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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 198537" data-attributes="member: 5">If you are going to use the basic combat mechanics in D&D3E/d20 games you will probably find it best to fashion the war with small group encounters.  Strike forces by the empire meant to take out key locations and leaders, countered by rebel raids by the Barbarians to disrupt supply lines and regain territory where the Empire has become complacent and lessened their numbers of standing troops.If you allow for the sucesses and failures of the group to be a model for the big picture, this can then be relayed to the players during Empirial Debriefings or Tribal Meetings, and help them to determine what suggestions they might make for guiding the next strikes.This allows for the players to be more integral in the process since smaller forces fighting one another can mean that the player's group is either on their own or supplemented by relatively few NPCs.  Perhaps you can even tailor the NPCs based on what the group decides they might require as specialists to help with the plans they suggest.Describing huge battles to players where they aren't the ones controlling the overall outcome can be frustrating to players in a game where the focus is meant to be on the individual and their goals.That's how I would approach it, anyway.  *shrug*</blockquote>