Roger's Scenario Thread

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@rogercooper Yeah. I am actually thinking of modifying potentially an existing Pike-Shot Era Hasburg War to have a weird Clockpunk/Da Vinci tech feel with new ships, units, and probably more nations to play.

Even outside of more fantastical settings, air units can be implemented in places like the Napoleonic or Civil War since Balloons were prominent

RogerCooper

@board-3659 You should check out the board game Magnifico. There is a computer version available on Steam.

RogerCooper

@ted-self said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Hi, did you ever try ancient times? I think it has a lot of potential. It is a bit bizarre to have air power though.

Name Ancient Times
Description A conflict between arbitrary alliances with an anachronistic (all pre-gunpowder) mixture of nations and units
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_Times

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Not another WW2 game
Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

Air units seem strange in ancient times
Many similar unit types (including 3 types of air units)
Alliances and nations are arbitrary

RogerCooper

Name Master of Europe
Description World War II starting in 1939 in Europe using New World Order Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Master_of_Europa

Good Points

Straight-forward rules set and play

Bad Points

Strongly favors Allies

RogerCooper

Name Classic-Kremlin
Description The Classic game with some optional rules
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Classic-Kremlin

Good Points

The classic game, simple & fast-playing
Reasonably balance

Bad Points

The AI still has some problems playing the Western Allies efficiently

RogerCooper

Name Camp David: 1956 Suez Crisis
Description The 1956 Suez Crisis
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Camp_David:_1956_Suez_Crisis

Good Points

A reasonable effort at depicting an unusual situation

Bad Points

TripleA's production model is a bad fit for this short war.

RogerCooper

Name 41 Oztea
Description A 1941 scenario for the the Global Game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/41_Oztea

Good Points

Reasonably balanced
Avoids most of the political rules of the Global game

Bad Points

Only the usual problem that America's economic might is not properly shown

RogerCooper

Name WW2v3 1941 Move-Then-Buy
Description The 1941 scenario from the Annivesary edition with combat movement before production
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2v3_1941_Move-Then-Buy

Good Points

Move-then-buy speeds up play it bit for the humans and the AI, without otherwise changing the game

Bad Points

As usual, the Axis is significantly favored

RogerCooper

Name TripleA Classic Revised
Description The Classic game with some extra rules.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/TripleA_Classic_Revised

Good Points

Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

The extra rules have little effect on the game.

RogerCooper

Name World War II v5 1942 2nd Ed. (High Production Mod)
Description World War II v5 with higher production cost
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_v5_1942_2nd_Ed._(High_Production_Mod)

Good Points

Better balanced than World War II v5

Bad Points

Still favors the Axis

RogerCooper

Name World War II V3-1941 No National Objectives
Description 1941 Scenario of the Anniversary edition without national objectives.

Good Points

Better balance than using national objectives

RogerCooper

Name WAW 1940
Description World War 2 in 1940 on a large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WAW_1940

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

Some ahistorical geography

RogerCooper

Name Twelve Clans - Sekigahara
Description The Sengoku period
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Twelve_Clans_-_Sekigahara

Good Points

Interesting art work
Captures the feel of Shogun/Samurai Swords/Ikusa
Interesiting unit abilities

Bad Point

Strongly favors the Western Army
Little feel for the actual history

RogerCooper

Name Churchills 1939 WW2 PTV
Description World War 2 in 1939 on a modified version of the World War II Global map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Churchills_1939_WW2_PTV

Good Points

Lots of interesting special rules

Bad Points

Game notes do not fully explain game
Game is glitchy
The AI gets confused my some of the changes

jkprince

@rogercooper I keep coming back to this game for just the amount of time to think of nice ideas without actually finishing any mod... and now that I'm in uni I don't think that one will ever be finished lol

RogerCooper

Name Age of Tribes: Primeval
Description Struggle to control Europe over the centuries with an elaborate tech tree.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Age_of_Tribes:_Primeval

Good Points

Interesting tech rules

Bad Points

A simplistic division of Europe in 2 geographically separated alliances, can result in a big statemate down the middle.

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@RogerCooper Hmmm Honestly playing more of Age of The Sturlungs, the Sturlungs Alliance are really at a disadvantage against District States. Not only due to higher initially IPC and production but also due to higher number of factions and one of the District State factions being really weak (idk how you survive as the brown nation beyond Round 6).

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Ok I played more and it is basically WW1 Entente vs Central Powers dynamic. As the Sturlungs have to hold out heavily and secure the Northwest peninsula before you push back. I'm curious of making a mod of this that implements better unit balancing, better movement, less insane stacking, unit resource limits/costs, and maybe new units (maybe catapults and pikemen could be added?). Also try to make objective base for obvious reasons

RogerCooper

@board-3659 said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Ok I played more and it is basically WW1 Entente vs Central Powers dynamic. As the Sturlungs have to hold out heavily and secure the Northwest peninsula before you push back. I'm curious of making a mod of this that implements better unit balancing, better movement, less insane stacking, unit resource limits/costs, and maybe new units (maybe catapults and pikemen could be added?). Also try to make objective base for obvious reasons

This war was fought by part-time soldiers without specialized equipment. The largest battle involved fewer than 3,000 men total.

If you want to try to simulate it, most military units should be immobile. Mobile forces should have an upkeep cost. There is no justification for pikeman and catapults.

Give a mod a try. It should not be hard to come up with something better.

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

There is no justification for pikeman and catapults.

Could "pikemen" picture spearmen armed with two-handed spears (like the "atgeir") as opposed to spearmen armed with one-handed spears and shields, or do you tend to think that virtually all Norsemen used shields and one-handed spears and never two-handed ones? If having two-handed (shieldless) spearmen, how to call them if not "pikemen"?

Off-topic, regarding a game of mine: do you think that immobile infantry is a must-have in a XII century European game? For example in France. I'm very undecided whether to have all infantry being mobile (like in most TripleA games) or to allow for immobile infantry at lower upkeep costs.