General Lynn,
HPS Shiloh, Scenario 046 "FD_Rebels March on FH", 40 turns: "(What If) Union General Halleck has delayed General Grant's march toward Fort Donelson. But he finally gives his belated permission almost at the same moment as the Confederates, who having been reinforced, decide to gamble and march on to Fort Henry. They hope to surprise the unsuspecting Union garrison at Fort Henry."
Opening this and looking at both sides, it's difficult for me to imagine a more balanced scenario. Both sides are roughly equal in size, neither has a distinct terrain advantage, with plenty of room to maneuver (and, at 40 turns, plenty of TIME to maneuver). A couple of smaller objectives in the center, plus larger objectives far to the rear of both sides, require both North and South to seriously consider the effect of inadequately protecting their centers while trying to come up with some way of putting together an effective offense. The forces are small enough, there is no way to anchor on map sides. If you want your flanks protected, you had better figure out a way to protect them.
General Danner and I just completed a battle in this scenario, which ended in a Draw. Both sides probed and maneuvered, but neither could come up with anything near an overwhelmingly superior mass of force anywhere. We've swapped sides to try again. Now we both know what the other has -- and that knowledge won't make our tasks any easier.
Since it's a what-if scenario it may not be for the hard-core history buffs, but it has everything I've ever wanted in a balanced scenario.
Your humble servant,
Gen 'Dee Dubya' Mallory
David W. Mallory
ACW - General, 3/2/I/AotM (Club President & Cabinet Member)
CCC - Lieutenant, Georgia Volunteers, Southern Regional Department, Colonial American Army