World War II: 1942-1945

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This 5v5 scenario recreates the World War II in Europe, North Africa and Middle East.

Settings
Suggested turn duration: 5 minutes.
Victory condition: capture player capital and hold for 2 turn.
Max. game duration: 50 turns.

Quota:

Early game: turns 1-8;
Mid game: turns 9-23;
Late game: turns 24-50.

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Factions



United Kingdom
Difficulty level: 2.5 / 5
Recommended strategy: Imperialist, Naval Commander, Iron Fist, GW, Lucky Bastard.
Goals: Maintain maritime dominance at the Celtic Seas and Greater North Sea, delay Italy at the Mediterranean/North Africa and aid USA landings. Capture Norway and keep your mainland walled and prepared for a german invasion.
Notes: Do not lose Malta or Gibraltar. Scotland is a potential target if Germany tries to do an invasion.
Events:

Turn 6:

• 2nd Australian Imperial Force (20) in Tunisia.
  
• 2nd New Zealand Division (20) in Tunisia.
  
• King's African Rifles (20) in Tunisia.
  
  Turn 9:
  
• 2nd Australian Imperial Force (10) in Sicily.
  
• Infantry Section (10) in Sicily.

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British Eight Army
Difficulty level: 2 / 5
Recommended strategy: Naval Commander, PD.
Goals: Push the Axis out of Africa and invade the Balkans.
Notes: Enemy will get event units in Syria and Transjordan.
Events:

Turn 3:

• 4th Indian Infantry Division (10) in Matrouh.
  
  Turn 6:
  
• Cyprus Regiment (20) in Egypt.
  
  Turn 7:
  
• 4th Indian Infantry Division (20) in Lebanon.
  
  Turn 10:
  
• South African 3rd Division (10) in Palestine.
  
  Turn 12:
  
• 4th Indian Infantry Division (10) in Matrouh.
  
• 8th Indian Infantry Division (20) in Egypt.
  
  Turn 16:
  
• Greek Armed Forces (20) in Egypt.

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United States
Difficulty level: 2 / 5
Recommended strategy: Blitzkrieg, Great Combinator, Hybrid Warfare, RA, LB, Imperialist (only if you want to fund USSR).
Goals: Push the Axis out of Africa. Invade France and Italy.
Notes: If you don't wanna wait your event to invade Normandy, do it attacking Netherlands. Don't lose Africa!
Events:

Turn 4:

• Anglo-American Occupation (1) in Morocco.
  
  Turn 9:
  
• M4 Sherman (10) in Sicily.
  
• American Riflemen (10) in Sicily.
  
  Turn 13:
  
• M4 Sherman (20) in North Atlantic Route.
  
• 101st Airborne Division (20) in North Atlantic Route.
  
• 1st U.S. Infantry Division (20) in North Atlantic Route.
  
• 4th U.S. Infantry Division (20) in North Atlantic Route.
  
  Turn 14:
  
• M4 Sherman (30) in Southern Italy.
  
• Brazilian Infantry (20) in Southern Italy.
  
• Canadian Infantry (30) in Southern Italy.

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Soviet Union
Difficulty level: 4 / 5
Recommended strategy: Imperialist, Perfect Defence, GW, Insurrection.
Goals: Push germans back to Berlin, hold Stalingrad and Leningrad at all cost.
Notes: Protect Moscow and Novgorod, those are important cities that will help you keep both Stalingrad and Leningrad safe. Wait for your event before attacking the Nazi Army Group in Don. Use your conscripts in Sverdlovsk to make 2 layers of walls.
Events:

Turn 3:

• Soviet Infantry (20) in Stalingrad.
  
  Turn 5:
  
• Worker's Militia (10) in Sverdlovsk.
  
  Turn 8:
  
• T-34 Tank (15) in Stalingrad.
  
• T-70 Light Tank (15) in Stalingrad.
  
• Soviet Infantry (20) in Stalingrad.
  
• Soviet Winter Infantry (10) in Stalingrad.
  
• Soviet Infantry (10) in Leningrad.
  
  Turn 10:
  
• 1st Czechoslovak Corps (40) in Smolensk.
  
  Turn 12:
  
• Black Coats (10) in Luga.
  
• Black Coats (10) in the Baltic States.
  
  Turn 15:
  
• Siberian Reinforcements (6) in Soviet Union.
  
  Turn 20:
  
• Soviet Partisans (40) in Eastern Ukraine
  
  Turn 25:
  
• IS-3 Heavy Tank (5) in the Baltic States.
  
• Black Coats (20) in the Baltic States.
  
• T-34 Tank (20) in Kursk.
  
  Turns 26/28/30/32/38:
  
• War Exhaustion (6) in Sverdlovsk.

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French Resistance
Difficulty level: 2 / 5
Recommended strategy: Iron Fist, Perfect Defense, Imperialist.
Goals: Stay alive until the Allies take France, push Grenoble and Paris if possible.
Notes: Your cities have good special units (French Resistance Cell), but they can be destroyed with little effort if Germany start to focus on you.
Events:

Turn 11:

• Yugoslav Partisans (20) in the Balkans.
  
  Turn 14:
  
• Yugoslav Partisans (20) in the Balkans.

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Germany: Third Reich
Difficulty level: 2.5 / 5
Recommended strategy: Perfect Defense, IF, Imperialist, Great Combinator, Sky Menace.
Goals: Hold France at all cost.
Notes: Make walls, thousands of them. If you wanna play offensive, try to capture England by doing a joint operation with Oberkommando to take Wales and/or Scotland. Naval transport becomes available at turn 6.
Events:

Turn 6:

• German Infantry (10) in Belgium.
  
  Turn 10:
  
• German Infantry (10) in Alsace-Lorraine.
  
  Turn 11:
  
• Darnand's Militia (15) in France.
  
  Turn 15:
  
• Panzer IV (20) in Poland.
  
• German Infantry (20) in Poland.
  
  Turn 18:
  
• Panzer IV (10) in Germany.
  
• Charlemagne Regiment (30) in Germany.
  
  Turn 20:
  
• Panther (5) in Germany.
  
• Panzer IV (10) in Germany.
  
• SdKfz 251 Halftrack (10) in Germany.
  
• German Infantry (20) in Germany.

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Germany: Ostfront
Difficulty level: 3.5 / 5
Recommended strategy: Blitzkrieg, Great Combinator, GW, Imperialist, RA.
Goals: Fight the soviets and capture Stalingrad and Leningrad soon as possible.
Notes: Wait for your event before attacking Stalingrad. Moscovo and Novgorod must be captured soon as possible.
Events:

Turn 4:

• Blue Division (30) in Eastern Ukraine.
  
• 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (15) in Eastern Ukraine.
  
• Kalmykian Cavalry Corps (15) in Krasnodar.
  
  Turn 12:
  
• Panther (5) in Kursk.
  
• Blue Division (20) in Kursk.

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Germany: Oberkommando
Difficulty level: 2 / 5
Recommended strategy: Naval Commander, Master of Stealth, Lucky Bastard, Sky Menace.
Goals: Must fight in all fronts. Try to keep Soviet Union busy at Finland and help Axis to hold Greece at all cost.
Notes: Crete and Afrika Korps are your most important cities.
Events:

Turn 3:

• Finnish 5th Division in (20) in Finland.
  
• Panzer IV (20) in Cyrenaica.
  
  Turn 6:
  
• 29th Panzergrenadier Division (10) in Libya.
  
  Turn 10:
  
• 29th Panzergrenadier Division (20) in Libya.
  
  Turn 12:
  
• 29th Panzergrenadier Division (10) in Cyrenaica.

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Kingdom of Italy
Difficulty level: 4.5 / 5
Recommended strategy: Imperialist, Perfect Defense, Naval Commander.
Goals: Keep Allies busy in North Africa as long as you can and aid Germany to hold France.
Notes: Enemy will get event units in your territory, so don't waste time and resources making too much sea walls (only wall where its essential). If you wanna rush Malta, do it with some of the early game battleships available for Italy: Vittorio Veneto.
Events:

Turn 3:

• Libyan Caporales (20) in Libya.
  
  Turn 6:
  
• Libyan Caporales (10) in Cyrenaica.
  
• Libyan Caporales (15) in Libya.
  
  Turn 9:
  
• Alpine Corps (10) in Northern Italy.
  
  Turn 10:
  
• Syrian Nationalists (10) in Syria.
  
• Lebanese Nationalists (20) in Lebanon.
  
  Turn 11:
  
• Syrian Nationalists (10) in Syria.
  
• Iraqi Nationalists (20) in Transjordan.
  
  Turn 13:
  
• Syrian Nationalists (15) in Syria.
  
• Lebanese Nationalists (15) in Lebanon.
  
• Iraqi Nationalists (15) in Transjordan.
  
  Turn 14:
  
• Italian Riflemen (40) in Northern Italy.
  
• Maschinengewehr 42 (3) in Central Italy.

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Balkan Kingdoms
Difficulty level: 1.5 / 5
Recommended strategy: Blitzkrieg, LW, RA, GC, GW.
Goals: Aid Germany push the soviets and/or defend France.
Notes: Enemy will get stealth units in your territory.
Events:

Turn 15:

• Armored Car (10) in Poland.
  
• Osttruppen (25) in Poland.

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Quota:

Unit availability:

• Soviet Union
Soviet Winter Infantry
Turns: 0-8

Advanced Pillbox
Turns: 0-12

KV-2 Heavy Tank
Turns: 11-50

203mm B-4M
Turns: 12-50

Red Guard
Turns: 17-50

Spetsnaz
Turns: 19-50

IS-3 Heavy Tank
Turns: 19-50

• Germany: Third Reich
German Troop Carrier
Turns: 6-50

Bunker Complex
Turns: 9-20

Military Railway
Turns: 10-50

Panzerjäger "Elefant"
Turns: 14-50

Nebelwerfer 41
Turns: 14-50

Volkssturm
Turns: 16-50

• Germany: Ostfront
Volksgrenadiers
Turns: 16-50

• Germany: Oberkommando
Bf 109
Turns: 4-20

Arado Ar 235 "Blitz"
Turns: 6-50

Arado Ar 232 "Millipede"
Turns: 12-50

• French Resistance
Maquisards
Turns: 10-50

Gaullist Soldiers
Turns: 14-50

• Kingdom of Italy
Vittorio Veneto
Turns: 1-4

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Hints:

• Bombers are good against all kinds of defence structures, but weak when attacking AA guns.
  
• USA have two types of secondary attack units the Mortar Team (UK also have it), and the M8 Greyhound. They have the same stats, but the Mortar Team are weak against MGs, and the M8 Greyhound are weak agains the Pak 40.
  
• The special unit Atlantic Wall isn't a common defence structure, so bombers have no bonuses against it.
  
• Only Oberkommando has access to air transports, the Arado Ar 232 "Millipede" (turns 12-50).
  
• The Third Reich isn't allowed to wall Vichy in turn 1, that's an informal rule.
  
• All "Capital" units have +100 defence bonus against all kinds of stealth units.
  
• USA and UK should go Imperialist if they wants to fund USSR.
  
• Soviet "Capital" unit have huge defence bonuses against stealth, aircraft and cavalry.
  
• As USSR, the best way to defend yourself in early game is to use Soviet Winter Infantry and Advanced Pillbox wisely and in large scale.
  
• By the end of turn 38, USSR will have -4000 income from War Exhaustion.
  

Scritto da Augustus Caesar, 05.10.2019 at 12:14

Dude you're killing it! every new map I see from you is just getting better & better. keep up the good work mate!

Thanks! I would like to see you playing with the 2nd New Zealand Division

Really enjoy seeing your maps, keep up the good work bro!

Just noticed trystane almost has 123456 posts*

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You seem good mapmaker, why don't you try WW3 as your next project? You can make two WW3s: one only europe+, and second whole world.

Keep in mind atwar is small now, so map/scen shouldn't more than 10 players (15 if game is whole world). If you need help with WW3/Cold War history, message me and i'll give my best to help.

Scritto da Skanderbeg, 07.10.2019 at 18:10

You seem good mapmaker, why don't you try WW3 as your next project? You can make two WW3s: one only europe+, and second whole world.

Keep in mind atwar is small now, so map/scen shouldn't more than 10 players (15 if game is whole world). If you need help with WW3/Cold War history, message me and i'll give my best to help.

Thanks! Cold War is definitely on my list for future projects, events might be inspired on Twilight Struggle event cards, which is my favorite tabletop wargame.

Nerf egypt/buff ita
buff USSR economy and make a normal capital

Scritto da Alois, 09.10.2019 at 13:54

I have to reupload the background image to fix that. Can do that only on friday night.

Here's a poll, closes at 1:00 p.m. EST on October 19, 2019.

In WW2, it is well known that the east front was hard to traverse, and that the Germans and Soviets both struggled to transport materials across the front line. The Soviets were especially bad at this. Therefore, in order to balance the game and in order to keep the game in accordance with reality, I think Estus should remove the Soviet transports. Who's with me? Vote:

https://www.strawpoll.me/18807891

The results are in. The transports must be removed, in accordance with the will of the People.

Italy now has an air attack unit.

Radar Array added.

New unit.

Small map, i like better the alternate WWII series.

Scritto da I_Hate_You_All, 25.11.2019 at 22:10

Small map, i like better the alternate WWII series.

That's your own map...

Great European theatre map for those who want to play a "WW2 version" of Aetius' The War To End All Wars.

Thank you all for the 100+ plays!

I hope to see more feedback from all players now in 2020.

Special thanks to E.J.R, for helping me with some of the editor issues. AIois, for supporting the map and promoting it in the name of all Supporters. Yurop1, for beign hooked on the scenario since the beginning. Garde, for all the positivity. sirivann and m0s. for the really good feedbacks. GG (つ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)つ

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About the latest changes, now Kingdom of Italy have a new heavy naval unit, the Vittorio Veneto battleship, which is available until turn 4 only.



Edit: now with Blitz buffed, Balkans got nerfed and must pay more for a less efficient naval transport unit.

A new huge update on the scenario will be done when it reaches 200 plays, stay tuned!

> 200th plays changelog (commemorative update): (marked changes aren't done yet)

Third Reich:
Vichy France critical chance increased from 7 to 15.
17th SS Panzergrenadiers critical chance increased from 7 to 9.
German Troop Carrier HP increased from 8 to 9.
Darnand's Militia event in France.

Oberkommando:
Finnish Army defence decreased from 40 to 30, critical chance increased from 10 to 16, HP increased from 14 to 16.

Ostfront:
6th Army critical chance increased from 7 to 14, HP increased from 10 to 12.
Panther received +3 critical chance.

Balkans:
Bulgarian Troop Carrier cost reduced from 280 to 250.

USSR:
War exhaustion events from turn 28 to 38.
Worker's Militia event in Sverdlovsk.
Stalingrad special unit defence reduced from 60 to 50 and HP reduced from 14 to 12.
Yugoslav Partisans events in Balkans are now from USSR.

USA:
Anglo-American Occupation event in Morocco.

Kingdom of Italy:
Middle Eastern nationalist units buffed.

General units:
MGs images updated.
Military Railway buffed.
Five rare units added.
Bunker cost reduced from 680 to 620.
Bunker Complex cost reduced from 980 to 920.

Border changes:
Andalusia (Spain) turned into a no-go zone.
Lakes Peipus and Pskov added.
Darker no-go zones.
Petsamo added.

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