I think a MP campaign structure can be used for Eastern Front. Cranial's Eastern Front tournament concept is in part the basis for this. Cranial must manually select the next week's battle map.
Soviet and Ostheer would face off individually or in teams. The Campaign structure Would start in the middle of the war/world map. Example Smolensk map as campaign Starting scenario. Dependent on the victory conditions met the next Scenario map would vary from Minsk (sov victory), Kiev (Ostheer victory) or Moscow (ostheer victory). If in the next scenario Ostheer defeats the Sovs the next scenario would be Smolensk map.
There are a couple of ways the selection of the next scenario map could be implemented.
- Victory Point ratio could be determined and used as a weighting factor for the next map selection. Example: Ostheer Victory, <3:1 ratio load Kiev map. Ostheer VP ratio => 3:1 load Moscow map. THe weighting factor could allow harder or easier maps to be loaded as a balancing measure. (The weighting factor system is already coded in the way AI selects the next appropriate unit to produce in the Dynamic phase).
- Selection of the next scenario map could be based on the final physical VP captured in the previous scenario. For this purpose Enemy bases would be equated to a physical VP location. This would allow a more Geographically oriented selection of the next map.
- A combination of the two methods is also possible.
Persistant campaign aspects could be included. Wrecks from previous scenarios fought on a given map could remain (as illustrated in the OF Volkenswaard scenarios). Existing HQs could even be included and activated as in Volkeswaard.
Use of "Veteran Squads" of course should be included. (The issue of Zis2 and 107mm mortars might be a bit tricky but I think this could be worked out).
That's my concept.
