Roger's Scenario Thread
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Name AAZ42-NZ
Description The alternate setup for AA42-2 described in the AAZ gameGood Points
- Straight-forward scenario from the boardgame
Bad Points
- Needs a massive bid for balance
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Name Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth
Description The War of the Ring
linkGood Points
- Fast-playing, straight-forward scenario with reasonable map size
- Pretty map evokes the books
Bad Points
- An uphill struggle for the Evil forces
- Mass production of unique units undermines the theme
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Name The World at War 1939
Description World War 2 on a large map
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Good Points
- Easy to use rules set, playable by the AI
Bad Points
- Like many large games, Russia gets into trouble before the Western allies can really help
- France is just a bunch of neutral areas, easily taken by Germany
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Name Small Balanced 2 Player sidebyside
Description Symmetrical struggle over an island
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Good Points- Fast puzzle-like game, more interesting than it looks.
**Bad Points
- Limited options
- AI spends the large bid badly, human players should save bid or reduce it.
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Name Classic: Iron Blitz 1939B RussiaInTheAxis
Description Classic game with Russa/Germany vs UK/Japan/USA
linkGood Points
- Fast-playing, straightforward
- Different strategic situation
Bad Points
- Probably a draw with good play on both sides (but an interesting puzzle to beat the AI controlling 1 country)
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Name Global 40 House Rules
Description The Global 40 with a bunch of house rules
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Good Points
- China is more of opponent because of the guerilla rule
- Destroyer/submarines have a more interesting interaction
- Some interesting new units
Bad Points
- The rules don't do much to resolve the balance issues
- Some of the new stuff is hard for the AI to handle
