Thank you very much Riccardo. To be honest I did not think this AAR would win anything since I started it solely to give me something to do while at work.
Now for a few things about myself, I am a security guard. I spend most of my days standing or sitting around doing nothing for eight to sixteen hours a day. We are no longer allowed to read at work so I instead turned to writing. At first I was writing my own personal fantasy novel, but following that I decided to do this AAR while I wait. Currently the novel is being looked over by TOR Books and I should be given word on it some time in October they said. Until then I need to keep myself busy.
I've written a few AARs before. Most of these were written based off of the Crusader Kings games. I enjoy it's play style and its open ended concept with different families. However, after last weeks winner I read his AAR as well as the other ones he had done. Among those was
The Roman Republic. It was this AAR that gave me the idea to try out my own hand at a similar concept. At first the AAR should have been of the Vae Vicitis expansion, but I was having trouble with it running and so it became an original EU: Rome AAR.
The concept of the AAR is a simple one. Each chapter is a different time of the Roman Republic. The game starts with the Pyrrhic War so that is where the first chapter begins. These chapters are then broken up by the Consuls who rule during that era. Sometimes it is a single Consul during the entire period of time and other times it is multiple Consuls. Even the Chapters are not always an entire War, such as the most recent one; Sicilia Front. Recently Carthage has declared war on Rome and this chapter follows the campaign to capture the island of Sicilia(Sicily). Every chapter ends with a coming election, even if a war or an event is over.
The second post in the AAR is a breakdown of three things currently. The very top is the Table of Contents where you can jump to any Chapter already written. These chapters also inform you from what year to what year these Chapters go over. The next section is the list of Roman Consuls by when they ruled. This section as well as the last will be updated with each chapter posted. Lastly, the final section is the Roman Conflicts. Here you can see each war that Rome has fought in, against who, and how long the war went on. These wars can very well change names over time as well. Such as with the most recent war. It originally was known as Appius' War as he was the instigator of it. However, following his death it became known as the Punic War. This could very well change as well should there be another great war with Carthage and it could be changed to the First Punic War or some such.
I would just like to say thank you again for naming this AAR the showcased AAR of the Week. I hope all of you enjoy it. Feel free to make any suggestions on anything that you think needs to be changed or added to my AAR. I look forward to any comments; even negative ones.