Roger's Scenario Thread
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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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Name Age of the Sturlungs
Description Civil war in Medieval Iceland
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Age_Of_The_Sturlungs_0.0.2
Good Points
- Not another WW2 game
- Some interesting geography
Bad Points
- Slow movement allowances make for a slow game
- No victory conditions
- No feel for medieval warfare
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Name Capture the Flag
Description An abstract 4-way battle on a square map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Capture_The_Flag
Good Points
- An interesting puzzle in PvsAI
Bad Points
- It's only a puzzle
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Name New World Order
Description World War II in Europe
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Order
Good Points
- Nice-looking accurate map
- A large variety of units
Bad Points
- The AI has trouble playing German & America
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@rogercooper @rogercooper I've been playing the Viking game for a few days. The thing that irritated me the most was the monks. The computer players would just buy tons of monks. I fixed this by making monks cost 2, defend at zero and only move one space. So all they are good for is support and fodder. I made 3 factions, Geats with Northumbia, Danes with Picts, and Jutes united with Mercia and Wessex. I gave the Jutes +1 resource PUs every turn. I took the Geats faction and set the computer players to fast AI except for the Picts which I set at easy AI. This way no matter which faction you play you will get to use both sets of armies. I tried to change the names of the countries but I failed at that. I also tried to make villages defend at +1 support but failed at that as well. I have not play tested very far into the game yet so I'm not sure about the balance. I am not sure if I have the latest version. I barely managed to find and download the zip file called Viking-master. Then it would not load from the zip file so I had to move some files. I saw one version somewhere That was called Viking2 but the download file for it was gone. But anyhow I am having fun, the big kid and the history buff in me is still going strong.
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@ted-self Now I am laughing at myself. I found the Viking2 file, now I have both versions. I just had to tweak it, I'm a tweaker. I screwed the monks and made the dogs cost 2 for 5 PUs. Got rid of the limit of 6 units and changed them all to either 8, 10 or 12. I would like to put names on the capital cities that are visible and also make the capitals be artillery, if you could tell me how to do that I would appreciate it. Of course I already appreciate the games you have made. Triplea is a great thing for old gamers and history buffs with not much disposable income.
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@ted-self said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@ted-self Now I am laughing at myself. I found the Viking2 file, now I have both versions. I just had to tweak it, I'm a tweaker. I screwed the monks and made the dogs cost 2 for 5 PUs. Got rid of the limit of 6 units and changed them all to either 8, 10 or 12. I would like to put names on the capital cities that are visible and also make the capitals be artillery, if you could tell me how to do that I would appreciate it. Of course I already appreciate the games you have made. Triplea is a great thing for old gamers and history buffs with not much disposable income.
There is always room for a Viking3 mod. If you want artillery in capitals, just create a zero move unit and place in the capital. Take a look at a scenario that has capitals, I believe that file is called capitals.txt. Post on the map-making forum if you need some help.
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Name World War II v4-17% bonus for Allies
Description Axis & Allies 1942-Second edition with a 17% income bonus for the AlliesGood Points
- Fixes the rather unbalanced original game
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Name World At War Variant - FUEL-AA-Range
Description World War II on a large map with fuel restrictions starting in 1939
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_War_Variant_-_FUEL-AA-Range
Good Points
- Interesting unit types
Bad Points
- No victory conditions
- All powers at war immediately
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Name 1914-COW-Empires
Description World War 1 in Europe using data from the Correlates of War website
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/1914-COW-Empires
Good Points
- Historically based forces and economics
- Maintenance costs
- Limited rounds of combat
Bad Points
- Economic values are not split properly
- Maintenance costs are too high, making it hard to build armies
- Quality differences in armies are largely ignored, creating odd results
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Name HeartsOfIron2-Europe
Description World War 2 in Europe on a large map with many unit types
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/HeartsOfIron2-Europe
Good Points
- Competitive situation
- Interesting unit types
- Many strategic options
Bad Points
- Some unit types are useless or overpowered
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I enjoy this thread a lot. It's fun to hear the quick take and to see the images, especially to see how the various maps have been adapted for alternative scenarios. If there's one thing tripleA definitely has that I dig, it's the full buffet. Sometimes it can be hard to wade through so many different games and think what to download and try out, so the brief survey here is fun. Especially with the screens to show how things look. It's also cool I think just to see the various visual conventions there, like what colors and such were chosen.
I find that the more visuals there are available, the more inclined I am to explore the game and check it out. Even in the map downloads feature like the built in, like if there are more images beyond the thumbnail of the entire map at max zoom. Or when it displays a gamenotes with extra images and kinda tease what's what. A cool expanded overview/survey with this same method, might be like screen of the first turn purchase menu too, to see an example of the unit spread.
Reading this made me go and download some things I hadn't seen before and a few I'd seen but forgotten about. Trying to get a little archive going on the D drive now hehe.
Anyhow, good work!
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@black_elk I am glad the you appreciate it. The website makes it easy to post images.
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Name World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition with Combat Move First
Description World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition with Combat Move First
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1940_2nd_Edition_with_Combat_Move_First
Good Points
- Combat move first speeds up play
- Better balance than the original game
Bad Points
- AI has trouble making good political decisions
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@RogerCooper
Would you be so kind to review our map 1941 Global Command Decision v120, as we would like your opinion?https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5XcTxMNdUZVAjjTWbz4mw0gL-Bjlw6r/view?usp=sharing
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@thedog said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@RogerCooper
Would you be so kind to review our map 1941 Global Command Decision v120, as we would like your opinion?https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5XcTxMNdUZVAjjTWbz4mw0gL-Bjlw6r/view?usp=sharing
I will try it out on the weekend.
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Pacific Theatre Solo Challenge
World War 2 in Pacific on the AAP map with lots of special stuff
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Pacific_Theater_(Zim_Xero)
Good Points
- Interesting set of rules designed for play against the AI
Bad Points
- Can be confusing for both units and AI
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@rogercooper I don't generally big games like 1941 Global Command Decision Too many units, too slow to play.
It has some interesting ideas. Maintenance costs, stacking limits and tech by events all work well. It is good the Americans can get across the Atlantic in 2 turns.
The AI has some trouble with the many unit types. For example the AI Americans will not build nuclear bombers.
I like the territory names on so I know what I am fighting over.
Like most scenarios, there is no real sense of the huge economic power of the US.
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