congrats Director
congrats Director
Congrats Director!
Read my Cuzco MEIOU AAR Children of the Sun! (ongoing)
AARland Choice AwAARd: EU Gameplay Q1 & Q2 2011, Weekly AAR Showcase 17-10-2010, ●
Follow Gentlemen in Germany - a Brunswick AAR! (ongoing)
Participating in 1001 Sultans - A Jalayirids Succession AAR (ongoing)
WritAAR of the Week 24-5-2011, Fan of the Week 3-12-2009 & 15-1-2012
Speed - A Castille (mini-?)AAR (finished)
Took part in the HT Succession Game (finished)
Congratulations. Well-deserved for both creating new characters and writing convincingly for real historical figures.
Exile in the East - a Helleno-Varangian CK AAR (Part 28 posted 03 January 2012)
AARland Choice AwAARds - CK historybook winner Q3 & Q4 2011
Showcased 09-Sep-2011, Character writer of the week 28-Mar-2011
Fan of the Week 07-Feb-2011 & 03-Jul-2011
Oh, my. The old man is at a loss for words. Quick, call Storey else he'll never believe it!
Thank you. I am honored not only to be chosen but to be chosen by someone whose work I both like and admire. (I may break my own rule - Comments Equal Payment - but I do still get around some). This has happened twice lately, here and with a Weekly Showcase from Alfredian a little while back. There were a lot of great writers in the old days... and there are a lot of great writers in these new days, too - I point you to BigBadBob and Alfredian as two of many good examples.
The characters in Special Providence were intended to be more than just action figures; the heroes are somewhat tarnished and the villains are admirable as well as detestable (and somewhat frightful, I hope). The real challenge has been in trying to write the historical personages; an alternate history would hardly produce the same people as our timeline, but without recognizable characters to use as reference points the casual reader could rapidly lose interest. Who really wants a handsome Lincoln, a cowardly Theodore Roosevelt, a tyrannical Edward VII? They have their place... but not all together in the same place, if you take my meaning. So the decision to stick fairly closely to 'our' historical personalities is deliberate.
I have had my little pleasures - slightly changing the names of the famous and rescuing a few from early death, giving new careers to others and so on. But in the main I have tried to limit myself to reading extensively, studying the game events carefully, working out the plot points well in advance and - last but not least - trying to be no more than a typist when the characters are speaking in my ear.
Lastly, I'd like to thank my loyal readers. Rather like the voyage of the 'Minnow' this 'three hour tour' has become something rather more... extended. Bless you for your patience and your continuing support (and Comments!).
The next update to Special Providence will cover the pivotal - crucial - American presidential election of 1900. It is no exaggeration to say the fate of the free world hangs in the balance.And after that - the deluge.
Thank you all again - I am deeply moved and very appreciative.
"That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error." - Jerry Pournelle
Seven AARs and a picture, too: Director's Inkwell
A Special Providence - An Ongoing Vic/Rev AAR of the Knights Temporal in the Victorian Era, A Tale of The Axe and the Killing Frost
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Support Your Favorite Authors! How? Look Here!
Congratulations Director! Your writing characters continue to amaze.
Awards
My AARs:
The Good One - Rome AARisen, a Byzantine AAR (Third map epilogue, 5-02-2012!)
Table of Contents
The Funny One (In Theory): Vikan Vojislavljevic is a Fool (Dead)
The HOI2 One (Dead): Two Alexanders: Greece in the Age of Conflict (HOI2-Doomsday)
The Teenage Girl One: Dear Diary, by Helene Palialogos (NEW UPDATE 06-10-10!)
Congrats old manI didn't know it was your time yet
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Once Upon A Time.... The Slow AAR - on Hiatus ---- *First Resistance* The HoI AAR - progressing slowly - updated in october 10!
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
Well deserved congrats, Director!
Werewolf Stats
My AAR overview in The Ink Well (updated again 3/12/2009)
FORUM RULES
AARland Rules #1 | AARland Rules #2
Vote in the new AARland Choice AwAARds
Fan o. t. Week 24/7/08-31/7/08 | 25/7/10-1/8/10
When I use this color I am speaking as a Moderator.
Congrats, Director! You have a fantastic AAR!
God's protection is better than the strongest armor or the tallest tower.
Fan of the Week: 4/25/10 Was a recipient of one of King_Richard_XI's birthday cookies: ●
Nationality: American (Dixie), Religion: Southern Baptist, Ideology: Reactionary, Issues: Jingoism
billy bob's opinion of Mississippi
My first AAR: Etruria: Forging an Empire (a disaster, but completed)
My second AAR: Confessions to a Boatman: An Ottoman AAR (dead)
Congratulations! You always create memorable characters - and characters who act consistently with their own characteristics. You set the bar high for Best Character Writer of the Week recipients.
Hollow Little Reign - A brief Crusader Kings tale about family ties in Byzantium.
Well, I missed the Sunday deadline and can only plead that it has been a long and somewhat crazy week.
Ladies and gentlemen - and authors, who cannot by definition be gentlemen - I pass the baton to the creator of those lovable scamps Felix and Ian - trekaddict.
Go read this!
"That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error." - Jerry Pournelle
Seven AARs and a picture, too: Director's Inkwell
A Special Providence - An Ongoing Vic/Rev AAR of the Knights Temporal in the Victorian Era, A Tale of The Axe and the Killing Frost
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Support Your Favorite Authors! How? Look Here!
*blushes heavily*
Thank you all, fellow Authors and assorted Human sub-types.
"That's right, Adolf. The British are coming." - The Eleventh Doctor
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." - Carl Schurz
Against all Odds: The British Empire in World War Two (ongoing) Last updated 07/05/13 Index - Index 2 - Index 3 - Knowledgebase -
Inkwell Entry - Now with added obscure Doctor Who references - Visit the Dictionary!
Possibly the world's most British German as awarded by El Pip here.
Congrats, trekaddict!
Read my Cuzco MEIOU AAR Children of the Sun! (ongoing)
AARland Choice AwAARd: EU Gameplay Q1 & Q2 2011, Weekly AAR Showcase 17-10-2010, ●
Follow Gentlemen in Germany - a Brunswick AAR! (ongoing)
Participating in 1001 Sultans - A Jalayirids Succession AAR (ongoing)
WritAAR of the Week 24-5-2011, Fan of the Week 3-12-2009 & 15-1-2012
Speed - A Castille (mini-?)AAR (finished)
Took part in the HT Succession Game (finished)
Congratulations, ye most English of Germans. An award well won.
“Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line they prepared for the worst.”
-British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
1 Student
Nationality: Anglo Canadian
Religion: Atheist
Ideology: Social Democratic
Issues: Pro Military
Militancy: 0 (+0)
Consciousness: 9 (+1.63)
Congratulations and felicitations.
Bishamon - a Magna Mundi AAR
- Writer of the Week 17/11/2011 -
Paris isn't worth a mass! The Rise of a Huguenot France
Won EUIII History Book ACA - Q3 , Q4 2008 and Q1, Q2 2009
AARwarded a Lord Strange Cookie of British Awesomeness ●
Glorified October 2008 - Writer of the Week 6/11 2008 -Weekly AAR Showcase 4/3 2009
- Best Character Writer of the Week 24/4 2009 - Fan of the Week 7/7 2009 -
l'Inkwell
Congrats, trekaddict!
Werewolf Stats
My AAR overview in The Ink Well (updated again 3/12/2009)
FORUM RULES
AARland Rules #1 | AARland Rules #2
Vote in the new AARland Choice AwAARds
Fan o. t. Week 24/7/08-31/7/08 | 25/7/10-1/8/10
When I use this color I am speaking as a Moderator.
Congrats!
God's protection is better than the strongest armor or the tallest tower.
Fan of the Week: 4/25/10 Was a recipient of one of King_Richard_XI's birthday cookies: ●
Nationality: American (Dixie), Religion: Southern Baptist, Ideology: Reactionary, Issues: Jingoism
billy bob's opinion of Mississippi
My first AAR: Etruria: Forging an Empire (a disaster, but completed)
My second AAR: Confessions to a Boatman: An Ottoman AAR (dead)
congrats trekaddict ... exceptionally well deserved for such a rich set of characters (& their very plausible interactions)
Thank you all again.
"That's right, Adolf. The British are coming." - The Eleventh Doctor
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." - Carl Schurz
Against all Odds: The British Empire in World War Two (ongoing) Last updated 07/05/13 Index - Index 2 - Index 3 - Knowledgebase -
Inkwell Entry - Now with added obscure Doctor Who references - Visit the Dictionary!
Possibly the world's most British German as awarded by El Pip here.
Nice choice. Congratulations trekaddict
EUIII AAR: The lilies of France
Awarded Best Character Writer of the Week 25. Feb 2007
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 22. April 2007
HoI2 AAR: Enig og tro til Dovre faller – A Norwegian AAR
Awarded WritAAR of the Week 25. Sept 2005
Awarded Weekly AAR Showcase 25. Jan 2006
Awarded Fan of the Week 26. March 2006, 7. October 2007 and 10. November 2008
Boer War AAR: Joe’s War- a Boer War AAR
Now, thank you all again.
The honour to select someone else falls to me now.
There's loads of indescribably well thought-out AARs out there, in a dozen games.
However, my all-time favourite and eternal source of inspiration is and has been for a long time Draco's "For King and Country" where he totally revamped Britain and inspired me to do my own version of it. His characterization of George VI, Malcom Drake and dozens of others earns him this award again.
Lately my favourite in it was the long sequence of Royal Marine Combat and his ability to make me bond with the characters....
Red it NOW!.
Last edited by trekaddict; 08-11-2011 at 09:33.
"That's right, Adolf. The British are coming." - The Eleventh Doctor
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." - Carl Schurz
Against all Odds: The British Empire in World War Two (ongoing) Last updated 07/05/13 Index - Index 2 - Index 3 - Knowledgebase -
Inkwell Entry - Now with added obscure Doctor Who references - Visit the Dictionary!
Possibly the world's most British German as awarded by El Pip here.
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