Huzzah! I'm truly honoured!
CONGRATZ!!!! Well deserved!
Thanks for all the congratulations, lads.
And Densley, the poem you made was truly wonderful. I will cherish it forever.
Without further ado (not that there has been much ado, but 'tis early in the morning - in fact, it's afternoon, but I decided to be lazy today - and I'm not particularly inspired when my eyes are still half closed...) I shall continue the age-old tradition of showing to you the awesome canon of AARs I like. Mind you, I especially like to read light narratives, with plenty of gameplay shading through one way or another. I don't tend to follow single-player gameplay AARs, unless they are especially
ludicrous (HOI3 Albania by eqqman), or text-based AARs, unless they are very
well-written (EU4 Random Nations by Ashantai).
I'd like to point your attention to the EU4 AAR section. There are a lot of great AARs there already, and while there are too many to justify recommending
one outstanding AAR (EU4 Roman Republic by Tanzhang), I can say that some of the greatest writAARs out there are living up to their reputation. And I can say that the EU4 material is most certainly an improvement over the EU3 material. AARland is gradually growing up, it seems.
Talking about growing up, it amuses me how diverse the age span is in this place, and how that does not always say something about the quality of the AARs they write (it does say something about length, update frequency and survivability of AARs, though). Sure, my favourite
German (HOI3 Germany by Uriah) and
Australian (HOI3 Australia by Saithis) AARs in the HOI3 section are written by true AARland veterans, but the
first ever EU4 AAR (EU4 Portugal by Belgiumruler) is both great and written by someone whose voice is rather heliumish. And cute. Especially when he speaks Flemish.
Anyway, I haven't said anything about the CK2 and V2 sections yet, so I will. While I don't follow these sections as closely as I follow the HOI3 and EU4 ones, the ones that I do follow are at the very least noteworthy. My equal (in name, not in sheer awesomeness - ... no worries, I jest!) went
back in time (CK2 Castille by Marshall18) to fight the Spanish wars. If you like an AAR that does not show France seizing the world, this is it. And then in the V2 section, there's the Hawk brothers - not actual brothers - with their interactive AARs
Federation of "Equals" (V2 Danubian Federation by theAhawk) and
Edge of Europe (V2 Belgium by ThunderHawk3). Both are highly entertaining.
Furthermore, I consider that one must always read a brilliant Blackadder-inspired
Comedy AAR (EU4 Norfolk by DensleyBlair).