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RE: Fire & Sword Mud-Mire rule
BigJim.
When Matt Ward and I developed games:
* We rarely changed the OOB of a scenario except for the number of leaders.
* We (or more often than not I) would clarify the special rules (for the game) and the scenario special rules (for individual scenarios) It would often take an hour and a few drafts to clarify a special rule if it's unusual. Unusual special rules sometimes required a back and forth with the designer to understand the intent of the rule.
* We often changed specific scenario parameters (victory conditions, number of turns and how many units it takes to reduce morale). For victory conditions, we tried to keep the spirit of the designer's original intent but we did have to change them substantially on occasions. Number of turns we used a formula that put time pressure on the attacker; for most designers the difference was minimal. For morale reduction, we wanted the number to about the same for each nation and scenario in each game.
I would never have wasted my time developing scenarios for which I cannot change the game length and victory conditions, period. You do not need a developer if that's the case.
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