Roger's Scenario Thread

[RogerCooper]

Name Roman Invasion-Alternate Alliances
Description Roman invasion of Britain in 43
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** Good Points

• Interesting situation
• Good unit art

**Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Little effort to simulate the specifics of classical warfare

[RogerCooper]

Name Hearts of Iron 2: Clash Of The Titans-Winter1942
Description World War 2 starting in late 1942, on a large map
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Good Points

• Some interesting unit types
• China requires a major Japanese effort

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Allies don't have enough income to offset Russia's isolation

[RogerCooper]

Name Iron Blitz 1942A Russia in the Axis
Description Classic game with neutral Russia
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Good Points

• A different hypothetical situation

Bad Points

• Hard to achieve victory especially for Allies
• Limited options

[RogerCooper]

Name Lord of the Rings" Middle Earth
Description The War of the Ring from the works of Tolkien
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Good Points

• Nice map

Bad Points

• An uphill struggle for the evil forces, unlike the book where evil is stronger but need to move fast
• Mass production of unique units
• No victory conditions

[RogerCooper]

Name Caribbean Trade War
Description The Caribbean in the Age of Sail
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Good Points

• Interesting dynamic situation
• Some effort made to show the importance of fortresses

Bad Points

• Arbitrary alliances
• Ahistorical territory values
• Events not explained in notes or by notifications
• Sea movement too slow
• Fortresses not important enough

[RogerCooper]

Name Europe - Alpha v3 Rules
Description AAE game using AA50 rules
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Good Points

• Fast-playing
• AA50 rules work well

Bad Points

• Favors Germany strongly (but can be interesting to play as an Allied nation with AI)
• Victory conditions not implemented

[RogerCooper]

Name Global 40 House Rules
Description Global game with lots of house rules
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Note: I played this with all the options on

Good Points

• Lots of interesting options, many adding realism

Bad Points

• Some the options are glitchy
• Still the favors the Axis substantially

[RogerCooper]

Name Viking 2
Description Viking raids & conquests
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Good Points

• Nice unit art

Bad Points

• Poor unit balance
• Little attempt to reflect the realities of Medieval warfare

[RogerCooper]

Name Big World 1942: Factions
Description Big World with some extra nations added
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Good Points

• Lots of interesting unit types
• Russia starts strong

Bad Points

• The unit types can confuse the AI (this is mentioned in the game notes)

[RogerCooper]

Name Classic-Gold
Description The classic edition with some optional rules
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Good Points

• Fast-playing
• Balanced

Bad Points

• Lacks some of the subtleties of the later editions

[RogerCooper]

Name Ultimate Pants
Description WW2 on a large map with many playable nations
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**Good Points

• Lots of strategic options
• Straightforward unit set
• Many playable nations with viable options

**Bad Points

• Large number of nations slowz the game (but the unit density isn't bad)
• No victory conditions
• Russia gets in trouble because it is hard for the North American nations to exert pressure fast enough
• Many historical inaccuracies

[RogerCooper]

Name Barbarossa
Description WW2 on the Revised Map with a June 41 start and Italy,China added as players
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Good Points

• Fast-playing
• Some interesting new unit types

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Hard to distinguish between some unit types

[RogerCooper]

Name Classic Iron Blitz 2nd Edition
Description The original Larry Harris game with some minor changes
link

**Good Points

• Fast-playing
• The AI plays well

**Bad Points

• Favors the Allies strongly unless the no Russian First Attack option used
• Japan can surge across Asia with ahistorical ease.

[RogerCooper]

Name WW2 NWO 2.0 Neutrals Assigned
Description World War 2 in Europe on the New World Order map with minor powers included.
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Good Points

• Lots of strategic options
• Special units for some power

Bad Points

• No victory conditions
• Not very historical

[RogerCooper]

Name Classic: Iron Blitz 1942A Russia Neutral
Description Germany & Japan vs US & UK on the Classic map
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Good Points

• A different version of WW2

Bad Points

• Favors the Axis
• Hard to actually achieve victory

[RogerCooper]

Name Pacific" 1942
Description Axis & Allies: Pacific game with minor modifications
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Good Points

• AI plays fast

Bad Points

• The key to Allied victory is bombing Japan, which the AI doesn't do and is not interesting to play out
• China falls too easily

[RogerCooper]

Name Large Middle Earth - Third Age All Stars
Description War of the Ring on a detailed map
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Good Points

• Lots of interesting themed units, with appropriate abilities

Bad Points

• The AI needs to be at Hard, and plays slowly
• The AI gets confused by the inability of most units to enter mountains

[RogerCooper]

Name 41 Oztea SBR
Description 1941 on the Global 1940 map
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Good Points

• You get into fight quickly

Bad Points

• As is usual for games based on the Global 1940 map, the Axis has a big advantage.

[RogerCooper]

Name AAZ42-NZ
Description The alternate setup for the AA42-2 from AAZ, but without the zombies
link

Good Points
*Straight-forward small map game

Bad Points
*Needs a heavy bid for the Allies

[RogerCooper]

Name Star Wars: Tatooine War (4 teams)
Description Fight on the ground and in space for control of Tatooine
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Good Points

• Lots of Star Wars-themed units
• Fast-playing

Bad Points

• The names are different but every faction except the Tusken Raiders plays much the same.