Roger's Scenario Thread

[RogerCooper]

Name World War II V5 Low Luck
Description World War II V5 with low luck turned on
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_v5

Good Points

• Fast-playing
• Straightforward rules

Bad Points

• Favors the Axis

[RogerCooper]

Name Six Army 2 Alliance
Description 2 Alliances battle on a world map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Six_Army_2_Alliance

Good Points

• Not another WW2 scenario
• Straightforward rules set

Bad Points

• No historical or fictional feel

[RogerCooper]

Name Big World: April 1940
Description World War 2 in April 1940 on the Big World Map

Good Points

• Straightfoward Rules Set

Bad Poinit

• None other than the inherent problems of A&A

[RogerCooper]

Name Global 40 House Rules with Canada
Description Add Canada and a lot of house rules to the Global game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Global_40_House_Rules_with_Canada

Good Points

• Reasonably balanced
• Lots of options

Bad Points

• Canada can't do much
• The options are confusing and have not been chosen to create a coherent mod

[beelee]

@rogercooper

yea, the options are for people to create their own mod with whatever ones they want.

If I remember right, Canada can do a little in the battle of the Atlantic, Help defend London and reinforce Western Europe Landings.

That's about it

[RogerCooper]

@beelee I think a mod should be cohesive whole. The designers should default or suggest what options work the best.

[RogerCooper]

Name Settlers: Age of Tribes
Description Randomized fantasy warfare using the Age of Tribes map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Settlers:_Age_of_Tribes

Good Points

• Varied unit art
• Randomized start can create interesting situations
• Upkeep costs prevent mega-stacks

Bad Points

• Randomized start can be unbalanced
• The AI sometimes has problems playing properly

[beelee]

@rogercooper

The name is self explanatory.

House Rules

Pick and choose what you want to create your own mod.

The Game Notes explain this.

[RogerCooper]

A specific point concerning Settlers: Age of Tribes about Dragonkin. The AI does not use them effectively. In the hands of a human player, the dragons with multiple hit points, the ability transport light foot and the ability to land in a newly captured area are devastating.

[RogerCooper]

Name 1941-Cristaldi
Description World War 2 starting in 1941 on map 270 areas
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/1941_Cristaldi

Good Points

• Straight-foward rules set
• Better geographical accuracy than most maps

Bad Points

• Strongly favors Axis

[RogerCooper]

Name Classic: Sword
Description Classic game with minor variations
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Classic:_Sword

Good Points

• Plays fast
• Reasonably balanced (if territories restricted option is set)

Bad Points

• Not very historical
• AI has some trouble playing the British

[RogerCooper]

Name Camp David: 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Description 1948 Arab-Israeli War with AA50 rules
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Camp_David:_1948_Arab-Israeli_War

Good Points

• Uses AA50 rules
• Interesting example of value of a central position

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Does not capture the feel of the historical conflict, which was mostly an infantry war and where the Arabs (except for Jordan) could not mount effective offensives

[RogerCooper]

Name Ancient Times
Description Ancient civilizations compete on a map of Europe with arbitrary alliances
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_Times

Good Points

• Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• A mixture of civilizations and units from different periods
• "Air" units

[RogerCooper]

Name World War II Revised Deaths Hand Mod
Description Revised game with higher incomes and lots of new units
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Revised:_Death's_Hand_Mod

Good Points

• Modest map size makes for fast play
• Interesting unit types
• Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

• Nothing but problems of all A&A type games

[RogerCooper]

Name Big World : 1942
Description Revised rules on a large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Big_World_:_1942

Good Points

• Easy to understand rules
• Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

• None but the usual A&A issues

[RogerCooper]

Name Blood and Iron
Description World War 2 starting in 1942 on an idiosyncratic world map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Blood_and_Iron

Good Points

• A different take on WW2, not just a variation on a boardgame

**Bad Points

• Some of the powers in the game and some of the map boundaries are arbitrary.

[RogerCooper]

Name Total Ancient War
Description War in the Ancient Mediterranean
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Ancient_War

Good Points

• Not another WW2 mod
• Beautiful unit art
• Some effort to control big stacks

Bad Points

• No victory conditions

[RogerCooper]

Name Game of Thrones v2
Description Wars from the Song of Ice & Fire books
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_v2

Good Points

• Many interesting units from the books

Bad Points

• Politics not implemented correctly
• No victory conditions
• Very large stacks

[RogerCooper]

Name World At War Variant - FUEL-AA-Range
Description World at War with fuel rules
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_War_Variant_-_FUEL-AA-Range

Good Points

• Interesting ideas like fuel use, defense units & landing boats

Bad Points

• All nations have enought fuel for it to have little affect on the game
• Defense Units and Landing Boats/Transports confuse the AI
• Victory conditions not implements
• Map glitches (I saw Germany land move from Koln to Dover

[wc_sumpton]

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Map glitches (I saw Germany land move from Koln to Dover

Through Belgium I suspect, as Dover does connect there (and Lille), as is stated in the game notes.

Cheers...