Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

@wc_sumpton said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Support of air-only links would a useful improvement of the game.

<attachment name="canalAttachmentDoverLilleAirOnly" attachTo="Dover" javaClass="CanalAttachment" type="territory">
  <option name="canalName" value="DoverLilleAirOnly"/>
  <option name="landTerritories" value="Himalaya"/>  <!--isImpassable, so can not be owned -->
</attachment>
<attachment name="canalAttachmentDoverLilleAirOnly" attachTo="Lille" javaClass="CanalAttachment" type="territory">
  <option name="canalName" value="DoverLilleAirOnly"/>
  <option name="landTerritories" value="Himalaya"/>
<attachment name="canalAttachmentDoverBelgiumAirOnly" attachTo="Dover" javaClass="CanalAttachment" type="territory">
  <option name="canalName" value="DoverBelgiumAirOnly"/>
  <option name="landTerritories" value="Himalaya"/>
</attachment>
<attachment name="canalAttachmentDoverBelgiumAirOnly" attachTo="Belgium" javaClass="CanalAttachment" type="territory">
  <option name="canalName" value="DoverBelgiumAirOnly"/>
  <option name="landTerritories" value="Himalaya"/>
</attachment>

Real quick before the game!

Cheers...

Where is the option that restricts this to air units only?

wc_sumpton

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

Where is the option that restricts this to air units only?

Air units (and subs) can use canals without restrictions, the object here is to permanently restrict land units, so by setting landTerritories to an impassable territory that cannot be captured, no alliance will ever possess, so land units will never be allowed to cross.

Can use "excludedUnits" if you want, but the default is all air and subs.

Hope that explains how this works.

Cheers...

RogerCooper

Name 270BC Tertiered
Description 270BC scenario with much lower unit density
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/270BC_Tertiered

Good Points

Low unit density
Not another WW2 game
Nice unit art

Bad Points

No victory conditions
No sense of the conditions of ancient warfare

RogerCooper

Name World War II Pacific 1940-2nd Edition
Description A port of the new edition of the board game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Pacific_1940_2nd_Edition

Good Points

Port of the boardgame

Bad Points

Favors the Axis (although interesting puzzle to play as the US against the AI)
Too much Japanese air
China falls too quickly

RogerCooper

Name A Song of Ice and Fire
Description Wars of Westeros
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

Good Points

Thematically appropriate units
Beautiful map
Some political rules
Different units for some kingdoms

Bad Points

The lack of any kind upkeep costs results in huge stacks
Politics tends to be random and usually all against all
Image glitches

RogerCooper

Name Classic: Iron Blitz 1939A Historical
Description World War 2 starting in 1939 on Classic map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Classic:_Iron_Blitz_1939A_Historical

Good Points

Easy to understand rules set

Bad Points

Strongly favors the Allies

Cernel

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

The lack of any kind upkeep costs results in huge stacks

I think that this game has truly dramatic stack numbers issues which really ruin it for PvP. I would add that this is particularly bad for a FFA because in such games you tend to try to conserve your forces a lot more than in the usual two-sides ones.

I wonder if this is the worst game of TripleA in this regard?

RogerCooper

@cernel said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:

The lack of any kind upkeep costs results in huge stacks

I think that this game has truly dramatic stack numbers issues which really ruin it for PvP. I would add that this is particularly bad for a FFA because in such games you tend to try to conserve your forces a lot more than in the usual two-sides ones.

I wonder if this is the worst game of TripleA in this regard?

I have seen worse mods in this regard, but I don't recall the exact mod off the top of my head.

There is lot of potential in this mod, but is has issues that need to be resolved. Any mod covering pre-industrial conflicts needs to have some method of limiting army sizes, such as upkeep costs, stacking limits or build caps.

RogerCooper

Name World War II v3 1941 v2
Description A modified version of World War II v3 1941
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_v3_1941_v2

Good Points

Balanced
Uses the V3 ruleset

Bad Points

Differences from base game not explained

RogerCooper

Name Charles de Gaulle 1939
Description Modified WW2 Global with 1939 start point and detailed rules for neutrals.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_1939

Good Points

Detailed political rules
1939 start point give more options

Bad Points

The AI does not handle the political rules well

RogerCooper

Name WWIIv3 1942 - 11 Nations Mod
Description WW2v3 with a bunch of small nations added
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WWIIv3_1942_-_11_Nations_Mod

Good Points

Uses the popular v3 rules

Bad Points

The small nations have little to do
Strongly favors Axis

RogerCooper

Name World War II v5 1942 Second Editon-32% income for Allies
Description Give the allies the income bonus to balance the game
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_v5_1942_Second_Edition

RogerCooper

Name New World Order Variant - Neutrals Assigned
Description World War 2 in Europe using New World Order map with minor powers assigned
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Order_Variant_-_Neutrals_Assigned

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Interesting unit types

Bad Points

AI gets confused by the SeaTransport unit, which can't be used for invasions.

RogerCooper

Name G40 Alt Universe
Description A World War on a completely difference piece of geography, using the Global rules

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/G40_Alt_Universe

Good Points

Not just another WW2 game
Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

Little background information
It can be hard to comprehend the new geography, especially given that this is a world map (east and west are connected)

RogerCooper

Name Small Balanced 2 Player Side by Side
Description An abstract battle over an island

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Small_Balanced_2_Player_sidebyside

Good Points

Fast play
Puzzle-like situation

Bad Points

No victory conditions

Note: If playing against the AI, don't do a bid

RogerCooper

Name WWIIv3 1942 Move-Then-Buy
Description WWIIv3 1942 Move-Then-Buy
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WWIIv3_1942_Move-Then-Buy

Good Points

Flipping the phases speeds play a little

RogerCooper

Name Britannia: Roman Invasion-Alliances
Description The Roman Invasion of Britain
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Britannia:_Roman_Invasion-Alliances

Good Points

Unusual, asymmetric situation

Bad Points

AI has trouble playing the Romans
No effort to show the conditions of pre-industrial warfare
No victory conditions

RogerCooper

Name Ur-Quan Slave War:Masters Edition
Description From the Star Control games
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ur-Quan_Slave_War:_Masters_Edition

Good Points

Colorful space opera setting
Conflict all over the map
Different units for each power

Bad Points

Limited production options for each power
Lack of "sea" or impassable areas can make the game feel amorphous

RogerCooper

Name Big World : 1942 - Factions (Allies)
Description World War II in 1942 on a modified version of the Big World map, with some optimization for an early version of the AI
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Big_World_:_1942_-_Factions_(Allies)

Good Points

Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

None

RogerCooper

Name New World Order Variant - Neutrals Unrestricted
Description World War II in Europe on the New World Order map with all powers assigned to an alliance
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Order_Variant_-_Neutrals_Unrestricted

Good Points

Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

AI has trouble playing the Americans