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Designing scenarios
can be a frustrating experience, with limited information in game manuals the aspiring
scenario designer can easily become overwhelmed. The Scenario Design Section has articles
written by your fellow wargamers on the basics of designing scenarios, tutorials covering
specific games, and a library with recommended resources. We hope that you find this area
helpful in your efforts at creating your own war. If you would like to contribute an
article contact timm@wargamer.com.
Tutorials on Specific Games
 How to Safely Edit an East Front II Campaign Game
- East Front
by Edward Hayes
- East Front
Scenario Designing: Version 1.07 and C2 by Ed Durkin
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- Great
Battles Collector's Edition: Notes
on Preparing Text Documents for Scenarios by Louis Portillo
Great
Battles Collector's Edition: Editor
Bugs and Work Arounds by Jeff Vitous
Great
Battles Collector's Edition: Shock
Superiority Table by Nik Fincher -
- The Operational Art
of War by Todd Klemme
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- PacMap Version 4.4: A Pacific
General Map Editor by Edward Hayes
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- Panzer
Commander: Editor Tips and Tricks - by Peter von Kleinsmid
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- Panzer General II:
Campaign Design - by Alexandre Karadimas
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- Panzer and Allied
General by Bill Haering, Dirk Cremer, and Douglas Wick
- Macintosh Panzer
General Scenario Design by RhinoBones
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- Soldiers
at War by Larry Levandowski
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- Steel
Panthers III by Jim Johnson
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- The Operational Art of War: Making Maps by Bill Kransdorf
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- Tigers On the Prowl
and Panthers In the Shadows by Peter Mitchell
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- Warlords
III Darklords Rising by Edward Hayes
Scenario Design Basics by Rory Gallagher, Greg Allen, and Tim Maushardt
The thought process in designing
scenarios for almost all wargames is the same. Use these steps as a general guidline to
follow as you recreate history.
- Researching the battle
- Creating an order of battle
and picking your units
- Inputing your map and
deploying the units
- Balancing the scenario
The books and magazines in this section have been recommended for
designing scenarios by several of the contributing authors to the scenario archives at the
Wargamer. I would like to thank Luis Alegria, Rory Gallagher, Tim Hayes, John Heidle,
Keith Heitmann, C. Herrbold, Peter von Kleinsmid, Paul Lakowski, Thibault Lebrun, Tim
McBride, Doug Ryerson, and Wild Bill Wilder for taking the time and sending in their
sources. If you would like to recommend a source that you found to be excellent for
designing scenarios send it to timm@wargamer.com.
Recommended Books and Magazines
 Atlases
- Korean War
- Magazines
- Modern
- Order of Battles
- Vietnam War
- World War II
- Africa, Europe, Multiple Continents, Pacific, Russia
- 1800's
Online Resources
- Books and Articles
- Maps
- Order of Battles
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