Scenario Design

[Stejones82]

I do have an interest in designing some scenarios. But strangely, having played SqB pretty heavily for 18 months now, I still feel I need more experience in the game to do so effectively.

1. What about a "tournament" sponsored by the Blitz in scenario design? Perhaps give a 2-3 page written description of a particular encounter including suggested OOB and submaps and encourage novice scenario designers to give a go. Results judged by either a panel of experts or by the people of the forum.

2. I know I would like this one - a tutorial in scenario design. One designer begins a thread or email tree showing his approach and design steps. For example: "I am Romeo Poppa and I am going to build a scenario in Red Victory based upon a real/hypothetical engagement at _____ on 12 Sep, 1943. First thing I do is: xxxx" and so on allowing budding designers to get their feet wet under the tutelage of an experienced hand.

3. See if an experienced designer would be willing to serve as mentor for a novice designer. That way I could send partial efforts and ask questions, receive tips,etc.

4. Is there a listing of good source work for the building of historical scenarios? For instance, I would like to build some scenarios for Eagles Strike. Are there 3 or 4 good books/web sites that would give OOB info, terrain, tactics and other things of interest to a designer?

Cheers!