Roger's Scenario Thread
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
- No victory conditions
From the page you linked:
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_WarUnconditional Surrender: Victory is achieved at any moment the enemy alliance owns only 5 capitals or less
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Name World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Description Port of boardgame
link**Good Points
- Port of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 game
- Lots of interesting options
**Bad Points
- Favors the Axis
- Japan gets too strong
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Name WWIIv3 1941 - 11 Nations Mod
Description Anniversary Edition with extra nationsGood Points
- Fast-playing
- Easy understand rules
Bad Points
- Some of the new nations are fairly arbitrary and don't have much to do
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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
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Game Hearts of Iron: Awakening the giant
Description The Big World map starting in Spring 41
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Good Points
- Not too many units
- Fairly historical economic strengths
- Interesting special units
- Extra nations with stuff to do
Bad Points
- Rules glitches
- No victory conditions
- The tremendous economic strength of the US, makes it hard for the Axis to win
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Name World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod
Description Global game with new objectives and deployments to improve balance
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Good Points- Balanced version of the boardgame
- Plays fast
Bad Points
- AI has some glitches dealing with some of the special rules
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Name Big World : 1942 - Factions (Allies)
Description Big World Map with lots of countries and unit types
linkGood Points
- Interesting unit types
- Balanced
Bad Points
- Too many unit types are similar
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Description AA50-42-Build Caps
Description Anniversary Edition limited to units that came in the box
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Good Points
- Armies can't be built endlessly
- Unit diversity is forces
Bad Points
- Favors the Axis
- The build limits can be awkward, especially for the AI
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