Roger's Scenario Thread

[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.

[board 3659]

@rogercooper I'll try hard ai to make sure if Martians are balanced since I won in 2 rounds as Martians against fast ai