Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Name Pact of Steel v3 rules
Description World World 2 starting in 1942 on a modified version of the Revised map with 7 powers.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Pact_of_Steel_v3_rules

Good Points

Straight-forward rules on reasonable map size

Bad Points

Favors the Axis (but interesting to play as an ally against the AI)

RogerCooper

Name Star Wars-Tatooine War 4x2
Description Star Wars action on the planet Tatooine
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars-Tatooine_War_4x2

Good Points

Reasonable map size
Has some Star Wars feel

Bad Points

A flat planet

RogerCooper

Name Camp David-1973 Yom Kippur War
Description The 1973 Arab-Israeli War on a smallish map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Camp_David:_1973_Yom_Kippur_War

Good Points

Not another WW2 scenario
Small map and mostly 2 point moves makes for a fast and dynamic game

Bad Points

The shortness of the actual war does not fit in with the production model.

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Bad Points

The shortness of the actual war does not fit in with the production model.

For sure, but how should it have been constructed. Just go with no production at all like Chess or what?

RogerCooper

@cernel Probably something a bit more like Axis & Allies: D-Day with a reinforcement schedule and limited combat rounds. More differentiation between the sides would also be good.

Still, it is interesting scenario to play as is, with the Israelis having the advantage of the central position against slightly superior Arab production.

RogerCooper

Name Cold War Asia: 1948
Description The Chinese Civil War, Korean War and the Vietnam War all fought simultaneously
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Cold_War_Asia:_1948

Good Points

Unusual situation with conflict all over the map
Reasonable map size and unit density

Bad Points

Map glitches
Very ahistorical (but interesting) interpretation of the situation.

RogerCooper

Name WW2v5-Build Caps
Description World War II 1942 Version 2, with units capped at what came in the box.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2v5-Build_Caps

Good Points

No mega stacks

Bad Points

Capping builds make this scenario even more favorable to the Axis than the original game.

RogerCooper

Name Small's 1939
Description World War II in 1939 with many neutral territories on the Big World map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Small's_1939

Good Points

Better balance than the regular Big World

Bad Points

The AI has trouble playing Germany

RogerCooper

Name World War II Global 1942
Description World War 2 in 1942 on the Global map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1942
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/axisandallies/images/1/19/World_War_II_Global_1942.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/700?cb=20140223225145

Good Points

No complex political rules

Bad Points

Favors the Axis

jkprince

@rogercooper I'm working on adding names to the territories on G40 Alt Universe so that players won't have to go off plain numbers when remembering them

RogerCooper

Name Cold War-Revised
Description World War Three on the Revised map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Cold_War-Revised

Good Points

Fast-playing and straight-forward

Bad Points

Strongly favors the Allies

RogerCooper

Name Ultimate P Talibush Mod
Description World War II starting in 1939 on a large world map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_P_Talibush_Mod

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Straightforward unit types

Bad Points

Many ahistorical elements

RogerCooper

AAZ-NZ
Axis & Allies Zombies game, without the Zombies
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/AAZ-NZ

Good Points

Very fast
Simplified rules are good for new players

Bad Points

Requires a bid for balance
The smallness of the map limits options

RogerCooper

Name World War 2 V6 1941
Description A port of the Axis & Allies: 1941 boardgame

NoteFor balance, give the Allies a 52% advantage in income!

Good Points

Fast play
Simplified rules

Bad Points

Needs a large handicap to the Allies for balance

RogerCooper

Name Star Wars: Tatooine War (4 teams)
Description Star Wars combat
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Tatooine_War_(4_teams)

Good Points

Many Star Wars-themed units

Bad Points

Hard to accomplish much with 4 alliances
Not much feeling of space warfare or spacecraft

RogerCooper

Name World War II Global 1942
Description The Global game with a 1942 start
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1942_2nd_Edition

Good Points

Few annoying political rules
Everyone starts in the fight

Bad Points

As is usual in the Global game, the Russians do OK for a few turns and then start to collapse

RogerCooper

Name WW2 Path to Victory
Description World War II in 1940 on a modified version of the Global map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2_Path_to_Victory

Good Points

Well-balanced
The game develops more historically than most scenarios

Bad Points

The AI has trouble with the Japanese, because of the rule where the Chinese pop up in ungarrisoned areas

RogerCooper

Name CrazyG's Giant World War 1
Description World War One on a large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/CrazyG's_Giant_World_War_1

Good Points

The one round limit on combat and slow pace of advance gives a WW1 feel.
Historical entrance of nations

Bad Points

AI has trouble with some features, although it can still play
No victory conditions

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Historical entrance of nations

I very much disagree. That was a huge turn-off for me.:frowning_face: If you consider the size of the map and the movement of the units or even what is taken in 1 turn, a turn cannot be more than 1 month (more like 1 or 2 weeks), yet the powers enter the game so early that it is not even remotely justifiable on a historical stand point.

For example, the game is supposed to start at the start of WW1, and Italy joins on the second turn. Historically, Italy joined almost 10 months into the war. There is absolutely no way on a map of this scope that a turn can be anything remotely close to 10 months: it really feels like Italy joins when the war has barely started:unamused_face: , so this definitely spoils the historicity of the game for me (or it is one of the biggest things doing so).

RogerCooper

@cernel You have a good point.