Roger's Scenario Thread
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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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Name House of Habsburg
Description Europe in the early 16th century on a large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Habsburg
Good Points
- Interesting semi-historical situation
- Shows the importance of fortresses and chokepoints
Bad Points
- No victory condition
- Slow movement and large map makes for a slow game.
- Ruleset confuses the AI somewhat
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Name Europe - Beta
Description Based on the Axis & Allies: Europe game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Europe_-_Beta
Good Points
- Plays fast
- Reasonably good port of the boardgame
Bad Points
- Game heavily favors Germany
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Name Small Balanced 4 Player Teams
Description The name says it all
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Small_Balanced_4_Player_Teams
Good Points
- Fast
- Interesting Situation
Bad Points
- Symmetrical map limits options
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Name 270 BC Wars
Description The Mediterranean in 270 BC
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/270BC_Wars
Good Points
- Interesting interaction between fortifications and mobile units
- Barbarian attacks create interest even when not interacting with other players
Bad Points
- Long-winded and confusing game notes
- The AI has trouble dealing with some unit types
- The AI has trouble dealing with the frequent barbarian attacks.
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Name World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod 3
Description Global 1940 with better balance
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1940_Balanced_Mod3
Good Points
- Better balance
Bad Points
- No scenario notes
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Name Pact of Steel 2
Description World War 2 in a modified version of the Revised maps with lots of tweaks.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Pact_of_Steel_2
Good Points
- Lots of interesting little options
- Notes in the XML file explaining how to a lot of stuff
Bad Points
- Strongly favors the Axis
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Name Risk-Random Alliances
Description A&A on a Risk board, with random alliances
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Risk-Random_Alliances
Good Points
- Random alliances are an interesting concept
Bad Points
- The map is too small for anything interesting to happen.
- Random alliances can create an impossible or extremely easy situation. Be prepared to restart,
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Russian Civil War (6 players)
The Russian Civil War starting in about 1918
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Russian_Civil_War_(6_players)?
Good Points
- Not just another WW 2 game
- It has armored trains
Bad Points
- The ability to build anywhere makes the game less focused
- No victory conditions
- Most of the political complexities of the war are ignored
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Name Steampunk Advanced
Description World War One on a large map with many science fiction elements
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Steampunk_Advanced
Good Points
- Many interesting units
- Each nation has a distinctive position and units
Bad Points
- Economic values are often arbitrary
- The AI has trouble with some of the units
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Name Aggression 1914
*Description World War 1 on a world map with upkeep costs
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Aggression_1914
Good Points
- Upkeep cost prevent megastacks and enhance realism
- Conflict all over the map
- Randomized setup adds variety
Bad Points
- Poor documentation (especially of the randomized unit creation)
- Ahistorical, with every one fighting from turn 1 and nations created out of nothing
- Randomized setups can be unbalanced/ahistorical
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