Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Name Ultimate P Talibush Mod
Description World War 2 in a large map with many nations
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_P_Talibush_Mod

Good Points

Fighting all over the world
Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

No victory conditions

RogerCooper

Name Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth
Description The War of the Ring from Tolkien
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_of_the_Rings:_Middle_Earth

Good Points

NIce-looking map

Bad Points

Uphill struggle for evil
Unique units are buildable

RogerCooper

Name AA50-41 Buildcaps
Description AA50 1941 Edition limited to number of units that came in the box

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/AA50-41-Build_Caps

Good Points

No super stacks

Bad Points

Can be hard to actually win

board 3659

@rogercooper I was playing this like a month ago. How would you improve on it

RogerCooper

@board-3659 said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

@rogercooper I was playing this like a month ago. How would you improve on it

This scenario is an experiment. Limiting builds to what came in the box (like in the original 1981 edition) has some interesting effects. Some games are badly unbalanced, others like this work reasonably well.

The next step would be multiple classes of units, with the expense increasing. Say Infantry3 costs 3, and Infantry4 costs 4 etc.

board 3659

@rogercooper referring to the Lord of the ring map sorry

TheDog

@board-3659
Check out my version of the map.
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/2919/lord-of-the-rings-war-of-the-ring-official-thread

board 3659

@thedog ok sure.

RogerCooper

@thedog It looks interesting. Limits on unique units. Maintenance costs.

board 3659

@thedog Looks great, especially maintenance cost

TheDog

Roger I would be honoured if you would review it.

RogerCooper

@thedog A balanced scenario, evocative of Middle Earth.

RogerCooper

Name: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition
Description: TripleA version of the board game

Good Points

Better balanced than the first edition
The game can go many different ways

Bad Points

The AI has trouble with this game sometimes, especially on declaring war

RogerCooper

Name World War II Revised: Death's Hand Mod
Description Revised map with different units and increased income values

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Revised:_Death's_Hand_Mod

Good Points

Interesting new units

Bad Points

A strong German navy makes it hard for Western allies to help in time

RogerCooper

Name Steampunk Advanced
Description World War One with SF elements added
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Steampunk_Advanced

Good Points

Lots of interesting units
Martians & Captain Nemo add even more fun

Bad Points

High unit count slows the game
AI has trouble with some of the units
It is hard to figure out how some units work

board 3659

@rogercooper yeah like easy AI can't play Nemo Pirates correctly (only buys marines). Which version are you using, the og or the one made by swampy

board 3659

Some of the tips in the PDF when you unzip the zip make no sense. Like abandoning the middle east as the Martians is a "good" move because the middle east will drain your resources and you should move to Africa/India. This is a bad idea since the British will get rid of the pontoons before you can use them and losing the martian base means you lose a turn of PU. Best to try to hold out there until you win by rounds 4-7 since you already have half of your VC. Unless you lose Alaska or San Francisco is heavily defended, it's quite easy to win.

RogerCooper

@board-3659 I was playing Swampy's version as the Nemo Pirates. I used the Hard AI.

board 3659

@rogercooper I used fast/easy AI so IDK yet. I only played Nemo Pirates thrice. Martians twice and Entente once

RogerCooper

@board-3659 With complex interactions between units, Hard AI will perform better than Fast AI. In the standard A&A games, there is a little difference in performance.