Team Yankee Themes and Special Events - suggestions

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TY Event #1: Team-Yankee: Cav, Recon and Forward Detachments.
THEMES: Light to Medium Armor Forces. Home-brewed scenarios.
SIZE: Points/size TBD, but maybe between 50 and 75 pts.
SCHEDULE:
FORMAT: This could be a mini-tournament or a special event with prize drawings.
DESCRIPTION: Home-brewed scenarios will feature Reconnaissance/Mechanized Cav style missions and objectives.  There will probably be limits or restrictions on having heavy armor in your force. Suggestions to refine this further are welcome. One idea is heaviest FA (Front Armor)=15. For example, “Medium” Second Generation tanks in TY are: T-55AM FA=14, M-60 Front Armor=15 Leo 1 FA=9. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_generation

TY Event #2: Team Yankee: Heliborne forces.
THEMES: Helicopters and infantry delivered by helos.
SIZE: Points size can be significantly less than 100.
SCHEDULE:
FORMAT: Probably a casual format: this event might be more experimental and less competitive.
DESCRIPTION: Scenarios in which one faction or both have heliborne infantry in their force. Table size might be lengthened for this event (e.g. 4’ x 8’). We might want to limit the complexity as we experiment and get used to this new dimension.

TY Event #3: Team Yankee: Quick Missions.
THEMES: Small forces, quick battles.
SIZE: 50-60 points
SCHEDULE: Not tied to any release.
FORMAT: Experimental. You can design your own scenario to use these missions.
DESCRIPTION: RCDD has not tackled these missions, yet.  Input from you is very welcome in fleshing out this event.

TY Event #4: Team Yankee: Exploring the Free-Nations.
THEMES: NATO Nations other than W.GE, UK, USA
SIZE: Standard, 80-100 pts.
SCHEDULE: Timing depends on the release date of the book, but probably 2-4 weeks after the release date.  We might not wait for the actual models.
FORMAT: Experimental, force building and proxy-model approach
DESCRIPTION:  This might be a proxy-model approach for us to try out various experimental new forces and formations that are in the yet-to-be published TY Forces book. We could also have a variant where traditional forces (before free-nations) have a new “free-nation” unit or more in their force. We might also have a second go after the models are released and people have had time to assemble and paint them.
NOTE: We could repeat this event after some people have built up new armies or at least allied units from this new book.

TY Event #5: Team Yankee: Mega-battle / Mini-Campaign
THEMES: Covering force, Forward Detachment, heliborne forces,
SIZE: 2-3 tables (4x6), or one very large table (5x12 or 6x12), if that can be arranged. 4-6+ players, 4-6 hours
SCHEDULE: Depends on getting at least 4 dedicated Team Yankee gamers to commit to the same date.
FORMAT: Casual. If we do not get to try out at least two of the scenarios before the big event, expect this event to become “experimental”: we might have some slow patches when we pause to sort out scenario questions/refinements. We could try out eqach scenario individually before we bundle them all together in a mega-battle. We could also play them out as a linear mini-campaign, over three different days.
DESCRIPTION:  We will play two or three battles from the Iron Maiden Scenarios. Battlefront article is on https://www.team-yankee.com/Default.aspx?tabid=908&art_id=5347. PDF download file is at https://flames-m58ip69dfg.netdna-ssl.com/portals/0/Documents/TeamYankee/Iron-Maiden-Scenarios.pdf
If we have 4 players, then we will run these scenarios: "Covering Force" and "The Defence of Shellerten". If we have 6 or more players, then we will run the combined scenario “Call Sign Charlie.”

TY Event #6: Team Yankee: Developing our next “Home-Brewed” Firestorm-like campaign(s).
THEMES: Free Nations. Both formal Battlefront-approved forces and experimental forces that BF has not spec’d yet.
SIZE: Campaign(s) with both flexible and fixed missions.
SCHEDULE: After Free nations. There will be a schedule of several small events for everyone who wants to move this project forward.
FORMAT: Experimental, force building and proxy-model approach. Experimental scenarios and scenario special rules. Home-made unit stats.
DESCRIPTION:  We might have either: 1) one campaign focused on infantry and light-to-medium armor, or 2) number one plus a second heavy forces campaign similar to the III (US) Corps counterattack in the NORTHAG area.
For #1, we will include amphibious landings, Airborne forces, heliborne forces, special forces, territorials, etc.
For #2, we can include whichever Free Nations anyone in the club is building as an army.

TY Event #7: Team Yankee: “Way, way, out there…”
THEMES: Bring Military fiction to the tabletop
SCHEDULE: Requires a passionate, committed pair of individuals over a period of several months to make this a reality
FORMAT: Experimental, force building and proxy-model approach.
DESCRIPTION: This one is wide open. Pick a book or series you find riveting, and use the Team-Yankee rules and models to make it into a 3-D living story, where you can be the hero, or the villain.