Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Scenario Midnight Express 1939 Scenario
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Description An effort to create a more historical scenario for AAG40. There are versions for every year from 1939 to 1944, but I have only ported the 1939 scenario,

RogerCooper

WW2_NEW_WORLD_ORDER

I have updated this scenario pack by adding victory conditions and creating additional scenarios where the neutral nations are allocated to the alliances as suggested but not implemented in the notes.

RogerCooper

Scenario Big World: April 1940
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Description The title says it all

Good Points

Straight-forward, fast-playing scenario

Bad Points

Despite the April 1940 starting point, everyone is immediately at war

RogerCooper

Scenario AA42-2_FreeCiv_Art
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Description This simply replace the art for World War II version 5, with art from the game FreeCiv.

RogerCooper

@rogercooper
Scenario Camp David 1956
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Description The Suez crisis of 1956

Good Points

Shows some of the political constraints of the actors in the crisis
Low unit density

Bad Points

Victor conditions not implemented
Political constraints confuse AI
The Jordanian front is too important

RogerCooper

Scenario WWIIv3 1941 Free Tech
Download from Repository as WW2v3_Variants
Description The AA50-41 scenario with each power getting a free tech on turn 1 and other techs on later turns

Good Points

You get to see some tech

Bad Points

The tech tends to be more useful to the Axis and the Russian get little free tech (only 1 every 8 turns compared to 1 every 3 turns for Germany)

RogerCooper

Scenario Camp David-1967
Download from Repository as Camp David
Description The 1967 Arab-Israeli War (6 day war)

Good Points

No unusual units or rules
AI plays well
Interesting situation, Israelis start stronger and have central position, Arabs have higher production
Small board, fast play time

Bad Points

TripleA system not a good match for a brief war
Israel;s advantage in air power and command control not reflected.
Victory conditions not implemented

RogerCooper

@rogercooper
Scenario Fantastic Forces
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Description An iincomplete fantasy scenario

Good Points

Some nice unit art

Bad Points

Most features not implemented
All units have same stats

RogerCooper

@rogercooper
Scenario Russian Civil War (3 players)
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Description The Russian Civil War

Good Points

Interesting historical situation
Unusual units used in the war such as Armored Trains and Tanchakas

Bad Points

Can build in any territory
Excessive unit density
No victory conditions implemented

Cernel

@rogercooper I don't think being able to build in any territories should be, per se, a bad point. It's a choice. I'm also making a medieval map, in which you can do that, as that seems at least more reasonable than having 1 or 2 territories raising armies and all the other ones not.

RogerCooper

@cernel Having factories in every territory essentially eliminates logistics. The need to wait for your reinforcements to reach the front creates a de facto logistics limitation. This is an important part of the game.

Factories also provide an important and interesting intermediate level target. The decision to build a factory becomes an important strategic decision.

As for realism, centralized factories are even more realistic in the medieval period. Consider how the need to march armies from southern England to Scotland made the conquest of Scotland difficult for the English. Even in the 16th century, the Ottoman empire had to assemble its forces in Edirne for its campaigns against Austria, resulting in a short campaign season and Austrian victory. Only the most sophisticated pre-industrial states could assemble large armies at a location other than a capital.

So I think from both realism and game interest, expensive factories add to the game. Note that the Russian Civil War was full of major offensives that collapsed partially because of logistical problems.

RogerCooper

@rogercooper
Scenario Pact of Steel V3 Rules
Download In repository under Pact of Steel Variations
Description Modified version of AAR

Good Points

Fast-playing straightforward scenario

Bad Points

Axis is too strong

Cernel

@rogercooper Wasn't Fantastic Forces just the old name of Elemental Forces? I don't think a map has to be considered unfinished if during the development its name was changed, thus not further developed with the old name (tho I cannot say if the current 1.0 is that finished). Mostly assuming here, as the Download link doesn't work for me.

RogerCooper

@cernel said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

@rogercooper Wasn't Fantastic Forces just the old name of Elemental Forces? I don't think a map has to be considered unfinished if during the development its name was changed, thus not further developed with the old name (tho I cannot say if the current 1.0 is that finished). Mostly assuming here, as the Download link doesn't work for me.
Yes, Elemental Forces does seem to be the developed version of the same mod.

RogerCooper

Added to Wiki, World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

RogerCooper

@rogercooper
Scenario World in Conflict-1941
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Description A WW2 scenario on a new map

Good Points

Interesting Map
Plays fairly fast

Bad Points

Too many unit types
Unit types not well balanced
Sea Areas show black
No victory conditions

RogerCooper

Added article on Tiberian Conquest EU to wiki

redrum

@rogercooper Download doesn't seem to work for World in Conflict-1941.

RogerCooper

@redrum I need to World in Conflict, then I will reload it,

RogerCooper

@RogerCooper

Scenario Great War-TLS-March 1918

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Description The last year of World War One

Good Points

Interesting situation, with the Bolsheviks as an AI-controlled wild card, spamming infantry and attacking both sides
The US has a factory in France, rather than conducting long convoys.

Bad Points

Slow-moving units on a large map
The map uses insets, which is either irrelevant (Germany's African colonies) or disruptive, an inset map dividing Eastern France into many small areas.

This game idea would have worked better on a conventional European map, with faster movement but limited combat rounds.