Tourney Idea

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Sounds similar to something I was suggesting in Squad Battles. Two or more face off with a division of commander's choosing. Each would have the entire div to pull units onto the map. One may end up with his whole div in the fight where the other guy felt he could continue to fight and win with just one bde, never getting to the rest of the div. It would be all up to the commanders. In what you are promoting, with teams, you should make up the entire div for each side, including arty and any supporting units including attached bns or bdes from other diivs if you see fit. Many times, rgts and bdes from other divs were assigned to other divs for different reasons. The Germans were obvious, but the U.S. attached an inf rgt to U.S. Arm Divs on many occasions because of their lack of inf support from within. It sounds like a good idea, but, each CinC should be supplied with an overall map of the entire battlefield, since that would be his responsibility. The subordinates would only be concerned with their own area and maybe the area to each flank, but that would be up to the tourney chief. However, it has been awhile since I played SPs and this sounds like a good reason to play it again, so you can count me in. I like the historical unit idea rather than the purchase what you want. This could even be done as a hypothetical encounter between any forces of your choosing with actual units. Example, 1SS Pz Div vs 2 AD, 3 AD or Brit Guards Arm Div. With enough people, it could even be bigger like 1SS Pz Corps vs whatever or go for an entire battle like Market-Garden. Don't want to get too big with less people though as interest would probably wane, but MG always seems to be first in mind when thinking of larger battles. Anyway, it is your baby and sounds good to me and am willing to give it a go. Div+ vs Div+ sounds the best.