At the School of Operational Planning, Federal officers can obtain information relevant to specific scenarios. This includes trategy guides, which are written by officers with considerable experience on a certain field. They describe a promising approach to the scenario in question, but of course not the only possible approach. Battle reports relate the course of one specific battle or part thereof, but nevertheless usually contain information that is relevant for other officers fighting on the same field. Finally, Miscellaneous comprises scenario-relevant material which falls in neither of those categories, like a list of map errors, or little vignettes describing small actions or tricks during a battle.

Contributions are always welcome, and should be addressed to the Commandant. Most wanting at the moment is material on the HPS Civil War Battles series (Corinth engine), and on custom scenarios.

Battleground Game System

1. Battleground Antietam (BGN)

2. Battleground Bull Run (BGBR)

3. Battleground Chickamauga (BGC)

4. Battleground Gettysburg (BGG)

5. Battleground Shiloh (BGS)

6. Custom Scenarios for the BG games

HPS Game System

7. Campaign Corinth (CC)

8. Campaign Ozark (CO)

9. Campaign Franklin (CF)

10. Campaign Gettysburg (CG)

1. Battleground Antietam (BGN)

a. Strategy Guides

BGN #01 South Mountain, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGN #02 Blood and Buttons, by Maj. Gen. Brad Young, Gen. Jeff Twining, and Gen. Kelly Ross

BGN #04 Take them Anyhow!, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGN #07 Forward, Bucktails!, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGN #08 Antietam, by Lt. Gen. Ross Sutton

BGN #08 Antietam and BGN #09 Full Deck, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGN #08 Antietam and BGN #09 Full Deck, by Brig. Gen. Mark Oakford

BGN #10 Hooker's Debut, by Gen. Bill Zuelsdorff

b. Battle Reports

BGN #09 Full Deck (August 2003), by Lt. Don Golen

2. Battleground Bull Run (BGBR)

a. Strategy Guides

BGBR #01 Drive the Dogs Back, by Maj. Gen. Robert Breen

BGBR #03 First Bull Run, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGBR #03 First Bull Run - My Top Ten List of Things To Do, by Maj. Gen. Robert Breen

BGBR #09 Brawner's Brawl, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGBR #10 Brawner's Farm, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGBR #11 Twice Hallowed Ground, by Lt. Gen. Ken Miller

BGBR #12 Second Bull Run, by Col. Daryl Miles

b. Battle Reports

BGBR #03 First Bull Run (June 2001), by (then) Capt. D.S. Walter

BGBR #03 First Bull Run (November 2001), by (then) Maj. Matt Perrenod and (then) Col. Niall Murphy

BGBR #03 First Bull Run (March 2003), by (then) Brig. Gen. Mike Tomlin

BGBR #11 Twice Hallowed Ground (July 2001), by (then) Capt. Matt Perrenod

c. Miscellaneous

BGBR Map Errors, by Brig. Gen. Luke Campbell and Lt. Gen. R.E. Brooks

Engagement at Cub Run: A Small Drama Within the First Battle of Bull Run (February 2003), by (then) Col. Mike Tomlin

The "Phantom" Corps at Second Bull Run, by Lt. Gen. Jeff Laub

3. Battleground Chickamauga (BGC)

a. Strategy Guides

BGC #02 Cat and Mouse, by Lt. Gen. Ross Sutton

BGC #02 Cat and Mouse, by Brig. Gen. Luke Campbell

BGC #03 Murfreesboro, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGC #10a Chickamauga, by Maj. Gen. Matt Perrenod (War College Prize, III/2003)

BGC #10a Chickamauga, by Lt. Col. Jeffrey Laub

BGC #16a The Rock of Chickamauga, by Gen. Kelly Ross

b. Battle Reports

BGC #02 Cat and Mouse, by Lt. Gen. R. E. Brooks

BGC #03 Murfreesboro (June 2001), by (then) Lt. Col. D.S. Walter

BGC #03 Murfreesboro (April 2003), by (then) Brig. Gen. Mike Tomlin

BGC #10h Chickamauga (February 2002), by (then) Lt. Col. Matt Perrenod

4. Battleground Gettysburg (BGG)

a. Strategy Guides

BGG #02 Out of the Mist, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGG #02 Out of the Mist, by Maj. Gen. Robert Breen

BGG #03 A Rock and a Hard Place, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGG #04 Decisions, Decisions, by Gen. Mark Nelms

BGG #06h Wheatfield to Round Top, by Lt. Gen. Ken Miller

BGG #07 Too Little Too Late, by Col. Ambros Tremel

BGG #13 Gettysburg, by Col. Dan Peterjohn (War College Prize, I/2003)

BGG #13 Gettysburg, by Maj. Gen. Mike Tomlin (War College Prize, I/2003)

BGG #13 Gettysburg (Day One), by Col. Simon Macbeth

BGG #13h Gettysburg & BGG #02h Out of the Mist - From the Reb Perspective, by Maj. Gen. Kevin T. Mainwaring (War College Prize, I/2004)

BGG #13h/a Gettysburg - If Longstreet Were in Command at the Battle of Gettysburg, by Col. Ned Simms

b. Battle Reports

BGG #02h Out of the Mist (June 2001), by (then) 1st Lt. Matt Perrenod

BGG #02h Out of the Mist (May 2003), by Capt. Richard Jones

BGG #13h Gettysburg (July 2002), by (then) Col. Mike Tomlin

5. Battleground Shiloh (BGS)

a. Strategy Guides

BGS #01 Wilson's Creek, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGS #02 The Lyon's Roar, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGS #04h Shiloh, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGS #09 The Purdy Road Line, by Gen. Kelly Ross

BGS #16 Prairie Grove, by Gen. Kelly Ross

b. Battle Reports

BGS #04h Shiloh (November 2001), by (then) Lt. Col. Mike Tomlin

BGS #07 The Devil's Own Day (June 2001), by (then) Capt. Mike Dean

c. Miscellaneous

Cavalry in the Rear at Shiloh!, by Lt. Gen. Jeff Laub (War College Prize, I/2005)

6. Custom Scenarios

a. Strategy Guides

BGBR/Olustee "#01A" - Warning, by Gen. D.S. Walter

BGS/Perryville 01H, by Gen. D.S. Walter

BGN/Seven Pines Historical, by Lt. Col. Mike Kaulbars

BGBR/Third Winchester, by Brig. Gen. Jeff Laub (War College Prize, II/2004)

b. Battle reports

BGN/Brice's Crossroads (May 2002), by (then) Lt. Col. Markus Remilion

BGC/Dalton (March 2002), by (then) Col. D.S. Walter

BGC/Resaca #09h Surprise, Surprise (2002/2003), by Gen. D.S. Walter

BGN/Fredericksburg #03 Fifty Thousand Gleaming Bayonets, by Lt. Col. Don Golen

BGS/Pea Ridge (May 2002), by Lt. Gen. Sasa Jencic

BGS/Perryville 01H (June 2002), by Col. Markus Remilion

7. Campaign Corinth (CC)

a. Strategy Guides

CC/Armstrong's Jackson Raid (opening_c3u123), by Gen. D.S. Walter

CC/Armstrong's Jackson Raid (opening_c3u123) - An Alternative Approach, by Lt. Gen. Matt Perrenod

CC/Battle of Corinth (campaign scenario), by Gen. D.S. Walter

b. Battle reports

CC/Battle of Corinth (campaign scenario) (October 2002), by Lt. Gen. Matt Perrenod

8. Campaign Ozark (CO)

a. Strategy Guides

CO/Pea Ridge Campaign, by Brig. Gen. Jeff Laub (War College Prize, III/2004)

b. Battle reports

- Contributions welcome! -

9. Campaign Franklin (CF)

a. Strategy Guides

Strategy Guide for Campaign Franklin, by General Jeff Laub

CF/Bloody Tongue (Columbia_a0), by Lt. Col. Aaron Jenkins

b. Battle reports

- Contributions welcome! -

10. Campaign Gettysburg (CG)

a. Strategy Guides

CG/Brandy Station (Campaign Scenario), by Gen. D.S. Walter

b. Battle reports

- Contributions welcome! -