Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Name Large Middle Earth
Description The War of the Ring on a large map
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Good Points

An interesting and varied set of units with many special unit & terrain effects
Appropriate national objectives
Most units are move 2, speeding play

Bad Points

AI needs to be run at Hard level because of the many specials, which slows the game
Unique units like Wizards and Nazgul are buildable
Unlimited unit building is unlike the small armies described by Tolkien
No sense of great numeric strength of Mordor

Note: If you play this with the AI use the "Terrain Effects Allow All Units" option are the AI will build units to attack mountain strongholds that can't reach mountain strongholds

RogerCooper

Name World at War
Description World War 2 on a large map
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Good Points

Lots of conflict all over the map
Reasonably well-balanced

Bad Points

Slow because of map size (but better than other large map variants)
No victory conditions
Lots of ahistorical oddities on the map

RogerCooper

Name Big World 2: Rise of the Axis
Description Big World Map with National Objective, National Advantages & Politics
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Good Points

Lots of interesting options

Bad Points

The AI does not handle the politics correctly
No victory conditions

RogerCooper

Name WW2 Path to Victory
Description Global game on modified map
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**Good Points

Balanced game
Russia and China harder to knock out

**Bad Points

None really, this is a very good scenario

RogerCooper

Name World War II Global 2nd Edition
Description Implementation of the second edition of the Axis & Global 1940 game
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Good Points

Faithful to the boardgame

Bad Points

Favors the Axis

RogerCooper

Name 2020
Description Alternate History WW3 pits Europe/Canada/Japan/Australia against Russia/China/India
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**Good Points

Standard rules set
Not another WW2 game

**Bad Points

Strategic situations lacks strategic tension (both sides are equal in strength) or operation tension (similar forces)

RogerCooper

Name NWO 1915 LebowskiED
Description World War 1 in Europe on the New World Order
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Good Points

Balanced
Interesting strategic situation with many options
Some colorful WW1 units

Bad Points

No victory conditions
Board can get crowded later in the game
Air power is ahistorically important

RogerCooper

Name Axis General
Description V3 rules on the revised map
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**Good Points

Balanced
Plays fairly fast

**Bad Points

The AI has some problems with the neutrals, with the Americans putting to much effort into conquering neutrals while the Japanese focus on Russia rather than easy pickings in neutral Southeast Asia
Everyone is immediately at war, despite the 1939 start point

RogerCooper

Name Big World: 1941 - Factions(Allies)
Description Big World scenario with more nations, unit types and some minor map changes
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Good Points

Some interesting new unit types

Bad Points

The Allies do not have enough income to overcome the Axis strategic advantage

RogerCooper

Name: Cold War Asia: 1948
Description: The Chinese Civil War, the Korean War & the Vietnam War all at the same time
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**Good Points

Standard unit set
Lots of conflict all over the map
Reasonably balanced

**Bad Points

Weird looking map
Ahistorical conflation of 3 non-overlapping wars
Not much effort to distinguish the differing capabilities of the combatants

RogerCooper

Name Classic-Kremlin
Description Classic edition with some optional rules
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**Good Points

Fast-playing

**Bad Points

The mega-stacks on the East Front

RogerCooper

Name World War I 1914
Description Based upon Axis & Allies: 1914 Boardgame
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**Good Points

One round combat limit gives a trench warfare feel
Unit set reflects WW1 conditions

**Bad Points

Low movement allowance makes for slow game
Odd territory boundaries and build rules make for very ahistorical strategies

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

No victory conditions

From the page you linked:
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_War

Unconditional Surrender: Victory is achieved at any moment the enemy alliance owns only 5 capitals or less

RogerCooper

Name World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Description Port of boardgame
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**Good Points

Port of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 game
Lots of interesting options

**Bad Points

Favors the Axis
Japan gets too strong

RogerCooper

Name CTF2 Good Versus Evil
Description Fantasy Warfare on an abstract map
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**Good Points

Fast-playing even with Hard AI
Challenging puzzle-like situation
Balanced
AI hard to beat

**Bad Points

Bland, symmetric situation limits replay value

RogerCooper

Name Axis General
Description The Big World map starting in 1939
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Good Points

Fast-playing
Rules similar to v3

Bad Points

Axis is too weak to launch an effective offensive

RogerCooper

Name World War II v3 1942
Description TripleA version of the Anniversary edition, 1942 scenario
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Good Points

Accurate port of the boardgame
Plays fast
Action all over the map

Bad Points

Tough scenario for the Russians

RogerCooper

Name The Rising Sun WW2v3 - AA Boats Edition
Description The Pacific War on a large map
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Good Points

Well-balanced
Not too slow despite the large map
Lots of options

Bad Points

Not historical, Japan divided into 3 players, Thailand & Dutch are viable, Russia is at war from day 1

RogerCooper

Name WWIIv3 1941 - 11 Nations Mod
Description Anniversary Edition with extra nations

Good Points

Fast-playing
Easy understand rules

Bad Points

Some of the new nations are fairly arbitrary and don't have much to do

RogerCooper

Name Big World
Description World War 2 in 1942 on a large (but not huge map)
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Good Points

Easy to understand rules
Balanced
Plays reasonably fast with Fast AI

Bad Points

None really, this was once the showcase scenario for TripleA