PREVIEW - The Struggle For Europe

[Marko]

Civ2 MGE scenario about WW2 in European Theatre



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The scenario allows you play as the leader of Axis, Allies, Soviet Union, France, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, Spain, Jugoslavia or Minor Nations (Switzerland, Portugal and Ireland during last half of the scenario). Also multiplayer versions are created. You can start from any point of war from May 1940 to May 1945.

In order to make managing the scenario (without sounds more than 18MB - scenario has 234 events, 65 rules and 13 units files) as easy as possible for player there is a .BAT file with system of menues which manages everything. There is no need to make any specific subfolders for different versions or backup files. Before starting the scenario or continuing saved game player needs only run Europe.bat file and the program set up right version.

There are 10 different dates which you can choose as starting time for the game:

May 1940 – "Battle for France"
July 1940 – "Battle for England"
June 1941 – "Operation Barbarossa"
November 1941 – "Battle of Moscow"
July 1942 – "Battle of Stalingrad I "
November 1942 – "Battle of Stalingrad II"
July 1943 – "Battle of Kursk"
June 1944 – "Operation Overlord"
December 1944 – "Battle of Bulge"
May 1945 – "The End of Axis"

There is created as realistic as possible war situation in Europe for each starting date in three versions: for playing as Axis (Soviet Union and United Kingdom are overstrenghted), as Allies or Soviets (Axis is overstrenghted) or as minor nation or multiplayer (relative strenghts of nations are more realistic). So there are 30 .SCN files in scenario.

There are 10 nations you can chose to play but only 7 are present in each starting point of course. Axis, England, Soviet Union, France, Spain, Jugoslavia and Neutrals are present at May 1940. July 1940 France is named to Vichy France. June 1941 Jugoslavia is replaced by Turkey. November 1942 Vichy France is replaced by Finland and May 1945 Axis is replaced by Sweden.
All nations are playable but for example playing as Jugoslavians is extremely hard.

The scenario has 3 difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard. They differ mostly by events, hard version has also its own rules and .SCN files.

Maybe only Xin Yu can win hard version.
The medium version is very hard but winnable.
Easy level is possible to win in first try by experienced Civ player (but it is not very easy also).

There are 5 rows of events:

Axis
Allies
Soviet
Multi 1 (for playing as minor nation or multiplayer when Axis is under human control)
Multi 2 (for multiplayer when Axis is under computer control)

Events files are changed 2 times per year from Summer 1940 to Spring 1948.


UNITS

GENERAL UNITS (all nations can have)

Homeguard
Airborne
Field Fortress
Fortification
General
AA Gun
Anti-Tank Gun
105mm Gun
Motorized
Light Tank
Destroyer
Cruiser
Battleship
Submarine
Transport
Fighter
Bomber
Nuclear Bomb


AXIS UNITS

Sturmtruppen
SS Troopers
Carro Veloce 35
L6-40
M14-41
P-40
SPG 75
SPG 90
Turan 40M-1
StuG III
Elephant
Hummel
Jagdpanther
Wirbelwind
Panzer 35(t)
Panzer 38(t)
Panzer I
Panzer II
Panzer III
Panzer IV
Panther
Tiger
Königstiger
E-100
Maus
Me-109
FW-190
Me-163
Me-262
He-162
Ju-87 Stuka
He-111
Ju-88
Ar-234
V1
V2
Wasserfall


ALLIED UNITS

Infantry
Allied infantry
Marines
Vickers Medium
Matilda I
Cruiser Mk I
Cruiser Mk V
Matilda II
M3 Stuart
Lee/Grant
M18 Hellcat
Sherman
Cromwell
Churchill
Comet
M26 Pershing
M40 GMC
P-40 Warhawk
Beaufighter
Hurricane
Spitfire
Mosquito
P-38
P-47
P-51 Mustang
Meteor
P-80
Lancaster
B-17
B-24
B-29


SOVIET UNITS

Red Infantry
NKVD Troopers
Cavalry
BT-7
T-26
T-28
T-35
T-40
T-34/76
T-34/85
KV-1
KV-2
KV-85
IS-1
IS-2
IS-3
Katyusha
ISU-122
SU-122
SU-100
I-16
La-5
Yak-9
IL-2
Pe-2


FRENCH UNITS

Renault D2
Hotchkiss H39
Char B1 bis
Somua S35


SWEDEN UNITS

Stridsvagn


Release has been delayed until now in technical reasons but the scenario will be out tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

[kIndal]

It looks very cool I really want to look the final result

But.....Where are unique Spanish units????????
How I will be able to conquer all Europe with Spanish if I haven´t legionnaries or civil guards???????????

[Shaka Naldur]

finally

well, hope I can play as Spain
at least I want to conquer Gibraltar

[Henrik]

I am flattered by the Swedish "Stridsvagn" I will try to conquer the world (or atleast Norway) as soon as download the scenario.
Btw:
Should I convert the released version of the scenario for mac?

[Marko]

The scenario has designed mainly for playing as Axis, Allies, Soviet Union and France. Other nations are not supported by specific units (with exception of Swedish Stridsvagn). Instead they are allowed to build German units in playability reasons (exception of Jugoslavia who can build Soviet units).
Smaller Nations have no limitations in this scenario: they can attack everybody and also can be attacked by everyone. They can develop and produce all sorts of advanced weapons including nuclear bomb. If you play as Spanish there is no reason why you can't get eventually as powerful as Axis or Soviet Union. It is not realistic but improves the gameplay much.
Only problem for minor nations is that they start out with underdeveloped army, small territory and low production and science rate. Also they live in constant threat of being invaded by bigger neighbours.
Negotiations are allowed only 2 times: Winter 1944/45 and Summer 1947. If you start war for example in 1941 then you can't make peace until 1944.

As was said above there are 10 starting times:

May 40 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, France, Jugoslavia, Minor Nations (all other states)
July 40 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Vichy France, Jugoslavia, Minor Nations
June 41 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Vichy France, Turkey, Minor Nations
November 41 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Vichy France, Turkey, Minor Nations
July 42 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Vichy France, Turkey, Minor Nations
November 42 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Minor Nations
July 43 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Minor Nations
June 44 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Minor Nations
December 44 - Allies, Soviets, Axis, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Minor Nations
May 45 - Allies, Soviets, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Minor Nations

If you want to play as Sweden you have to start from May 1945 (scenario lasts until the end of 1948). Then Europe is divided by victorious Allies and Soviet Union. Norway is under Allies and only realistic invasion target for Sweden is Finland.
Before 1945 Sweden is incorporated to Minor Nations. In 1940 these are Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland and Portugal.

[This message has been edited by Marko (edited April 03, 2001).]