And now for the results!
Seeing as his was the first submitted, I used the order of Attalus' ballot paper when collating all of the results. Therefore, it's thanks to him that first we go to Victoria II. 12 ballots were cast for the game, which produced the following winners:
First place: Up the Euphrates and the Tigris, by Attalus – six votes
Second Place: Österreich Über Alles, by Nick Giordano – five votes
Third Place: Power to the People, by ThunderHawk3, et. al. – four votes
Joint fourth place: Dengang Jeg Drog Afsted, by AdmiralFisker; An Eagle Rising, by wzhang29; Tautos Jega Vienyjebe, by naxhi24 and The Southern Eagle, by Rovsea – three votes each
Next, we take a look at the results for Darkest Hour. Ten ballots gave us the following lineup:
Joint first place: The Crown Atomic, by cookfl and Vive L'Empereur, by Antonine – seven votes each
Second place: Loyal We Began, Loyal We Remain, by Tanzhang – four votes
Joint third place: One and Indivisible, by Teivel and Darkest Night, Glorious Dawn, by der Kriegsherr – three votes each
Fourth place: The War Is Not Lost, The War Will Never Be Lost, by Eric8344 – two votes
Now we can see what happened in Europa Universalis, whose 21 ballots (a record for this quarter) gave us the following results:
First place: The Longer-Lasting Lombards, by RedTemplar – ten votes
Joint second place: Freedom is a Noble Thing, by Tommy4Ever and The Decline and Fall of Roman Civilisation, by volksmarschall – seven votes each
Joint third place: Neapolitan Nightmare and Around the World, both by Michaelangelo – six votes each
Fourth place: Merchant Kings of Aragon, by Marcus Oliverio – four votes
In Crusader Kings II, twelve ballots gave us the most hotly-contested results of the quarter; 26 winners and a fourth place tie of redoubtable proportions:
First place: Consecrated Blood Waters My Fields, by Avindian – four votes
Joint second place: The Legacy of the Vogelius Dynasty, by Groogy; A Spanish Story, by ibicko; The Black Legend of Betotez, by TomosCaerllion and The Long-Lasting Lombards, by RedTemplar – three votes each
Joint third place: Real Roman Renaissance, by alscon; Lizard-Lion Dreams, by KolyFrog; The Italian Boot, by Saxon125; The Queen of Cities, by RossN and Bloodsnake and Battlewolf, by Revan86 – two votes each
Joint fourth place: everyone else nominated; namely: Sweet Arabian Nightmare, by Silfae; The Smasher of Beetles, by SgtSmuckers; All Hope Lies in Rome, by defensedefumer; Norgesveldet, by Nikolai; Wessex and the History of the British Isles, by Stuckenschmidt; The Sword, the Cross and the Harp, by B5Alpha; The French Struggle, by Italianajt; The Poraj Identity, by Fabiolundiese; 300 Years a Prince, by TheosZA; House Grafton of Gulltown, by yoshi 98; Rule, Rohannia!, by Fabiolundiese; The Karlinga Sagas, by Woody Man; Mortar and Blood, by Mr. Capiatlist; United States, by Narvait and Legacy of the Hun, by siempie78 – one vote each
The last of the Big Four, Hearts of Iron III was given the following results by seven ballot papers:
First place: A History of WWII, by Those Who Fought It, by Avindian – four votes
Joint second place: The Vanguard of the World's Destruction, by TehDarkMiner and Sebas379, and Panzer Carnage, by CptEasy – two votes each
Joint third place: everyone else nominated; namely: Revenge of the Dragon, by Yearzero; Per Ardua Ad Astra, by Icykurt; Bismarck's Spirit, by Kensia7; The New Roman Empire, by Hawke0; The Eagle and the Pentagon, by Gormytorysh; Hearts of Iron, by misterbean; Doppelgänger, by Uriah and The Soul of Spain, by Eurasia – one vote each
And finally, the mercurial Other category. Thanks to the three ballot papers submitted, this quarter is notable in that we can actually segregate the results – though, in proper primary school sports day fashion, everybody is a winner anyway. Here they are:
Joint first place: Publica Inferior, by inertiatic and Towards the Present We Go, by blklizard – two votes each
Joint second place: The Great European War, by blklizard; The Empire Strikes Back, by Idrendhur and The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition, by Nathan Madien - one vote each
In total, 29 ballot papers were submitted this time around, which isn't bad – though I'd like to imagine that we can still do better next quarter. My contrafibularities go to all of our (numerous) winners, and my commiserations are extended to all who missed out on this occasion. Of course, my most profound thanks go to both our 29 voters, without whom I'd be left looking terribly awkward at the end of every quarter, and to all of our authors – not just those nominated, but
all of you. Without
you, all of us would be much worse off.
In any case, it's been a very enjoyable award season. I'm now looking forward to seeing you all better it next time out.
See you then!
DensleyBlair
Vice-Tsar of AARland Awards