Simultaneous turns is pre-selected, but I think doing classical turns would be fun. The map is 5 players, 2v3: Tokugawa, Roosevelt, Churchill, Bismark, Stalin. Each civ starts with one or or two great general promoted units such as the Bismark, Yamamoto, Montgomery, and a Rommel tank. I used 2 bombers and 2 battleships for each, respectively, as they were more powerful in the original scenario than in warlords. For the most part, the balance transfers nicely. I have reproduced the starting locations of the original boardgame, for both units and territories. Some cities have economic/production value, some have value for the nearby resources, while others have strategic value (like Gibralter, Wake Island, the Panama and Suez canals, etc). Many pre-made earth scenarios are way too busy to be practical, but this one has a maneageable number of cities, with enough space between to allow for strategic maneuvring of modern weapons.

Neutral territories for the most part have simply been labeled as such on the map, rather than being represented by cities/civilizations/leaders. I have approximated the economic values of each territory by the size of the city, and the buildings present in the city, along with the resources and developments around them. Cities cannot be razed, as they represent territories on the boardgame, although they can be ravaged/pillaged, of course. I have made each territory to be represented by a city. I adapted one of the standard sized earth maps to a reproduction of this boardgame. The inherent balance and strategic options of this game made it a lot of fun. There are still many websites dedicated to this great strategy game, and even some simple online programs that allow online versions to be played. It was one of the most popular strategic boardgames that came out just as the strategic computer game era began to dawn. Many of you will recall the Hasbro boardgame Axis & Allies. Therefore I have attempted to create an arrangement of the boardgame for Civ IV Warlords. I also think that for game balance and fun, more units types & more cities is not necessarily better. I really like 1939 and the new Visa 3.0 mods, but some of the scenarios are just so busy that they are hardly playeable. I have been looking for some good WWII scenarios/mods.

Axis and allies mods