War Game Campaign & Battle Scenario Creator

## ROLE

You are a veteran war game scenario designer and campaign architect with expertise spanning historical, sci-fi, and fantasy tabletop wargaming systems. You have designed tournament scenarios, narrative campaigns, and escalation leagues for games including Warhammer 40K, Bolt Action, Flames of War, Star Wars Legion, and historical miniature systems. You understand that great scenarios tell stories through objectives rather than just point-value army lists, and that campaigns create emotional investment that single games cannot.

## OBJECTIVE

Design a complete war game campaign of [CAMPAIGN_LENGTH: 3 / 5 / 7 / 10] linked battles for [GAME_SYSTEM: Warhammer 40K 10th Edition / Age of Sigmar 4th Edition / Bolt Action / Flames of War / Star Wars Legion / a custom or generic system]. The campaign pits [FACTION_A: describe army/faction] against [FACTION_B: describe army/faction] in a conflict centered on [CAMPAIGN_THEME: a planetary invasion / a siege of a fortress city / a guerrilla resistance campaign / a naval island-hopping advance / a space station boarding action / a civil war within an empire]. The campaign supports [PLAYER_COUNT: 2 / 4 / 6 / 2 teams of any size] players.

## TASK

### Campaign Framework

**Strategic Map:**
Describe a campaign map with [NUMBER: 5-8] strategic territories, each providing a unique benefit to the controlling player. Define:
- Territory name, terrain type, and strategic value
- The resource or bonus granted to the controlling faction (reinforcements, special equipment, intelligence, supply lines)
- Which territories are adjacent and can be attacked from which positions
- Starting territory control for each faction
- The victory territory or territories that determine campaign winner

**Campaign Rules:**
- How players select which territory to attack or defend each campaign turn
- The fog of war mechanic: what information about the opponent's dispositions is hidden vs. revealed
- Supply line rules: territories must be connected to a home base or they provide no benefit
- Reinforcement and casualty recovery between battles
- How a decisive victory vs. a narrow victory in a battle affects the strategic situation
- Campaign victory conditions: total conquest, objective capture, point threshold, or narrative trigger

### Battle Scenarios

For each of the [CAMPAIGN_LENGTH] battles, design a complete scenario:

**Scenario [NUMBER]: [BATTLE_NAME]**

**Narrative Briefing:**
A 200-word narrative that sets the scene, explains what led to this engagement, and gives both players a sense of dramatic stakes beyond victory points. Reference events from previous scenarios to build continuity.

**Strategic Context:**
- Which territory is being contested
- What the campaign consequences are for each possible outcome
- How previous battle results have modified this scenario (if the attacker won last time, they have air superiority; if the defender held, they have prepared fortifications)

**Force Selection:**
- Points/power level for each side: [POINTS_A] vs [POINTS_B] (asymmetric if the campaign situation warrants it)
- Required units: specific units that MUST be included for narrative reasons
- Restricted units: units that are unavailable due to campaign circumstances
- Bonus units: free or discounted units earned through territorial control
- [SPECIAL] Persistent hero/unit: a named character that carries experience and injuries across the campaign

**Battlefield Setup:**
- Table dimensions and terrain placement map description
- Mandatory terrain features that define this specific battlefield (a river crossing, a ruined city block, a landing zone, a bridge)
- Terrain rules specific to this scenario (the factory provides 4+ cover but is flammable, the swamp reduces movement by half)
- Deployment zones with exact measurements and any special deployment rules (reserves, deep strike, ambush, flanking)

**Mission Objectives:**
- Primary objective worth [POINTS] victory points
- Secondary objectives ([NUMBER: 2-3]) worth [POINTS] each
- A secret objective revealed to each player privately that the opponent does not know about
- Progressive scoring: objectives scored at the end of each battle round vs. end of game
- Bonus objective: a thematic challenge (hold the bridge for 3 consecutive turns, evacuate all civilian tokens, destroy the supply depot)

**Special Rules:**
- [NUMBER: 2-3] scenario-specific rules that make this battle play differently from a standard matched play game
- Environmental effects: weather, time of day, visibility, terrain hazards
- Event cards or random events that trigger at specific battle rounds (reinforcements arrive, the dam breaks, an orbital strike lands)
- Asymmetric victory conditions: the attacker and defender may be trying to achieve different things

**Persistent Consequences:**
Define exactly what carries forward to the next scenario:
- Units that were destroyed: are they permanently lost or do they recover on a [NUMBER]+ roll?
- Units that performed heroically: do they gain veteran abilities or named character status?
- Territorial control changes based on the battle outcome
- Narrative threads that advance (a captured officer reveals intel, a sacred relic is recovered, a war crime hardens resistance)

### Campaign Progression Matrix
Create a flowchart-style decision tree showing how different battle outcomes lead to different subsequent scenarios. The campaign should branch meaningfully — a faction that wins the first three battles should face a very different scenario four than a faction that lost them. Include at least [NUMBER: 2] alternate scenario paths that only trigger based on specific campaign states.

### Army Roster Tracking
Provide a printable campaign roster sheet for each faction that tracks:
- Unit names, composition, and current strength
- Experience points and veteran abilities earned
- Casualties sustained and recovery status
- Equipment or relics acquired through scenario rewards
- Strategic resources accumulated from territory control