I have been thinking about implementing an idea I have not done before and I was wondering if anyone has already tried something like this and if so what was the result?

I was thinking of setting up some scenarios where a third person sets up the board and neither side knows what the battle field will look like until the game starts.

Example: Both players would know the point limit for their forces and the size of the table. Armed with only this information they would have to assemble their forces without knowing what type of battle they would be engaging in until they arrived at the venue.
Using only the force they brought they would have to then best figure out how to utilize them in the deployment phase.

I wonder if it would even be more realistic. Like you were called to the Field Command Post and told; "We have reports of resistance in this little village by Hill 23 and we need you to take your boys over there and clear it out. Dismissed & make it so.

Any thoughts?

I guess I was not clear enough in my example. The players would have no idea of what the scenario was or even who would be the attacker/defender. They also would not know what the objectives would be until right before the game. They would not even know how much terrain there would be, and what types of obstacles they might encounter. (Mines, Tank traps, trenches, & maybe even Bunkers.)



That would be the idea. Personally I tend to find that at times certain units are not as effective in certain types of terrain or scenarios. Like an Achilles in a scenario where it has no where to duck for cover.

My goal is to attempt to get players to have to prepare more for the unexpected and also come up with more versatile lists.