i am really itching to play a great operational wargame. something where you control regiments and up, not individuals or squads. where its possible to play different scenarios, but i don't want missions.

i don't want a tactical ' leading my squad on a covert mission to infiltrate the enemy base', and i don't want a grand strategic 'should i spend my more of my resources on curbing civilian dissent or more on industrial research'. i just want 'here's the theatre of war, you can get a, b, c types of troops, the game ends when you flag is flying over the enemy capital. go.' i'm looking for a game with multiple fronts, where you don't quite know whether the casualties piling up on your southeast front is because the enemy is really coming up that axis or whether it is a feint to distract you from the concentration of troop strength along your northeast front your scouting troops keep reporting back about.

i just wanna know what people though the best games of that caliber are, and if there are any promising ones of that ilk on the horizon.

i've played the original panzer general games, europa universalis games, john tiller games and some crappy bugfests that i will just continue to r.i.p.