Roger's Scenario Thread

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

RogerCooper

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

RogerCooper

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

RogerCooper

Name Big World : 1942 - Factions (Allies)
Description Big World Map with lots of countries and unit types

link

Good Points

Interesting unit types
Balanced

Bad Points

Too many unit types are similar

RogerCooper

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

RogerCooper

Name Settlers: Fallen Empires
Description Fantasy warfare with a randomized setup
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**Good Points

Interesting units
Clever method of randomizing setup
Upkeep costs prevent super stacks
Event-based reinforcements to help AI
Plays fairly fast even with Hard AI

**Bad Points

The lack of capitals results in unaggressive AI play
Too many 0 income areas
Low unit density can be an issue
Air transport is important to the game, but the AI doesn't utilize it
With few ground units that move more than 1 (and none that can Blitz) the game is slow going

Note: This mod is innovative but has problems. It would play better if the players had fixed capitals for the AI to respond to. Most 0 income areas should have an income of 1. Air Tranports puts the AI at a disadvantage. Each player should have at least 1 unit type that moves 2 and can blitz (or simply faster movement without blitz).

TheDog

@rogercooper
Thanks for the fair and overall good review.

However the Lgt-Cavalry can already move 3 and Blitz.
Hvy-Cavalry, Commanders, Necromancers, Sorcerers, Wizards can all move 2, but not Blitz.

The Wizards, cast Haste to increase the move of lots of unit types so they move 2, so players could daisy chain their Wizards to get units to the battle front quickly.

But otherwise fair comments.

I have another map, The Settlers : Age of Tribes is a smaller map and land territories don't have 0 production, so mitigate some of Rogers issues.
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/2399/settlers-age-of-tribes-official-thread

EDIT 11th June 2021 added
The map have been updated;

with the 0 income area now 1 income
unity density increased dramatically over turns 1-5
and a lot more fixes

Download from Google Drive v2020.04
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS1gIRyMDA23DKlP71AFYmvJiXSBZZAZ/view?usp=sharing

See post 1 in the Official Thread for more details and how to install.
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/2467/settlers-fallen-empire-official-thread