Definition of a mirror game?

[Mike Abberton]

Using a scenario, a mirror game is pretty straight forward. You play Axis in one game and Allied in the other.

In a QB, it gets a little more complex mostly because of the map. Usually, as the others said, the exact same settings are used for the games, but the sides are switched. Usually both sides are free to pick thier forces within the confines of the settings. So it is unlikely that the exact Axis forces will be the same, but the players had the same choices when they made their picks.

For the map, you have two choices, a random map or a custom pre-made map. Randoms maps would be made with the same settings but would not be identical, so it could still influence play quite a bit. A pre-made map is probably a little more in the spirit of mirror matching since it would be the same for both sides.

Mike