markkur's inkwell
Fan of the Week 11/20/16 & 8/27/17
I do apologize if I was not exactly helpful to readers interested in my experiments, during my time of entering and exploring AARland.
I do have an explanation though, even if it is not a great one. I honestly came into this place by the back-door and early on I was completely ignorant in making the most of this forum. Anyway, as the old adage runs...Better late than never.
The only reason I am doing this now is because I want to explain the pathway and progress covering my attempts failures and successes.
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My first Hoi3TFH AAR was a complete folly but it did prove a good learning step if not much else. My biggest mistakes were not knowing how to get Turkey away from the Axis to give me a chance at picking a side & the direction of the narration etc. The next miscue was not knowing our the HoI3 script needs to be considered and correct actions taken. The last mistake and just as bad as the other two was my decision to play this first AAR-game in custom-mode; I took nasty penalties and that did not help me to my goal.
“Hidden Talons - The Secretary-General” - A Turkish AAR [Halted]
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My first completed AAR was playing Japan. It was suggested I pursue a story and that made my start less than optimal but in the end I really enjoyed how this game and story unfolded. I had a "house-rule" that I had to have a garrison division in place before I could pull fighting-units off newly captured ports and continue to advance. Here I began to better learn and work both screens and story-telling.
Note: If a player has never played Japan. this tale should offer some ideas and insights for the player to enhance his/her own game.
Early Rising Sun
[Completed]
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This next one was all about playing as an Axis minor and trying to hold the right-flank of Barbarossa. I was very much enjoying the challenge and the battles were heating-up; so much so...
my hard-drive fried.
[Lost the Save]
AAR "Greater Romania" - 22 July 41
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“UK Motorway” a Blitzkrieg-Scenario AAR
My most enjoyable game, while navigating a 1939 Scenario-start as the UK.
[Completed] Note: This AAR has a lot of game mechanics and strategies for newcomers to learn and also some crazy ideas to mix it up.
Weekly AAR Showcase 2 April 2017
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● “U-boats for Uruguay” a short TFH farce
Wanted some zany "
Tres Hombres" spy fun and had it. Folks here made this stuff...therapeutic-fun.
What I liked best about this yarn, is I did not know what would happen next
.[Completed]
AARland Choice Awards Q3 2017 1st in "Other-category"
AARland Choice Awards Q4 2017 1st in "Other-category"
{From Specialist290, Dec 25, 2017 In recognition of your work in completing an AAR with an intriguing premise and which I have found quite amusing and delightful, it is my pleasure to award you one of my signature Red Special Cookies ●.} Thank you again @Specialist290
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"LIttle Britain" My only venture into CK2 and the Vikings quickly ended me and my saga.
[Plundered]
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“Bitter Fruit” a TFH-AAR No plans and it reads like it. I went from mad to some type of sense...no idea where this SwanSong is headed
.[Onward through the fog of war!]