Assassins!
Cat-and-Mouse
Crossed Lines
Run the Gauntlet
Sabotage
Take the Hill
[More to come]

Special Rules

Advanced Fortifications
Advanced Terrain
Attrition
Battlefield Conditions
Civilians
Concealment
Minefields
Mixed Forces/Allies
Off-Board Artillery
Planetary Conditions
Weather Conditions
[More to come]

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I've got two that I will send this weekend for you to format so it matches your goodies.  

King of the Hill
Run the Gauntlet

Quick and easy games that make for a good throw down.

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Yeah, I'm thinking about having a small sub-section of scenarios called "Sneak Attacks!" or something, that are for faster/smaller games, sounds like those will do!

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I don't know if you already have this covered (it's hard to tell without descriptions), but how about a Bastogne-type scenario?

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"Dwarves are small and carry huge axes,
They dig up Gold,and don't pay taxes."

So... which part of Bastogne? *laugh*

The Ardennes Offensive could be represented by a Spearhead or No Man's Land Scenario, with Rearguard and Strongpoint Attacks following up as the battle progresses.  And then a Rescue to secure the 101st (Not that they needed it!   )

Remember that these scenarios are meant to be, at their basic level, fairly "generic", but to allow a lot of customization if desired.

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I have two campaign style "battle generators" that I am working on for Space and continental conflicts. The basic premise being to fight several battles with the same resources rather than the traditional 'one-off' conflicts inherent with most/all of these scenarios.

Yeah, I guess I should have been a little more specific.    I'm thinking of when the 4th Armored broke through to break the siege. It doesn't exactly sound like a "rescue" mission to me.

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"Dwarves are small and carry huge axes,
They dig up Gold,and don't pay taxes."

Well, I'm working on a "campaign system" as well, that the scenarios can be slotted in to to provide continuity and rewards/penalties for winning or losing as the campaign progresses.

I'd be quite interested in looking at your systems, Ginger!

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Well, depending on what you wanted to represent, that could possibly be a Spearhead or a Rescue scenario.

Spearhead - breaking through a weak point in enemy lines

Rescue - relieving/retrieving friendlies that are cut off by enemy forces

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I will Pm both you and Moscovian shortly. However they both work on the same principle of having a limited geography  of 'areas' between the 'Home bases' each representing a battlefield. The two sides pick army lists representing the total pool of formations available, battle casualties being fed back at the Home base.

The Space campaign differs in requiring some points to be spent on the means of transporting the armies from planet to planet treating each as a distinct battlefield, while the "continental" campaign is a little more complex, recognising the interaction between adjoining areas.

Remember that these scenarios are meant to be, at their basic level, fairly "generic", but to allow a lot of customization if desired.

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All of the "basic" scenarios are supposed to be, for the most part, generic; so much so, that you could meet another player who had brought a 3000 point Tournament army and say, for example, "Let's play an Ambush instead!" and would be able to do that.  There will be a host of "scenario modifying" rules, like the Planetary Conditions I released, to allow a wide variety of customization.

From there, each scenario will have a "historic refight" based on its premise, with story and setup and forces.

On top of all that will be a, or possibly multiple, campaign system(s) for integrating scenarios into a plausible and challenging campaign: small, medium, large, or monstrous, as desired.  See the "Red Queen Rising" campaign as an example of what I'm talking about.

And then, there will be a few playable "smaller" campaigns.

And, lastly, alternate/advanced rules for variant play experience.

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I actually think the opposite would be the case - generic scenarios would allow more players to use them, would they not? And depending on how the "historic refights" are presented, they could allow players to recreate a set battle as well.

Drek, I was just thinking in a grand scheme.  Obviously generic would be more broad reaching, but we're talking about building an entire supplement on these scenarios. If you have nothing but generic situations it is akin to buying a 5 gallon tub of vanilla.  Vanilla is the most popular icecream flavor in the world, but how often do you go for a double scoop of vanilla? My guess is not very often.

A supplement on something like this should reach a broad audience and as such historical re-creations and other ideas I presented above could be presented in each section and provide a ton of ideas.

All of the "basic" scenarios are supposed to be, for the most part, generic; so much so, that you could meet another player who had brought a 3000 point Tournament army and say, for example, "Let's play an Ambush instead!" and would be able to do that.  There will be a host of "scenario modifying" rules, like the Planetary Conditions I released, to allow a wide variety of customization.

From there, each scenario will have a "historic refight" based on its premise, with story and setup and forces.

On top of all that will be a, or possibly multiple, campaign system(s) for integrating scenarios into a plausible and challenging campaign: small, medium, large, or monstrous, as desired.  See the "Red Queen Rising" campaign as an example of what I'm talking about.

And then, there will be a few playable "smaller" campaigns.

And, lastly, alternate/advanced rules for variant play experience.

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Well, considering I'm already at about 60 pages, before any pre-made campaigns, I think it's a book in the making... *laugh*

Perhaps you've misunderstood what I meant by "generic" scenarios: what I mean is that *any* armies can play them, there's no requirements such as "Orks vs Marines" for any of them, they can all be played as standalone "one-offs" if so desired.  But that doesn't mean they're "vanilla" by any means!  There's unbalanced forces, opposed victory conditions, near hopeless situations, etc... things that really change up the game!  The "historic re-fights" based on the scenarios will be more restrictive, as refights are.

These scenarios, and the rules to modify them, are to act as the "bedrock" of building a campaign of whatever size you like, playing the significant, and insignificant, battles of a conflict within a balancing framework.

And then there's rules for fighting in all kinds of conditions... from airless moons, to ash-storm lashed deserts, to actions on space hulks!  And everything in between (even sunny, friendly worlds!).

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