Scenarios!

How do you usually pick or create scenarios to play? Do you mostly try to recreate specific historical engagements, create something based on broader historical circumstances, play Ares' scenarios, or just treat it like a sandbox and put together whatever sounds like fun? So far I've been going the historically inspired and sandbox routes.

Normallysandbox for me, unless I have something specific in mind, ie my Trafalgar project

All of the above depending on time available, ships available, audience, and venue.
Rob.