Roger's Scenario Thread
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Name Hearts of Iron: Awakening the Giant
Description World War 2 on large map starting in 1941
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Hearts_of_Iron:_Awakening_the_giant
**Good Points
- More historically accurate than most games
- US has lots of income but it takes a while to build up forces
- Many interesting unit types
**Bad Points
- The many unit types can confuse the AI
- Some of the units are not well-balanced.
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Name WWIIv3 1941 Move-Buy-Move
Description WWIIv3 1941 with reordered phases
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WWIIv3_1941_Move-Buy-MoveGood Points
- Combat movement before purchases speeds up play for both humans and the AI
Bad Points
- The second combat movement phase seems pointless
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@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
Bad Points
- The second combat movement phase seems pointless
It's not pointless! It is explained in the notes!!!
This game is not about changing the rules, just about making the game easier to play while remaining at least as much rules-compliant as the original one.
Under the current state of the program (or at least the state of the program when the game was made), if you would have combat movement only before purchasement, you would be unable to make air movements which require the possible placement of a new carrier to be validated. Moreover, there is the issue that capturing empty capitals would allow you to use the captured income on the same turn it has been captured, but this is actually a wrong behaviour.
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For the record, there is an other game-modification, called "WWIIv3 1941 Move-Then-Buy", which has combat movement only before purchasement, and I suppose it addressed the problem I mentioned by having "Kamikaze Airplanes" enabled. However, this obliges the players to be much more careful not to make illegal movements (and to pay attention your adversary does not), to which you should add the problem about what to do if a "kamikaze" movement is detected after combat has been started. Moreover, if my understanding is correct, the game-maker arguably failed to add an explanation in the notes about that unless he or she actually wanted to have "Kamikaze Airplanes" as a "house rule" (in which case I would say he or she failed to clarify that the game-modification is also about this quite major change).
I think "WWIIv3 1941 Move-Buy-Move" is the best compromise you can possibly have for playing the original "WWIIv3" game via the current program.
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@rogercooper How are you playing this map? It's crashing before it opens for me, and the error reporter says the problem was already logged, so it's no unique to me.
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@mattbarnes referring to the Hearts of Iron / Awakening map that you recently reviewed.
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@cernel i actually love move-buy-attack, sometimes, especially when im drinking, i buy the wrong units either by mistake or during movement phase my movements make my purchases-before movement phase stupid. but it never caught on and i hardly even ask to play that version anymore.
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@mattbarnes said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@mattbarnes referring to the Hearts of Iron / Awakening map that you recently reviewed.
What version are you running in? I am using the 2.6 prerelease. I have it running on two different computers.
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@rogercooper 2.5.22294
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@mattbarnes said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@rogercooper 2.5.22294
Upgrade to the prerelease version. It is currently working better than 2.5.
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Name New World Order 1939 Lebowski
Description World War 2 in Europe starting in 1939 on the New World Order Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Order_1939_Lebowski
Good Points
- Axis is strong enough to fight a two front war
- Reasonably balanced
Bad Points
- 2 PU infantry dominate the game and result in high unit density, many moves each turn and a slow game
- Spain & Turkey are full members of the Axis
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Name AA Enhanced Revised
Description Revised Game on a modified map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/AA_Enhanced_Revised
Good Points
- Straightforward Rules Set
- Even with a few extra territories in Eastern Europe the map is still fairly small
Bad Points
- A hard struggle for Russia
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Name Iron Blitz-1945A-Russia & Japan
Description A hypothetical scenario where Russia goes to war against the Western Allies (with the assistance of what is left of the Japanese. Uses Classic map.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Classic:_Iron_Blitz_1945A_Russia_And_Japan
Good Points
- Interesting hypothetical scenario
- Reasonably balanced
- Fast playing
Bad Points
- Europe needs more detail for this concept
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Name* Master of Europa
Description World War 2 in Europe in 1939 on the New World Order Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Master_of_Europa
Good Points
- Interesting special units for each nation
Bad Points
- It is hard to defeat the French fast enough to prevent Russia from getting too strong.
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Name NWO Vichy
Description World World in Europe starting in 1941 on the New World Order map with Vichy France as an Axis member
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/NWO_Vichy
Good Points
- Straightforward rules with balanced unit options
Bad Points
- An uphill struggle for the Russians
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Name Young Grasshoppers Tournament Edition
Description Global game optimized for tournament face-to-face play
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Young_Grasshoppers_Tournament_Edition
Good Points
- Better balance than original Global Game
Bad Points
- The special victory conditions don't work
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Name WW2 Path to Victory
Description Global game with some extra areas and better balance
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2_Path_to_Victory
Good Points
- Extra areas in Russia & China improve balance
Bad Points
- The AI has trouble with political decisions
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Name Oztea 1939 Global
Description 1939 in the Global Game with additional political rules
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Oztea_1939_Global
Good Points
- Interesting and realistic political rules
Bad Points
- An uphill struggle from the Axis, due the earlier starting point
- The AI has trouble making good political decisions
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Name WW2v3 1941 Move-Then-Buy
Description Anniversary Edition with phase reordered to speed play,
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2v3_1941_Move-Then-Buy
Good Points
- Implementation of the board game
- Changed sequence speeds play
Bad Points
- This is still a tough game for the Russians
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Name Britannia: Roman Invasion v2
Description Roman invasion of Britain
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Britannia:_Roman_Invasion_v2
Good Points
- Interesting Asymmetric situation
Bad Points
- Unit types not well balanced
- Hard for the Romans to accomplish much
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