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[aldriq]

Ghost of AARs Past

Europe is our dancefloor - let's waltz
A dual Austria/Hungary EU3/NA game played alternately from 1453 to 1821

The Shortest Road to Damascus
A EU3/IN interactive caliphate-building game played with Syria from 1425 to 1715
Writer of the Week 15/03/2009
Weekly AAR Showcase 4/08/2009
AARland Choice Award Favourite EU Gameplay 2009/R3
2009 EUIII Silver OscAAR for Best Completed AAR

No Iron, One Lion, Maybe Zion
A V2 1.1 empire well under the sun, played with Ethiopia from 1836 to 1936
Weekly AAR Showcase 10/10/2010
Writer of the Week 2/01/2011
AARland Choice Award Favourite V2 Gameplay 2010/R3

Fan of the Week 12/06/2009 & 14/09/2009




Ghost of AARs Present

Mamma Mia! The AAR
Weekly AAR Showcase 14/07/2010
AARland Choice Award Favourite EU Comedy 2010/R2



Ghost of AARs Yet to Come

To be revealed... in due course... in the fullness of time...

[Tom Campbell]

A French AAR

[SirCliveWolfe]

Sirs,

I here submit a list of my writings for your perusal and enjoyment. I think I have something of a reputation for being unable to complete an AAR, but I will do this soon... I hope Please click on the images or title to go to the relevant AAR, thank you.

Yours,

Sir Clive Wolfe

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My Current AAR;

Young Lions: A British History



This is my latest AAR... it follows the history of the British Empire and world during the Vicky era.

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Dreams of Albion

Ah... my haphazard, on again, off again magnificent octopus, one day it will be completed... I hope

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Henry V, a ShakespeAARe

A mishmash of Shakespearean original dialogue, with my own writing, something that I will be returning to... in a slightly different form, currently on hiatus to concentrate on Young Lions.

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

A pet project of mine, currently on hiatus to concentrate on Young Lions.

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Dreams of Dixie

This is also currently on hiatus to concentrate on Young Lions as I lacked the knowledge of what the CSA would do in the post civil war world.

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Dreams of the Phoenix

This was an attempt at a move away from my usual 'History book' style to more dialogue, it was a dead end... but that may change one day.

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kaiserlich und königlich... by Archduke Charles of Austria

This was an attempt at a HOI2 WWI AAR, using the great 1914 mod, however I needed more information on the Austro-Hungarian armies, this is something that I am still looking for (feel free to PM me with links if you have any) a project that I may well return to with a new HOI3 MOD in the making.

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"We shall never surender" An History of Britain from 1926 to 1956

This was an attempt at a 'game play' AAR, but my computer, with the save file was stolen...

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Res Publica: Senatus Populusque Romanus

An alt-history history book AAR (another one ) which failed due to my HD blowing up.. an interesting idea that may come again

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The Empire of Liberty, Trade and Civilisation

My first ever AAR... and doesn't the writing (and modding) show it, it was very nearly completed... maybe one day

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First UK Co-operative AAR!

This is not by me, but I was a major contributor, it seems to have died now and actually took longer to progress the game than if we had played each day in 'real time'

[Tommy4ever]

Tommy4ever's AAR History:

Defenders of Freedom and Democracy - A Democratic German AAR

In this HoI2 AAR a Democratic Germany brings back the Kaiser after a Civil war against the Nazis and allies with Britain against an enlarged Communist Block consisting of: USSR, France, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Belgium and Italy. The Anglo-German alliance later fight Japan and Rommel crosses the Himalayas with Panzers. This alliance then breaks up during a Cold War in the mid-40s when Britian sides with the US. The AAR then ends shortly after the finaly showdown between Germany and the Anglo-Americans begins.

Views: 114,000

This won Weekly AAR Showcase

status: abandoned due to extreme slowdown of game. The game was updates nearly everyday for 6 months and is 60 pages long so there's plenty to read

The Greatest of Endeavours Demand The Greatest of Sacrifices - A British AAR

In HoI2 again. The British Empire stands alone against an enlarged Axis consisting of Germany, France, Italy, Hungary and Turkey. There is also a Sino-Japanese alliance (at war with the Soviets since 1936) to contend with at a later date and of course the Americans and Russians if Britain is to secure world peace under British rule. Its going to be a long ride ...

Views: 25,000

status: Abandoned due to time restraints

Through Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Gold - The Story of The House of D'Albon

I've now completed this AAR and loved every update . Starts out with the usual rags to riches story as the D'Albons quickly advance from petty Counts, to powerful Kings and then glorius Emperors. The Empire then gets divided with the AAR following the D'Albons in the Holy Land. D'Albon Jerusalem expands and becomes the Roman Empire. Last few decades of AAR see world dominance ensured. Featuring Schisms, Crusades, fratricide and all sorts of Medieval fun.

Views: 20,000

This won me WritAAR if the Week

This won me Lord Strange Cookie of British Excellence: ●

status: COMPLETED!

Austriae est imperare orbi universo - a Habsburg AAR

I'm really enjoying this - even more so than my CK one. Follows the Habsburg dynasty rather than Austria and shall feature major wars, Austrian colonialism, dynastic rivalry and religious chaos - and this is just Part One!

Part Two meanwhile follows the Age of Revolutions. It features numerous Revolutions in the Americas but much more importantly the French Revolution. The French Revolutionary Wars lead to the rise of Napoleon which in turn escalates the conflicts in Europe as the Continent remains ablaze until the French Empire finally falls once and for all in 1815. Meanwhile after this the Age of Revolutions grinds on but at a much slower rate - Part Two ends with the ascension of an Emperor who means to turn Austria into a democracy.

After a century of wealth, oppulence, social change and Empire Austria hurtles into the disasterous Great War. Following defeat in the war (1912-1915) Austria enters a Civil War and the Habsburg dynasty collapses.

Views: 82,000

Part One (1399-1785) has been completed

Part Two (1785-1837) has been completed

Part Three (1837-1908) has been completed

Part Four (1908-1918) has been completed

This won me Lord Strange Cookie of British Excellence: ●

status: Completed!

Our Ambition Shall Never Falter – a House of Graziano AAR (Part 1)

Another CK AAR this follows a House descended form Norman knights that was founded in the Holy Land, starting out as rulers of Acre in a hostile world. That very House shall go on to rule all Palestine, the Holy Roman Empire and later Egypt.

Views: 5,000

This won me WritAAR of the Week

status: abandoned

Dios, Patria, Rey - A Carlist Spain AAR

Amongst the earliest Victoria II AARs this, as the title would suggest, follows Spain under the reign of the Carlists during the 19th Century. Colonialism, industry and ambition come together as Spain retakes her position amongst the powers of the world.

Views: 55,000

Awards:

WritAAR of the Week 11/09/10

Weekly AAR Showcase 26/09/10

Character Writer of the Week 10/10/10

status: Completed!

Let the ruling classes tremble – an Interactive Revolutionary AAR

A departure in style for me as I look to revive the interactive AAR genre. This tale begins in the Rhineland in 1850. After two years of hard fighting the people of the Rhineland have thrown off the yoke of their Prussian masters and have stepped out into a brave new world. The region is ruled by the People's Party - a hodgepodge coalition of Anarchists, Socialists, Communists and Trade Unionists. You, the reader, have the power to use your vote to influence the future of our glorius revolution, you, the reader, have the responsibility to point the revolution towards either paradise of disaster.

This has turned into quite the phenomenon. The most popular AAR in the V2 forum and the most read thing I've ever made.

Views: 293,000

Status: abandoned due to forum ban


This is no peace - A Post-War German AAR

My first attempt at a Darkest Hour AAR didn't last long before it was abandoned. Focusing on Germany after defeat in WWI I attempted to make a deeply political AAR about the Weimar Republic - got dropped due to time restraints after I returned to Uni from my Christmas holidays.

Views: 12,000

Status: abandoned

The Stuff of Kings - A House of Burgundy AAR

I revive the style of my beloved D'Albon AAR whilst making my Crusader Kings II debut. Playing as the House of Burgundy I emerge after a long power struggle between my dynasty and the ruling Capet dynasty as the Kings of France (although my first Monarch is a Queen!). Proving that the Burgundians really are - The Stuff of Kings.

Views: 2,000

Status: active

TOTAL VIEWS FOR ALL MY AARs: 608,000

[rule_them_all]

The world is not enough...
WE WANT THE DOLLAHZ!

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Well, be ready to grab the riches, and lots of it. The Betting Sun is the first and most popular betting game in the AARland.
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what? you think it isn't epic enough? think again.

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[Mr. Capiatlist]

The ink well of Mr. Capiatlist

Current Work:



Baltikja is set in an alternate history where Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, leads his people out of England and into the Baltic Sea. There his people fight, conquer and eventually marry into native Baltic tribes. This leaves a unique culture in its wake and a line of very ambitious Kings from the humble Meinekinus to the pompous Karnak, from the master tactician Sviendorog to the master diplomat Gunvald. Will Prussia find a permanent place on the European stage or is simply an understudy only to appear briefly? Only time will tell.

Book One: Homelands: A story of a people settling a new home
Book Two: Bastions: A story of a people drawing the line
Book Three: Oceans: A story of a people finding new worlds
Book Four: Ironworks: A story of a people emerging free


Finished Work:
Flower of the Lilly - Albret > France in MEIOU
- Of all my older works, this is my favourite.

-==The Mega Campaign==-
Byzantium between 1066 and 2240
CK | EUII | Vicky | HoI | GCII
- Old and poorly written, not really worth the read, but it is why I am the God of the Mega Campaign.

Awards
Favorite Gameplay AAR, CK - 2009 Q1
Shared with:
The tale of CanAARias by kadvael56
He's the Prince of the Pronsk A YeAARly Chronicle by It's Amazing

Weekly Showcase - June 26th, 2009
Awarded by: General_BT of Rome AARisen - a Byzantine AAR

Best Character Writer of the Week - June 28th, 2009
Awarded by: Valhalla's Call of The Bagratunis - a GeorgiAAR

Lord Strange Cookie of British Awesomeness ● - October 21st, 2009
Awarded by: Lord Strange

WritAAR of the Week - November 8th, 2009
Awarded by: KaiserMuffin of A light in the DAARkness, a KaisAARreich (Sovjet) RussiAAR

Best Character Writer of the Week - January 24th, 2010
Awarded by: Rebaltion of Unto Caesar: An Austrian AAR

Favorite Narrative AAR, CK - 2009 Q4

Favorite Narrative AAR, CK - 2010 Q2

Favorite Narrative AAR, CK - 2010 Q3
Shared with:
Britannia - A Saga of Albion by Vesimir
Rome AARisen - a Byzantine AAR by General_BT
The Machiavellian Adventures of Princess Eleanor by frogbeastegg

Favorite Narrative AAR, CK - 2010 Q4

WritAAR of the Week - May 1st, 2011
Awarded by: Issac Wolfe of I, Rodrigo: The Annals of the Orient

CrusadAAR's Chalice - 2010

Favorite Narrative AAR, EU - 2011 Q2
Shared with:
Novum Romanum Imperium by Avindian
The Sleeper by Iain Wilson

Best Character Writer of the Week - June 24th, 2012
Awarded by: Apelstav of The Curse of Brothers - The history of Alfonso the Wise and his descendants

Best Character Writer of the Week - September 16th, 2012

Third Place - 2012 EU AARland Choice Awards, Q3
Shared with:
Pine, Bamboo and Plum: A Song AAR by bananafishtoday

Biography:
Name: Nicholas Kendall
Age: 23
Nationality: American
Profession: Project Engineer for ESI Group - North America. I design cars.

[theoracle]

Hi, I'm using this opportunity to advertise my AARs. I'm a happy owner of HoI2 ARM *Unfortunaly on steam so I don't get a pretty pic under my sig* and I'll buy AoD as soon as it comes out. Hearts of Iron 2 is one of the few games that I never really stopped playing and I wanted my first AAR to showcase my home country the Netherlands, because there can never be enough Dutch AARs.


Je Maintendrais. An a-historical Dutch AAR



Je Maintendrais is imprinted on the royal Dutch Shield. It's French for "I will persevere" and that is exactly what I plan to do. For too long have the Dutch sit by and permitted themselves to be used as a playball for the other European Countries. No more! With the kidnapping by Belgium soldiers of the Kaiser in 1925, the Dutch have grown more resistant to the influence of the Allied countries and in the 1930s increased cooperation with the Germans. But as European tensions rise, is the Netherlands ready for the change it will bring?

I will use mods to improve the historical content of the game, for the Netherlands is certainely not a neglected country in HOI2 but could be a lot better. It's also important to me to keep some kind of historical plausibility.

Although invading Belgium in 1936 is fun, historically the backlash would be the end of the little nation. But, I will say, an invasion of Belgium is definetely in the works. Because what's a Dutch AAR without the invasion of Belgium? Blasphemy, that's what it is! I'm a big fan of keeping AARs neat and organised and I will do my best to make the layout of the AAR easy on the eyes. There will also be plenty of pictures.

[German Grifter]

The Foundation of true Communism
A story of an Anarchist France, the struggle of a few men to bring true freedom to the people and a flying black flag.





Is it possible to bring real freedom to our society? Find out in my first AAR...

[Iwo Jima]

SAMURAI PATIENCE

Welcome!

[TrojanAC]

TrojanAC's AARs

Current: Hohenzollern Dominance - An Ansbach Diplomatic AAR

Finished: Navarra - A short story

[tuore]

AARs by me, famous Tuore:

Europa Universalis III:

The Sun Rises in the East - IN AAR with Japan *dead due to accidental savegame removal*

The Creek Coast - IN AAR with Creek

Audacity of Pope - A IN World Conquest AAR with Papal State

The Orange Colony A HT³ AAR as Holland/Netherlands *Dead*

The Legacy of Lancasters A HT³ AAR as England, includes pretty pictures.

The Epic of Ethiopia A MMP2 AAR with Ethiopia. With pretty pictures.

Sweet Home Alabama - Another Creek AAR, but in HT³.

They're Not Gonna Get Us - A Ryukyu AAR in HT³, to see if Ryukyu really is the hardest nation in the game. Getting annexed in 1417, I have to say that it is.

They're Not Gonna Get Us Again! - Another Ryukyu AAR, after I learned a new thing on religion changing.


Hearts of Iron 3

Wehrmacht, Strategy and Europe or How I Learned To Love Large Invasions - HoI3 AAR with Germany.

Fort Survivor - HoI3 AAR with Belgium *DEAD*

Blue and White - HoI 3 AAR with Finland.

Quite a lot of them.

[L Lawliet]

O hai! This is my inkwell. Pretty fancy, eh?
Anyways, here's a list of my works. Surprisingly short.

An extremely Assam AAR (EU3)


And a pretty pic

I've nothing against Manipur personally, but they just found themselves on the wrong side of the borders of Assam ingame initially

That's it for now, and remember to floss (and comment too!).

[Farquharson]

Yes, it's official. I no longer have space in my signature to list my AARs, even reducing each link to a single word. So here is my inkwell.

Currently writing a CK AAR: The Hidden Cross - a tale of the Bryennios Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire

Completed CK AARs in Chronological Order:
A Comedy of Árpáds - Duchy of Slovakia
The Sons of Balthazar - des Baux, County of Venaissin
Folk Tales from Far Away - County of Angus
Blood and Gold: a Catalan Tale - County of Empuries
P is for Passau - County of Passau
Annals of the Arnungane - Giske, County of Trøndelag
The Stuff of Kings - a Hohenstaufen History - County of St Gallen

Completed EU2 AARs in Chronological Order:
Brand New and Playing Brandenburg
Carthage Reborn: the First Tunisian AAR
The Origami Empire - Nippon
The Wind in the Heather - Scotland
There'll Always be an Angevin - Provence
The Other Big White Blob - Mombasa
The Sun King and the Solar System: a Cassini-Huygens AAR - France
My Big Fat Gujarat
P is for Portugal
The Foundling - a Story set in 15th Century Meissen
Meet Meck, He's a Minotaur - Mecklenburg

EU3 AAR:
Zaporozhie: the Product of a Sich Mind

[Vishaing]

But anyways, Here is my Inkwell. I will probably only ever have this AAR, it takes me like five years to play one game.

Currently, I have one AAR; an EU3 IN MMP2.15 HB AAR. Hows that for Fun with Acronyms?
A Tale of Two Germanies

Sadly, I have no fun pictures yet. Though I'm working on it...

[Arya V.]

Arya V.'s Inkwell

Hey guys, and welcome to my Inkwell. I'm a student in High School, started playing Hoi2 first in 2007 and branched off to different games; I never really started AARs untill 2008, where I noticed that writing AARs could in fact improve my writing, which I like to do very much, while playing my favorite type of games. I like writing, reading, playing drums, violin and piano, playing chess, and I used to program; I was working on a game called "SimNation", a simulation of population happiness and the general politics of the world, but unfourtuanately it is now discountinued. Glad to be a part of AARLand, and hopefully you guys like my AARs.

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An Empire Reborn - A Modern Iranian AAR

First AAR and completely abandoned, trying to create the Persian Empire in the Modern Day Era using the MDS mod. Just putting it here for the record but it was really my first AAR so it largely used as a staging ground for my later AARs. All the pictures have in fact been deleted, so by now it should be a very boring read.

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Last Stand: Rommel and His Afrika Korps, 1943

Second AAR and abandoned... for now. Trying to potray Rommel's Tunisia Counterattack narrated by myself. Personally, I thought this was a good idea, but because Hoi3 isn't looking too good now, and because I lost my notebook with all my writing of it in it, I just decided to move on. I intend on finding that notebook however, so maybe one day this can come back on the scene

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Austria Under Fire: A History of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine

1836-1914

Suprise, surprise, another abandoned AAR. My third AAR on the Austrian Empire in Victoria. I consider this my first real AAR; all other ones were just tests, really. Still trying to find a style I really like, so there's a lot of switching from narrative to history book, etc. Very aggressive gameplay, so expect to see a whole lot of wars.

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[Kamelot]

A short while ago I was playing an HTTT-game with France when a series of events happened that were in such a perfect coordination with each other that I began thinking up a story behind it all. It takes place during 1570 and 1650 and involves all your favorite elements: France, catholics, huguenots, foreign interventions and court intrigues. And it is possible that the Cathars might have a role in this all.

Enjoy!

[enkhuush]

[CENTER]
My AARs

Returning Home, A Golden Horde AAR - Completed.

AAR about Golden Horde Mongols returning to their homeland Mongolian steppes. Before returning to their native land they have to take down BBB of Europe to show them who is the boss.

[naggy]

I guess my old Ink Well page died.

I prefer to try challenges with my AARs - do something unique.

In Nomine:
Provence - The Rightful Kings of France - The Valois-Anjou branch takes their rightful place as Kings of France. Completed with the formation of France.

The Grand BazAAR - An IN Castillian AAR - an attempt to make Andalucia the only CoT on Earth - winner of a Lord Strange Cookie of British Greatness. ● Abandoned in 1590 with value of 10282.14 (8075.99 going to me)

Tidbit: Andalucia was on track to have 1 trillion inhabitants by 1821.

Heir to the Throne:
Late to the Dance - A Prussian AAR (IN | HTTT)- Unify Germany starting as Friedrich III. The HTTT version keeps having savegame corruption issues.

The Bar Exam - an HTTT experiment - Attempting to survive and thrive as the Duchy of Bar. Completed with the formation of France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Monopoly - a Hansa AAR - A gameplay AAR focused on the new Merchant Republic mechanics in Heir to the Throne. Completed with the formation of Germany and general domination.

EU3 Combat Tutorial - A gameplay tutorial showing how to fully dominate France as England in the HYW.

Victoria 2:
Sick Man of Europe - An Ottoman AAR

A History of the People of Canada - a POPulist AAR

[Rebaltion]

Unto Caesar is a CK narrative AAR following the fortunes of the von Babenberg dynasty as they struggle to hold together the Holy Roman Empire. If you enjoy crazy people and hilarious theological arguments that end with beheadings, then this may be the AAR for you!

Awards:
Character Writer of the Week 1/18/10. Awarded by Iain Wilson. Awarded for Duke Leopold II, the Butcher.

[Zitanier]

My AARs

EU3:
Kurlandish Kolektion:

Kurland Kulture Konquest - An AAR with Kurland, the true Prussian nation. Abandoned.
Kurland is Bak - A second and more sukkesful version of Kurland Kulture Konquest with HttT. Completed.

Reunite Yugoslavia - An AAR with the RN mod. My purpose is to reunite Yugoslavia. Unlike the Kurlandish AARs this is a serious AAR. Abandoned.


I want to become Byzantium when I grow up - An Morean AAR. My goal is to survive the Ottomans and to restore the Byzantine Empire. Abandoned.


Cleves - A peaceful nation[/COLOR]
An Cleves AAR. My goal is to be peaceful and humanist. Abandoned.

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