Maybe something to think about (WDS or another publisher?)

[Plain Ian]

.... don't think anyone in a position to make a decision or a proposal will ever read any of this, but it is nice to dream and throw some ideas out there.

One thing I can say with a degree of confidence, that you'd be mistaken. ;)

That would be a situation where I'd really welcome being wrong!

Well I'm probably confusing things as well. I tend to jump into discussions without reading them properly.

I thought the original idea was to see if we could mod the original ACW game to see if we could make a more operational scaled system along the same kind of lines as happened with Panzer Campaigns and the Strategic War series?

A mile was suggested so I've made up a rough mile template and stuck it over another of my favourite scenarios from Gettysburg. 1.2 The Wheatfields. A classic training scenario/competition scenario back in the day. 
Hexes are a bit rough and they are probably under 1 mile wide. Note that the height of the hex definitely is not a mile but I think that's because the ACW hex is slightly squashed? 



As you can see in theory you could stack a Corps worth of units ,if not several, in a mile hex in ACW. 
But in the scenario above we see about 2-4 CSA Bdes per hex. 

I think in theory a rough mod could be made from the ACW engine.

OOB shouldn't be difficult. A counter for leaders above Brigade and Brigade leaders become part of the Brigade  unit/counter. 



The Parameter or pdt changes are probably the trickiest. You would need someone thats an expert on what they do and how much you can change? Or spend a long time using trial and error?



Movement rates can be changed.
Weapon effects would have to be changed and I'm not sure what happens if range is 0? I'm  also not sure how assault or melee works in ACW?

However the Time parameters would be a problem? 

Which leads me to think that the Strategic War series would be a better engine to make a rough mod with as its 2 day turns. I'm not too sure about the parameters and set up of the Strategic war series so it could be that I'm havering here. 

Ian in Dundee