Roger's Scenario Thread

[RogerCooper]

@Cernel said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

@RogerCooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Bad Points

• Supply rules are so generous (10 areas to any factory, can trace through empty sea areas), that it rarely impacts the game.

I think this is not a bad point but game's design. I think supply lines are meant to be next to limitless (and I guess they go up to 10 for limiting the amount of coding), and the aim of this feature is not much giving a maximum distance limitation from the nearest factory but, rather, representing the consequences of having your supply lines cut by the enemy.

The technique used is interesting and could be applied to other scenarios.Given the nature of A&A, a limitless supply route is hard to cut, the most likely situations being a blockaded island or a nation that has lost its capital.

[RogerCooper]

Name Iron Blitz 1939C US Stands Apart
Description Alternate WW2 with US neutral but Britain & Russia prepared
link

**Good Points

• Tough, competitive scenario

**Bad Points

• The classic rules are not state of the art, especially bombing is overpowered.

[RogerCooper]

Name WWIIv6 Factory
Description A mod of the AA41 game
link

Good Points

• Low income and small number of units give the game an interesting puzzle-like quality
• Balanced

Bad Points

• Small number of units and simplified rules limit options

[RogerCooper]

Name Great Northern War
Description 18th Century struggle for control of the Baltic
link

Good Points

• Interesting historical situation

Bad Points

• Sweden doesn't have a chance
• No effort to show 17th century warfare. This is just A&A without planes or tanks.
• No effort to show the political complexity of the struggle.

[RogerCooper]

Name Dragon War
Description Fantasy warfare
link

Good Points

• Differentiated players
• Interesting unit art

Bad Points

• Resource requirements make building units hard, especially for AI
• Players start at distance, limiting interaction.

[RogerCooper]

Name World War II Pacific 1940 2nd Edition
Description TripleA port of Axis & Allies Global 2nd edition, Pacific scenario
link

Good Points

• Accurate port of the boardgame scenario

Bad Points

• The AI has some trouble with the special rules and unusual situation
• Too many Japanese planes

[RogerCooper]

Name WWIIv3 1941 Free Tech
Description AA50 with free techs given out at regular intervals
Repository WW2v3 varians

Good Points

• The free techs give some additional possibilities

Bad Points

• Free techs can imbalance things

[RogerCooper]

Name Alagesia (4 player)
Description Fantasy setting based upon Christopher Pasolini's Inheritance Cycle
Repository Experimental/Alagesia

Good Points

• An interesting set of fantasy units, with varies capabilities
• Balanced situation

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Capitals not indicated on map

*Note : Because of the complexity of the units, use Hard AI.

[RogerCooper]

Name Hearts of Iron: The Rising Sun 1942
Description WW2 on the Big World Map
Download

Good Points

• Some interesting units

Bad Points

• Neutrals have garrisons but can't be attacked

[RogerCooper]

Name Big World: NekahNet's 1939
Description 1939 on Big World map with lots of neutrals
link

Good Points

• Lots of interesting strategic options
• Russia is tough to beat

Bad Points

• The neutrals result in nations having to attack their historical allies
• No victory conditions

[RogerCooper]

Name Steampunk 1915
Description Alternate history WW1 with lots of steampunk units
link

** Good Points**

• Lots of interesting units
• Interesting staring position

Bad Points

• Slow, even with Fast AI
• The AI has some trouble

Note
I was playing this as the Nemo Pirates. I did my best but the British & French kept on reinforcing their fleets to attack me, even as the Central Powers pushed into Russia. When you are a pirate, every man's hand is against you.

[RogerCooper]

@RogerCooper
Name Classic-Anzio
Description Classic game with some optional rules
Respository/Experimental/Classic Variations

Good Points

• Works well as a TripleA Scenario

Bad Points

• Not very historical, but lots of fun

[RogerCooper]

Name Domination 1914-Weltpolitik
Description World War One on a world-wide scale, with many options & events
Repository/Experimental/Domination 1914-Weltpolitik

Good Points

• Many interesting options and events
• A small & managable number of unit types

Bad Points

• The large number of nations slows the game

[RogerCooper]

Name Apocalypse 2012
Description World War 3 in 2012
link

Good Points

• Based upon actual military force strengths
• Conflict all over the world

Bad Points

• Too many units slows the game to a crawl, even with fast AI

[RogerCooper]

Name HeartsOfIron2-Europe
Description World War 2 in Europe starting 1941
link

Good Points

• Interesting country-specific units

Bad Points

• Special rules not implemented in the XML

[RogerCooper]

Name Iron Blitz 1939A Historical
Description 1939 on the Classic map
link

Good Points

• Fast-playing

Bad Points

• All Allies active from start
• Strongly favors Allies

[RogerCooper]

Name Global 40 House Rules
Description Global game with a lot of house rules
link

Good Points

• Some interesting options

Bad Points

• Some of options are hard on the AI

[RogerCooper]

Name The Rising Sun WW2v3 AA boats
Description The Pacific War with a large map and destroyers with AA capability
link

Good Points

• Balanced scenario with many zones of conflict

Bad Points

• Ahistorical capitals and territory values
• No victory conditions

[RogerCooper]

Name HellGate Europe 1944
Description The last year of the war in Europe on a small map with a deadline for the Allies
link

Good Points

• Fast-playing
• Interesting units

Bad Points

• Confusing, unimplemented victory conditions (I suggest just use an 8-turn deadline)
• Units not well balanced

[RogerCooper]

Name World War I 1914
Description A port of A&A 1914 to TripleA
link

Good Points

• Fast-playing

Bad Points

• AI does not handle the 1 round limitation well (it does not retreat from losing battles)
• Unrealistic territory values
• Units can only be build in capitals, reducing strategic options