Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Name Steampunk 2015
Description World War One with Steampunk elements
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Steampunk_1915

Good Points

Lots of interesting Steampunk units
Varied conflicts all over the map
Different victory conditions for every player

Bad Points

AI has trouble with some units
Production values are unrealistic

RogerCooper

Name Small's 1939
Description World War 2 on Big World Map with strong neutrals and high US income

Good Points

Reasonably balanced
Production more realistic than most scenarios

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@rogercooper The only difference between Steampunk advance and this have is more units. IDK maybe there are more changes since I haven't played the OG version. Can you also explain a bit more about the production value being unrealistic

RogerCooper

@board-3659 For example, Mexico has an income of 23 while continental US has an income of 51. Mexico City has higher income than New York.

RogerCooper

Name NWO_Vichy
**Description: World War in Europe starting in 1941 on the New World Order map with income concentrated in capitals and Spain/Portugal/Turkey/Iran neutral

Good Points

Reasonably balanced
Flows more historically than most scenarios

Bad Points

No victory conditions
Hard to bring to a decisive conclustion

RogerCooper

Name WWIIv3 1940 11 nations mods
Description Anniversary edition with 1940 start and lots of nations
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WWIIv3_1940_-_11_Nations_Mod

**Good Points

Reasonably balanced

**Bad Points

Some of the nations are arbitrary

RogerCooper

Name TC Blitzkreig2
Description Symmetrical conflict on a map with land and sea.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/%3DTC.BLITZKRIEG2%3D

Good Points

Low unit density results in fast play

Bad Points

No victory conditions
Map connection glitches
AI overbuilds aircraft
Symmetrical situation

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@rogercooper yeah another one is the communist having like 10 in a town in Siberia when St.Petersburg is only 3. IMO I use it less as the production capability of a province but more as how important it is to say nation (Mexico city being 7 would now make a lot more sense since Germany has a political and military presence in another country's capital)

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@rogercooper yeah I hate symmetrical maps, IDK what the appeal is tbh

RogerCooper

Game Camp David-1973 Yom Kippur War
Description 1973 Arab-Israeli War
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Camp_David:_1973_Yom_Kippur_War

Good Points

Fast-playing
Interesting demonstration of the advantages of central position

Bad Points

Does not capture the fine points of the conflict

RogerCooper

Name Ultimate World-Expanded
Description World War 2 with lots of countries and territories
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_World:_Expanded

Good Points

Despite the size of the game, unit densities are reasonable
Lots of conflict all over the world
Interesting unit stats

Bad Points

Too many countries
1939 with everyone at war immediately makes it an uphill fight for the Axis
Some map oddities such as the US controlling Sverdlovsk and 100 British infantry vacationing in Bermuda

RogerCooper

Name 41 Oztea
Description Global Game with a 1941 start point
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/41_Oztea

Good Points

Gets right into the fight without complex political rules

Bad Points

A difficult fight for the allies

RogerCooper

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

Good Points

Nice looking map
Interesting variety of units
Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

Unique units from the novel are freely producible
The endless production model of TripleA does not reflect the feel of Middle Earth

RogerCooper

Name The Grand War
Description A World War in an alternate timeline with little resemblance to our own
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Grand_War

Good Points

An interesting alternate history situation
Each nation has an interesting special unit
Fast-playing game on a relatively small map

Bad Points

The AI has some issues with the resources and tech (but it is playable vs the AI)
Some balance issues

RogerCooper

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

**Good Points

Lots of interesting units
Conflict all over the world

**Bad Points

Many unit types are poorly balanced and hard for the AI to handle
Production values of territories are often arbitrary

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@RogerCooper
Didn't you already review this?

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Personally, I viewed the number values as how important territory is. It explains why Commies have a 10 pu capital. Or why Mexico city is 7 pu's.

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I agree the unit quality is very mixed. Some units like the Hero and Fighter have good ideas of choice but the execution isn't good since heroes are usually better than fighters unless you are US or Britain. Units like Germany's advanced submarines are good and balanced but due to not having any on the board and the few places to make naval units. It's never been used by me. Same with France's overabundance of Maginots (7 in a territory, really?) and it has conscripts for some reason. Bigger one's like the Nautilus costing 20 when they should be 16-18 do majorly impact the game, and make me want to do a V3 and learn modding to make a more enhanced version of this scenario (the last update just added more unit's which made the game more confusing so I want to fix it)

RogerCooper

@board-3659 It would be better to have many special units as non-buildable, in both this and other mods. I was recently playing as the Alliance, which has a 2 PU hitman unit which throws the game balance off completely.

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@rogercooper yeah I agree, as well as the militia unit. I personally would restrict where you can produce similar to colonial troops to at least make the amount produce a manageable amount (militia only in Balkans, hitman in only Venice. Ninja is a good unit that is well designed due to being produced in only one area, not sure why the other ones were not better treated). I would also make it a 4/0 unit since the Penal is a 1 cost 3/0 unit so it just makes sense that Hitman would be in-between. I personally would make a lot of special units. needing tech and probably make a new tech system IDK like GW1936 though I need to see if it's possible