Roger's Scenario Thread

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@rogercooper I think Battle of Adra and other Middle Earth maps tend to be hit with the WW2 game style the most. I think that they really should feel more like Medival/Renaissance-style warfare with unique units tbh.

I think part of it is the lack of a late-entry dynamic. I think one of the official board games does this and it's a really interesting mechanic for the Good/Valor side.

Anyway, I seen people also complain that Angmar is too weak and gets easily crushed

{Note this is likley an older version I am referring to since it seems like Angmar and Isengard got buffed)

RogerCooper

@board-3659 The War of the Ring game does have late entry but it also has a number of the features that improve the game.

Card play
A deadline caused by Ring being taken to Mordor
Stacking limits
Build limits
Good units can't be replaced

RogerCooper

Name World At War Variant - v3
Description World War 2 starting in 1939 on a large map with many rules changes

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_War_Variant_-_v3

Good Points

A wide variety of useful units
Factories restricted in what they can build (but you can improve them to build more)
Conflict all over the map
Limited combat rounds

Bad Points

The AI gets confused and does not build correctly

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@rogercooper I don't mind if Good units can be built tbh but I think reducing Good's production, especially in places like Freefolk or Dale would do a good job in making the whole "Race to Mordor" more prevalent

RogerCooper

Name Napoleonic Empires FFA 8player
Description The Napoleonic Wars in Europe
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Empires_FFA_8player

Good Points

Not a true free-for-all, players make alliances
Colorful units

Bad Points

The AI tends to slip to a war of all against all situation and generally handles political actions poorly

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@rogercooper I remember doing a Swedish/Turkish game when I first played Triple A. It was pretty enjoyable.

Anyway, the FFA version feels much more like how the regular Napoleonic Era map should have been like to be honest. at least a 3rd Neutrality League faction should have been added

RogerCooper

@board-3659 TripleA's political model is not very flexible and the AI can't really handle freedom of action. The best policy to make peace with all but one foe.

Next year, I will semi-retire and I am thinking about getting involved in the coding end of TripleA. A flexible, automated set of political rules where the nations will join and leave loosely-defined camps would be a possible project.

RogerCooper

Name Neuschwabenland North vs South
Description Conflict by land and sea over a fictional set of continents
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Neuschwabenland_north_vs_south

Good Points

Balanced
Straight-forward unit set

Bad Points

No victory conditions
Relatively symmetrical start lacks dynamics

RogerCooper

Name Star Wars: Tatooine War (4 teams)
Description 4 alliances fight for the planet Tatooine
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Tatooine_War_(4_teams)

Good Points

Lots of Star Wars specific units

Bad Points

The usual problems of free-for-alls, mitigated by some alliances
The inability of spaceships to land on "the interior" is strange

RogerCooper

Name AA50-42-Build Caps
Description Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition 1942, with limits on how many units can be built
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/AA50-42-Build_Caps

Good Points

No mega stacks
Diversified units are used

Bad Points

Favors the Axis (but the Allies can be interesting to play)

RogerCooper

Name World At War
Description World War 2 starting in 1939, on large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_At_War

Good Points

Reasonably balanced
Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

Lots of gegraphic anomalies and unusual production values
Victory conditions don't work

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Victory conditions don't work

May you please double check this and provide a save game or precise instructions to reproduce it or both?

RogerCooper

@cernel The game didn't end when 5 capitals were held. I didn't save the game.

It could easily be fixed by designating capitals as victory cities, rather than using triggered victory.

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

It could easily be fixed by designating capitals as victory cities, rather than using triggered victory.

If there is anything to fix. Do you remember which those capitals were?

RogerCooper

@cernel They weren't specified the game notes.

RogerCooper

Scenario World War II Global 1942 2nd Edition
Description World War II starting in 1942 on the Global Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1942_2nd_Edition

Good Points

Reasonably balanced
Few confusing political rules

Cernel

@rogercooper Are you not bothered at all by the sheer amount of historical inconsistencies, often gratuitous? I remember I could not play this game because those were well above my limit of tolerance.

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@cernel Eh. I don't mind too much if it doesn't make the game actively worse.

RogerCooper

@cernel The historical problems of A&A do bother me some, but especially when I am talking about scenarios from the actual boardgames, I don't need fell a specific need to discuss them.

Bad Points

Allows the Japanese to conduct an implausible campaign in Asia, allowing them to eventually threaten the Russian heartland.
The defender can not retreat from a battle and combat can continue as long as the attacker wants, unlike historical campaigns which often bogged down.
The economic might of the US is understated.
The map is greatly distorted.

I do make a note of a scenario tries handle this more realistically than the boardgames.

Cernel

@rogercooper I was actually referring of all of a series of inconsistencies which make this game (in my opinion) the worst of all basic games as a matter of historicity on top of the issues which are common or even ubiquitous amongst the basic games.