Roger's Scenario Thread

RogerCooper

Name Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth - Fords
Description The War of the Ring
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_of_the_Rings:_Middle_Earth_-_Fords

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Beautiful map
Middle-Earth themed units

Bad Points

Favors the forces of Good
Units that break the theme like cannons
WW2 style mass production model

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About the newly added 1888a game

as for most projects reviewed here, a screenshot is added, to get a better idea of the games' appearance:

RogerCooper

Name World War II Pacific Original OOB
Description The Pacific War version of the Global Game (1st edition)
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Pacific_1940_Original

Good Points

Boardgame implementation
Add interesting things like air & naval bases

Bad Points

Favors Japan strongly
Hard to achieve Allied victory

RogerCooper

Axis & Allies 1942 Online
I tried this instead of TripleA.

Good Points

Nice end of turn report

Bad Points

The AI is not as good as TripleA. It is not aggressive enough tends to build too many tanks.

RogerCooper

Name Middle Earth-Battle for Arda
Description The War of the Ring with many players and terrain rules
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Middle_Earth_-_Battle_for_Arda

Good Points

Beautiful map
Unique, non-buildable themed units
Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

The AI has trouble handling the compexities of the rules
Favors the Good side

Note
Make sure "Unlimited Unique Units" is unchecked. For AI play, check "Unilimited Mountain Movement"

RogerCooper

Name Napoleonic Empires-FFA 5 Players
Description The Napoleonic Wars with 5 powers and diplomacy rules

https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Napoleonic_Empires:_FFA_5_Player

Good Points

Colorful unit art
Diplomatic rules

Bad Points

Too many similar unit types

RogerCooper

Name New World Order-Neutrals
Description World War 2 in Europe on a large map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Order_Variant_-_Neutrals

Good Points

Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

US & Russia are immediately active.

RogerCooper

Name Total Ancient War
Description War in the Hellenistic Mediterranean
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Ancient_War

Good Points

Colorful units
Conflict all over the map

Bad Points

Favors the Romans
The maintenance costs are small, leading to mega-stacks

RogerCooper

Name Ur-Quan Slave War:Masters Edition
Description Interstellar Conflict in the Star Control Universe
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Ur-Quan_Slave_War:_Masters_Edition

Good Points

Conflict all over the map
Good unit art

Bad Points

Favors the Alliance
Gameplay can be bland due to the lack of terrain or non-land units

RogerCooper

Name Cold War 1950 4th Edition
Description World War 3 in 1950 on Pact of Steel Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Cold_War_1950_4th_edition

Good Points

Plausible hypothetical situation
Straightforward unit types

Bad Points

Heavy favors the Western nations (which is historical)

RogerCooper

Name NWO VICHY 1941
Description World War 2 in Europe on New World Order map with Vichy France as an Axis ally.
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/NWO_VICHY_1941

Good Points

Straightforward unit set
Reasonably balanced

Bad Points

High incomes and large stacks

RogerCooper

Name Hearts of Iron2_Lion's Den_1944
Description World War 2 starting in 1944 on a large world map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Hearts_of_Iron2_Lion's_Den_1944

Good Points

Unusual 1944 starting point
Country-specific units
Timed victory conditions give the Axis a chance

Bad Points

Victory conditions not fully implemented.

RogerCooper

Name Second World War
Description World War 2 Starting in 1941 on a unique map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Second_World_War

Good Points

Low unit & economic density makes for fast play

Bad Points

Favors the Axis
The notes are confusing

Note: Losing capitals has the normal effect. Total Victory does not require taking off all VC's.

RogerCooper

Name Domination 1914 No Man's Land
Description World War One on a Global Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Domination_1914_No_Man's_Land

Good Points

Interesting units and techs

Bad Points

No victory conditions
Central powers favored
Hard for the US to accomplish anything.

RogerCooper

Name Maintainance-WW2v4
Description WW2v4 with 10% per turn maintainance costs
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Maintenance-WW2v4

Good Points

Maintainance costs are realistic and prevent mega-stacks

Bad Points

Favors the Axis
The income level is too low

RogerCooper

Name Iron War: Europe
Description World War 2 in Europe starting in 1940 with multiple unit types and resources
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_War:_Europe

Good Points

Interesting variety of units without overwhelming the player
Multiple resource types without messing up the AI

Bad Points

Favors the Axis

RogerCooper

Name World War IIv3-1941 China Mod
Description Modified Version of World II v3 1941 Scenario
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/WW2v3-1941_ChinaMod

Good Points

Similar to World War II v3

Bad Points

Similar to World War II v3

RogerCooper

Name Big World-April 1940
Description World War II in 1940 on Big World Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/Big_World_April_1940

Good Points

World War II v3 Rules
Reasonable unit density

Bad Points

Favors the Axis

RogerCooper

Name NekahNet's 1939
Description World War 2 in 1939 on the Big World Map
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/NekahNet's_1939

Good Points

Better balanced than most mods
Relatively high US income makes for more realism and better balance
Uses WW2 V3 rules

Bad Points

No victory conditions

RogerCooper

Name World War II Global 1940 Canadian Mod with Combat Move First
Description World War II Global 1940 Canadian Mod with Combat Move First
https://axisandallies.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_Global_1940_Canadian_Mod_with_Combat_Move_First

Good Points

Balanced
Interesting new objectives

Bad Points

The Canadians can't do very much