Your Ten Favorite Scenarios

Case · October 25, 2001, 19:18

This topic has come up on the Civfanatics scenario creation board, but I think it's worth a run here as well.

Basically, what are your ten favorite scenarios?

Here are mine:
1. WW2 in Europe - Harlan Thompson
2. Red Front - Captain Nemo
3. Second Front - Captain Nemo
4. Colonies III - John Ellis
5. Imperium Romanum - BeBro
6. Mongols V 3.0 - Harlan Thompson
7. Crises of the New World Order - Andrew Livings
8. Russian Civil War - Techumseh
9. The River War - Allard H.S.
10. The Cruel Sea - Yours Truely

(hey, I made it for my own enjoyment!)

Goingonit · October 25, 2001, 19:49

1 - Imperium Romanum by BeBro.
2 - Red Front by Nemo, although it was difficult to start
3 - Crises of the New World Order by Andrew Livings
4 - WW2 in Japan, by R.K.S Lee. Doubt anone has heard of it, it's an oldie but a goodie. Just a scenario; not a mod.
5 - 2194 Days of War, by Nemo. annoying if you're not Palying Germany, though. The German units are too good!
6 - The Cruel Sea, by Case
7 - Kull's Ancient Empires: End of he Bronze Age
8 - The Second Reich by Michael Jezenka
9 - Up the Deadly Boot by John Petroski
10 - The Odyssey, I forget who.

The one I really disagreed with on your list was Colonies III. It looked good, but I couldn't really get into it.

Mr. Oobir · October 25, 2001, 20:02

In no particular order:

1. Of Celts and Iberians by Jesús Balsinde
2. El Dorado by Jesús Balsinde
3. Gangster by Cam Hills
4. Dungeon: Heroes of Beckhorn by Blackclove
5. Up the Deadly Boot by John Petroski
6. Subwar by Bebro (I haven't played all of it, but it's great)
7. Underdark by Mr. Temba
8. I dunno, maybe Spartacus?

And, two of mine which are in development:
9. Resident Evil: Poison Files
10. Primary Circuit

(Not that either of the last two are close to being complete or anything...)

St Leo · October 25, 2001, 20:19

1. 1650 by Mark Ellis
2. Mexico 2.0 by Jesus Balsinde
3. Fall of the Western Roman Empire by Mark Laanen
4. Fictional Americas by Yours Truly
5. Orbis Terrae by Mercator (Jorrit Vermeiren)
6. Mongols 2.0 by Harlan Thompson
7. El Dorado by Jesus Balsinde
8. Alba de America by Jesus Balsinde
9. Vikings 3.1 by Harlan Thompson
10. Imperium Romanum by Bernd Brosing

The one I really disagreed with on your list was Colonies III. It looked good, but I couldn't really get into it.

It hurt my eyes. I don't really get the HiRes photorealistic crowd.

ravagon · October 25, 2001, 20:42

Yikes. Pretty much anything mentioned in all of the above posts with an exception or two that I just haven't found time to play yet.
Most of which have been aquired either directly or indirectly through Scen. League or this forum and its regulars.
Muchas Gracias Fellas.

Oh, and the Alien scen that came with CiC. I just can't get enough of those hodad bio-engineers.

Mercator · October 26, 2001, 08:35

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Originally posted by St Leo
5. Orbis Terrae by Mercator (Jorrit Vermeiren)

I knew you liked it... but you really, really like it, don´t you?

And as for my top ten:

1. Eldorado (Jesús Balsinde)
2. Mongols 3.1 (Harlan Thompson)
3. Mexico 2.0 (Jesús Balsinde)
4. Orbis Terrae (me)
5. X-Com (FW add-on)
...

Well, that´s all I can come up with. I´d love to love Harlan´s LOTR scenario, but I just can´t get into it.
I undoubtedly still have to try several scenarios such as Spartacus and Red Front. But I´m quite sure I´ll hate Red Front. Those massive scale and WW2 scenarios just don´t do it for me.

Oh yes, William Keenan´s Necrociv (ToT scenario) is a good candidate for my top 10 too. But I haven´t really played it yet.

Ceteram · October 26, 2001, 09:07

Greetz!
It's been a long time...
My favs are descending:

-Red Front by Nemo (Remember Sergeïs letter to Natasha...)

-Imperium Romanum by BeBro
-Kull's Ancient Empires: End of he Bronze Age
-Slash n'Burn by ? (I'd really like to know...)
-Cold War X by ?
-Lord of the Rings by ?
-Second Front by Nemo
-Jules Verne by ?
-Blitz by Nemo
-Scenario on Magyars by Jeszenka

Sorry for not remembering your names but I am at work...

SetuSinger · October 26, 2001, 09:55

1. Red Front by Alex Mor/Nemo
2. Raging Dragon by Case
3. 2194 Days of War by Alex Mor/Nemo
4. Spartakus by Alex Mor/Nemo
5. Russian Civil war by Alex Mor
6. Cruel Sea by Case
7. Invasion of Australia by Case
8. Subwars by BeBro
9. Crisis of the New world order by Andrew Livings
10. WW1 by John Petroski

Henrik · October 26, 2001, 11:22

(in no particular order)

Collonies II/III - John Ellis
Imperium Romanum - Bernd Brosing
Red Front - Captain Nemo
30 Years War (version 2!) - Jesús Muñoz Fernandez
Age of War (for PBEMs only) - Exile
Hellas - John Ellis
Brown Mans Burden (for MP) - Carl Fritz
Modern Age - Exile

Quote:

Originally posted by St Leo

The one I really disagreed with was Colonies III. It looked good, but I couldn't really get into it.

It hurt my eyes. I don't really get the HiRes photorealistic crowd.

Did you try version 3.1.2?

Mercator · October 26, 2001, 13:49

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Originally posted by Ceteram
-Slash n'Burn by ? (I'd really like to know...)

Dan Scheltema

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-Cold War X by ?

Jason Molthan

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-Lord of the Rings by ?

Harlan Thompson

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Jules Verne by ?

MicroProse, Mick Uhl to be more precise.

Most of ´em can be found at csc.apolyton.net

our_man · October 26, 2001, 18:59

1. Red Front (Nemo/Alex)
2. Imperium Romanium (Bernd Brosing)
3. War of Cuba (Jeus Balsinde)
4. The River War (Allard S. Hofelt)
5. Second Front (Nemo)
6. Age of Piracy (Shay Yates Roberts)
7. Mars Now! (Microprose)
8. Star Trek: Dominion War (Kobayashi)
9. Pitt's War (Gothmog)
10. Raging Dragon (Case)

It wasn't easy to come up with a top ten. I didn't realize how many excellent scenarios are out there until I tried to compile this list!

Cal · October 26, 2001, 23:25

Let's see...

1. Red Front- C'mon, everyone loves Red Front! The units, the strategies, the overwhelming sense of accomplishment you get when the tide finally turns and you start pushing the Germans BACK; it's a wonderful scenario.

2. Second Front- the unit management required and the innovation (air force and ground troops are seperate civs, motorized units need fuel, etc.) were very good points, running around liberating France was fun, not as much fun as running around, liberating the SU, but almost.

3. Imperium Romanum- I loved this scenario for two reasons:
a. I've always been fond of the "conquer the whole map when you start with one city" concept; b. it was actually POSSIBLE!

4. Spartacus- This scenario was... fun. Really, I can't think of a better justification, but I think it's one of the only scenario's that tells a story of a group of people and not history in general, I've yet to see actual CONVERSATIONS in another scenario.

5. Cruel Sea- Also one of the sheer "fun" ones. No land units, goal is achieved by sinking more Allied ships than they can sink of yours. I get a great feeling of accomplishment whenever I could find a bunch of unprotected frieghters and sink them.

6. River War- Another "run around, conquering the map" scenario. It was a little light in terms of difficulty and amount of care required (you only had to worry about losing the good units) but it was still fun.

7. Star Trek: Dominion War- A great scenario, requiring a lot of strategy, I don't rate this higher because of an overwhelming sense of "Argh, there's so much to do, where the hell do I start?!" one gets while playing it.

8. Raging Dragon- I'd like this scenario more... but for some reason I can never bring myself to actually finish a turn, I am a perfectionist, and I can't be sure how far to progress is too far, or how many casualties are too many.

But, I can tell this is a great scenario, and I'd probably love it if I could get myself to work at it.

9. Ansteig- A huge WWII scenario, I loved this one because I actually beat it, and succeeded in wiping all but the spanish and neutrals from the map.

Despite some bugs, it was fun.

10. Any Harlan Thompson Scenario- Yes, I think it's fair to group them all together.

Harlan Thompson scenarios are, by definition, impossible to win, but it's always fun to try, just for awhile.

Cam · October 27, 2001, 03:15

Mr. Oobir,

Your payment is in the mail!

BeBro · October 27, 2001, 05:46

In no particular order...

1 - "Of Celts and Iberians" - Jesús Balsinde
2 - "Red Front" - Captain Nemo
3 - "The River War" - Allard S. Hoefelt
4 - "Lord of the Rings" - Harlan Thompson
5 - "End of he Bronze Age" - Kull
6 - "Seize the crown!" - John Ellis
7 - "Vikings - Across the Ocean" Mathias Köster
8 - "Holy Roman Empire" - Jesús Munoz
9 - "Cruel Sea" - Case
10 - "Rome 280BC" - Rick Westera

Juggler · October 27, 2001, 07:26

1. Yougoslavie
2. Imperium Romanium
3. Exodus
4. Rise of Moscow
5. Turks
6. Spartacus
7. Alba de America
8. Byzantium - Fall and resurrection of an empire
9. Ethipoia
10. 30 years war

The list would also include Masis' Age of..... scenarios which are historically accurate, altogether well done (but in no particular order really).

The ANZAC · October 27, 2001, 11:52

Here is my list:

1. Red Front by Captain Nemo and Alex Morozov
2. Second Front by Captain Nemo
3. The Cruel Sea by Case
4. Second Reich by Michael Jezenka
5. Russian Civil War by Alex Morozov
6. Europe in Flames by Michael Jezenka
7. River War by Allard HS
8. Toussaint L'Overture (right name?) by Blacklove
9. Up the Deadly Boot by John Petroski (He's coming out with Boot II, much improved!)
10. Yougosavie by François Baire

There you go!

Mr. Oobir · October 27, 2001, 15:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Cam
Mr. Oobir,

Your payment is in the mail!

In American dollars, I hope?

Hobbes · October 27, 2001, 17:50

my top ten

1: Red Front
2. Second Reich
3. Hellas
4. Blitz
5. The Boer War
6. Age of Piracy
7. Spartacus
8. Colonies III
9. Second Front
10. End of the Bronze Age

Paul Hanson · October 27, 2001, 18:42

1. Crises of the New World Order - How come there aren`t more people that like this scenario? It`s brilliant! The challenge of creating your own perfect society while having to deal with outside influences is one that has never been done in Civ2 before. Plus, you can lead the EU to supreme domination over the globe!

2. Al-Andalus - This is good, honest fun. The map is wonderful, the unit graphics are all excellent, and the setting is great. Pure conquering. Excellent.

3. Mongols 3.1 - A brilliant challenge, perfectly executed. The possibilities are endless! Do you charge straight into China with your horsemen, or build up a substantial army and culture in India or the Middle East?

4. Star Trek Dominion War - I don`t like Star Trek as a rule, but kobayashi does excellent ST scenarios, no two ways about it. Dominion War is, I feel, his finest work to date. The graphics are top notch and the gameplay is well balanced. He has clearly put a lot of work in to making sure the challenge remains until the very end, and has created an excellent scenario in the process.

5. The New Germany - An open-ended, if slightly historically inaccurate WW2 scenario. But who cares? For once, we have a WW2 scenario that allows you to change history, rather than just be an innocent bystander in it.

6. Time of Thunder - A well-designed, fun scenario that doesn`t fuss about with tons of frilly extra events and such. Seeing how well you can do as the Dutch is without a doubt the best way to play this!

7. Liortage - A scenario that creates a fantasy in the vein of LotR, with characters and a powerful threat that can only be defeated by co-operation. Another fun total war scenario.

8. Seize the Crown - Fighting to become the undisputed King of England is a tough challenge, and an interesting one at that. A true re-creation of these troubled times, with good graphics to boot.

9. USA 2010 - An excellent futuristic scenario that provides a fun game and a good challenge. The Hi-Tech modpack has provided scenario designers with graphics and inspiration for years.

10. Justinian the Great - A little known scenario that deals with a period of history often ignored by designers; the beginnings of the Byzantine Empire. Can Justinian rebuild the Roman Empire, or will the Barbarian hordes destroy him? A good challenge.

klesh · October 27, 2001, 22:48

Imperium Romanum
2194DaysofWar
30 Years War
Ansteig
New Discover ***Unreleased
RedFront
WWII Expanded *** Unreleased
Gettysburg
The Blitz ***Unreleased
Kyokujitsu ***Unreleased
Second Front
Stalingrad ***Unreleased
The Struggle for Europe
2nd Reich

More than ten...sorry

-FMK.

{edit: added 2 more...}

Hobbes · October 28, 2001, 15:38

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Justinian the Great

dammit!! I forgot aboot this scenario! it rules!

Exile · October 28, 2001, 16:49

I appreciate your votes.

Exile

Henrik · October 29, 2001, 07:14

Well, those are good scens

Nice to see you back and posting Exile

The Age of War pbem is really going well.

kobayashi · October 29, 2001, 09:53

Kobayashi would like to thank Our_man, Cal and Paul Hanson for their votes.

BTW, this is probably the wrong place to ask but was my Star Wars-Insurrection really that terrible? I have given up making scenarios since not many people even wanted to try it.

Any way, here's my top 10 - not in any particular order

1. UnderDark - Mr Temba
2. Subwar - Bebro
3. Imperium Romanum - Bebro
4. Atlantis, the Lost Empire - Shamrock
5. Heroes of Beckhorn - Blackclove
6. Gangster - Cam Hills
7. Ice Realms - W Theodoro
8. Prince of Darkness - Techumseh
9. Star Trek Kappa Quadrant- Willemvanoranje
10. Birth of America- John Valdez

Guess I'm the only odd guy who doesn't play modern War scenarios (even though for some reason I made one???) so if I didn't vote for any of them it doesn't mean they are no good.

Cal · October 29, 2001, 10:22

No! Star Wars insurrection... well, to tell you the truth, I got the same feeling of "...where the hell do I begin and what can I do..." I got while playing Dominion, only moreso... It wasn't "bad" as in poorly made, but I just don't know where to begin when playing it.

Steve Clark · October 29, 2001, 15:08

In no particular order...

Kull's Seeds of Greatness (my favorite)
Capt Nemo's Civil War
American Revolutionary War by Microprose
World of Jules Verne by Microprose
Age of Discovery by ?

Henrik · October 29, 2001, 16:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Field Marshal Klesh

New Discover ***Unreleased
WWII Expanded *** Unreleased

Thanks

If anyone is interested:

WW2 Expanded=An expansion of the fun, yet simple ww2 scenario that came with the game that we all know and love

New Discover=Yet another expansion, this one of the Discovery age scenario that comes with the game. This one uses a gigamap and if I may says so has an excelent title.gif

Both of these where created as disctractions (and becouse I liked the original scenarios) while still working on my grand (but extremely time consuming) Renaisance europe-18th century scenario...

There, a little self promotion couldnt hurt

Cam · October 29, 2001, 20:01

kobayashi,

Your payment too is in the mail.

Mr. Oobir,

Quote:

In American dollars, I hope?

Aussie dollars, but one day they'll be worth a Yen each!

I'm surprised to see so many of the old (1998-ish) scenarios popping up!

Steve Clark - Verne - good call!

IceCascades · October 29, 2001, 20:52

I've no idea who made these, so I'll just put the names (in no particular order).

Global Apocalypse
Australian Civil War (there's two, but it's the humorous one...)
AltWW79
a futuristic american civil war one...no idea what it was called, but it rocked..

there was also a really good Yugoslavian one, but I lost all the downloaded scenarios I had in a hard drive reformat, and I've only recently started playing Civ again..

and I think Election 2000 and Battle of Australia could be headed for this list too..

our_man · October 30, 2001, 06:45

Kobayashi, I personally thought your SW: Insurrection scenario was probably the best Star Wars scenario I've ever played (not that there's a great deal of competition though). I played it through to the end with both the 2nd Imperium and Rebel Alliance, and found it to be a more enjoyable experience than ST: BAQ (which I didn't particularly like, though a lot of people did) or ZWK (which I thought was OK, the only problem with making WW2 scenarios is the benchmark of excellence that has been set by Nemo). I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'd find it hard to believe that your SW scenario didn't find an audience, considering it might make an interesting MP scenario as well...

So don't get too disenheartened by the lack of comments, and don't give up on making scenarios, I for one would like to see more!