Roger's Scenario Thread
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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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@RogerCooper
Thanks for the review!
I will look into the number of units and the nuclear bomber.Not sure if you saw this.
If the AI is playing USA on Turn 1, it will buy 11x Industry-Med and place them in the US, on turn 2+ these generate 7pu each, so thats 77pu extra per turn.Also scripted for both AI and US player is
Turn 2 Brazil
Turn 3 Mexico
Turn 4 Gulf of Mexico states
join the US as allies and generate approximately another 70pu per turn from turn 4+From turn 5+ the US will produce more PU than Germany, but the US does not have the combat units to match Germany.
This can only be seen by looking at the History PU values in Resources phase. -
@thedog said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@RogerCooper
Thanks for the review!
I will look into the number of units and the nuclear bomber.Not sure if you saw this.
If the AI is playing USA on Turn 1, it will buy 11x Industry-Med and place them in the US, on turn 2+ these generate 7pu each, so thats 77pu extra per turn.Also scripted for both AI and US player is
Turn 2 Brazil
Turn 3 Mexico
Turn 4 Gulf of Mexico states
join the US as allies and generate approximately another 70pu per turn from turn 4+From turn 5+ the US will produce more PU than Germany, but the US does not have the combat units to match Germany.
This can only be seen by looking at the History PU values in Resources phase.I saw that feature but 70 pu is not enough to be decisive. The Americans also need to fight the Japanese, build transports and it is minimum of 2 turns to get units to Europe. The large number of areas makes it harder for the Western Allies to distract the Germans. Once the Japanese attack Russia, the Russians are in serious trouble.
Have you considered having American sea movement allowances increase during the game as a reflection of improvements in logistics.
The number of units is part of your design decision to create a game on a large map. Some people like large maps, but I don't. It would be interesting to try some of your ideas are on a map with fewer areas.
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Name Rome Total War
Description A scenario inspired by the Rome: Total War game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Rome_Total_War
Good Points
- Not another WW2 game
Bad Points
- Most units even ships move 1, making a slow game
- Little effort made to show the peculiarities of ancient warfare.
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Name D_Day-3
Description The Axis & Allies D-Day game translated to Triple-A
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/D-Day_3
Good Points
- Keeping closer to standard Triple-A improves AI performance
Bad Points
- Glitches on territory control
- AI does not play the Germans well
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Name CTF2 Colors
Description Abstract conflict on a square mapGood Points
- Puzzle-type play
Bad Points
- Hard for any win to win a FFA on a symmetrical map
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Name World War II Empty Start
Description Historical alliances but only 1 territory with factory at start (and 200 pu's)
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Empty_Start
Good Points
- Total victory can be an interesting puzzle
- Plays quickly
Bad Points
- AI has trouble handling the situation
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Name NWO Vichy 1941
Description World War 2 in Europe starting in 1941 with Vichy France as a full member of the Axis.https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/NWO_VICHY_1941
Good Points
- Well balanced
- Conflict in many areas
Bad Points
- Victory Conditions not implemented
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Name World War II v3 1941
Description TripleA port of Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_v3_1941
Good Points
- Successful boardgame port
- A good compromise between the political complexities and large size of the Global game and the smaller versions
Bad Points
- A tough struggle for Allies (but you can win as the Allies against the AI)
Note; My personal favorite in face to face play
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Name Ultimate World: Revised
**Description: World War 2 on large map starting in 1939
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_World:_Revised
Good Points
- Multiple conflict zones
- Reasonably balanced
- Low unit density makes for fast play
Bad Points
- No victory conditions
- Many ahistorical elements
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