Some time after I read the campaign book topic, this came into my mind while I was riding my bike.

Why not have a book about Uchronia (sorry if I spell it wrong)? We are expecting Heroes and some new races, and this kind of book could be the foundation for the realm of BattleLore.

Some ideas:

1. A map of Uchronia split into regions, depicting what kingdom and nation in each region. Then a bunch of important battlefields in the history of Uchronia. The book will have map setups for the battlefields. Each map will have a recommended race(s)--probably there was a great battle of elves and men in the ancient days, and between ratmen and torks recently--and deployment, but will always be available for Call to Arms games. Some narration accompanying the recommended battles is always a good thing to have.

2. Campaign system, using the aforementioned map and battlefields. Player will fight battle that will decide the outcome of war. Put victory tokens in different region and gain different advantages in battle.

3. Heroes, great battles, and history of Uchronia!

I know this could be a hell to develop, but I can always hope

Not a bad idea. Even if it's only to stoke people's imaginations into developing more customer created content.

I presume you meant something like this...........

Uchronia, a land of legend and long lost tales as heroes strode the land providing their services to any race that needed help in their battles and disputes with other creatures. Torks and elves, dwarfs and goblins, creatures of the night and swamp, of moor and mountain populated the majestic landscapes that beguiled the eye and inspired the songs of troubadoors and the Sorcerers of Magecraft.

Long ago, harmony prevailed with One Council ruling all nations and races. The Council would meet every full Moon to debate laws, to plan the best ways to feed the population and to settle disputes from turning to bloody wars. Tales of Greythorn the Wise Counsellor who presided over the representatives from the myriad lands, are legendary and his prowess at word duelling and negotion are writ large in the Jaygrad Annals, now kept in the Great Library of Mythene. Within the hallowed halls of the the great repositary of books and records of Ucronia are stories of every type; the sad tale of Hadmar the Heroic who lost his true love when defeating the Dragon of the Deserted Dunes, of Gwendoline the Great who led a thousand dwarves to safety from the volcanic eruptions of the Great Chain of Fire by the Besotted Sea, of Grekk the tiny goblin who tunnelled for 20 days and nights to safety from the Undead Dungeons to warn his people of a tremendous Skeletal Army ready to attack.

Yet tales of division and strife go side by side with tales of the common folk, accounts of powerful enchantment are as many as the stories of village life.

One day the Jaygrad Annals will be opened and no doubt we can read again about the rich and varied characters who shaped the present day Uchronia.

David

He fought all day. He fought all night.

Such were the tales of his great Might!

Sir Tragghorn swept all aside

From the glens of Loch Kilgar to the fens of Falamide.

With swift steed and muscled arm

He'd enter battles and ne'er come to harm.

Yet all that he won and surveyed

Were nothing as compared to his beautiful maid,

A gentle lass of golden hair and summer hue

Whose heart had been pierced by the Cupid's love completely through.

He dreamed of returning from his many Crusades

To commune with his beauty to the end of his days.

But alas, chaos is born on the cruel winds of battle

And his damsel was run over by dwarves on cattle.

A goblin on an ostrich completed her flattening

Making her figure less than flattering.

Both races would rue that day

When Tragghorn's bride got in the way

Of a dispute between dwarf and goblin

That sent the noble knight a sobbin'.

To appease his bride's death he sought retribution,

Hunting down the culprits his sole motivation.

Thousands died as he hacked his way through wood and glen.

Blood flowed in castle and in den.

Alas poor Tragghorn died in vain

As the murderers of his true sweetheart

Had thought best the Uchronia shores to depart.

Such was their guilt and fear they disappeared by chance

Lest the noble knight skewered them on his lance.

So gentle reader as you peruse these ancient pages

Filled with woe and romantic rages.

Remember never to get caught between ostrich and bull

For such makes a heroic, proud knight feeling very dull.

A 'Tongue In Cheek' Tale of Uchronian History David

Yeah something along that line. Some of the best gaming systems thrive through the years because they are supported with good background material (among other things). BL has a good amount of expansion, but relatively few background material.

With Heroes, players would probably want to play a series of related battle, and such book will help immensely, providing the battlefield and setting for a chain of battles.

I can only heartily concur with everything above and sincerely offer my services if this project gets off the ground.