Interesting Idear Eric - Did you guys see this game? Infinite Armies:
www.btrc.net/html/iarmies.html

Sounds interesting - its a program that lets you make yer own units with diff pictures/stats/etc, then you print them as cards. Dunno how that relates to your idea, but it is a different take on things for you to check out. Saw it on our site - the cool gaming sidebar thingy awhile back.