AARland Choice AwAARds 2013 - Q1/2

[Saithis]

Apologies to everyone for this long delayed ACA ceremony! The AAR mod team has been fairly busy recently and we know this ended up being delayed, so apologies to all on behalf of everyone. We'll be running the first two quarters together this year due to the delay. In this round, all AARs updated starting on January 1st, 2013 and before July 1st, 2013 are eligible. We're keeping the simple voting from the most recent ACAs so all you need to do is to vote for your favourites. You can vote for up to 4 AARs in the following categories - Crusader Kings 1/2; Victoria 1/2; World at War; EU 1/2/3 and that you can only vote once in the other categories.

Voting will close on 1 August, 2013.

1. There will be NO voting via PM. Any PM votes will be disregarded.
2. The Open category at the bottom of the page is for any game that does not have its own category. So no Vicky, HoI, EU or CK AARs here. The open category is NOT for interactive AARs, those go in whatever their related category should be.
3. Voting for yourself is not permitted.
4. Must have been started BEFORE July 1st, 2013.
5. Must have updated at least once between January 1st, 2013 and July 1st, 2013.
6. The winners will be the top four AARs from each category.

The categories will be:

Crusader Kings I, II - 4 votes
Europa Universalis I, II, III - 4 votes
Hearts of Iron I, II, III - 4 votes
Victoria I, II - 4 votes
AGEOD - 1 vote
Open - 1 vote

If you break a rule, you will be given a friendly reminder. If your vote has not been updated to reflect these rules by August 1st the offending votes will be disregarded but the rest of your ballot will still be counted.

Happy voting, good luck, and please promote these awards in your AARs and signatures.


Sample ballot:

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Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

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4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

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2.
3.
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1.

 

[Gen. Marshall]

Good to see this once more

On to the voting!


Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Avindian's The rise of the Hohenzollerns
2. DensleyBlair's There's nowt as queer as Norfolk...
3. Marshall18's The Marshall18 Family Story
4. Avindian's The AARlander Edition 8 is out!


Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Avindian's The Hohenzollerns megacampaign part 2: For God and the family
2. Fyregecko's InTveresting Times: An AfTver Action Report
3.
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Avindian's Tukhachevsky's Army and the Politburo
2. enigmamcmxc‎'s The German Reich and the Second World War
3. Uriah's Doppelgänger: the Untold Story of the Third Reich
4. Saithis' Last Man and Shilling

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. theAhawk's A Federation of "Equals"
2. Tanzhang's United We Shall Remain
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Belgiumruler's Cold, Bitter War Will Come (MOTE)

 

[LordTempest]

About effing time you lazy mods!

Favourite CK AARs:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite EU AARs:

1. The Shadow of God: An Ottoman AAR by Jape.

Favourite Victoria AARs

1. The Republic: A Central American AAR by MondoPotato
2.
3.
4.

Will add more later (and unlike others, I actually mean that when I say it. )

 

[LordTempest]

4. Avindian's The AARlander Edition 8 is out!

What the hell Gen. M? That's not an AAR!

 

[Gen. Marshall]

What the hell Gen. M? That's not an AAR!

I liked it, though

 

[Seelmeister]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Lord Durham - The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok - In the Shadow of the Great Old Ones
2. Werewhale - We Can Not Sow - An Icelandic Old Gods AAR

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Magritte2 - A History of the World According to Paradox, Part 2
2. Merrick Chance' - Lords of France: Roads to the Enlightenment
3. Mr Capitalist - Bastions: Tales of the Anglo-Prussians
4. Willart - From FlandAARs to LothAARingia

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Rensslaer - Serenity
2. Tanzhang - United We Shall Remain
3. Diegoami - Born to colonize - a straightforward Portugal AAR
4. Avindian - The Advantages of Backwardness

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Pigbin - AEIOU - An Austrian AAR

This last category was very hard to choose, I could have nominated a handful from March of the Eagles alone.

 

[DensleyBlair]

ACA time already? It'd completely passed me by...

In any case, onwards with the voting. I'm glad to say that I'm more informed for this vote, so can actually have a crack at each category. I vote thusly, and in no particular order:

Favourite CK AARs

1. Athalcor's March of Austria
2. Revan86's Day of the Doves - The History of the von Danzig Family
3. hjarg's De Hautevilles - Can Anyone Stop the Norman Invasion?
4. tnick0225's The Return of the Welfs

Favourite EU AARs

1. aniuby's The Ned's NederlanAAR: From Holland to Hindustan
2. Dovahkiing's A Saga Without Heroes Part 2: Norge Ekspandert
3. m3d's SavoyAAR Reality-show
4. drSandworm's How do you like them Naples? A Neapolitan AAR

Favourite Victoria AARs

1. Tanzhang (譚張)'s United We Shall Remain: A New Netherlands AAR
2. MondoPotato's The Republic - A Central American AAR
3. diegoami's Born to colonize - a straightforward Portugal AAR
4. TristamShandy's AmericAAR: Land of the Free

Favourite World at War AARs

1. GenMarshall's To Reach the Wolga...
2. Saithis's Last Man and Shilling - Semper Fi HPP AustraliAAR
3. BarrosRodrigues' King Zog is back! Albanian World conquest AAR
4. homy_dog34's How to Be Mediocre at Hearts of Iron III

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above

1. Avindian's The ulcer erupts! -- a Spanish AAR

 

[Fiftypence]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok: In the Shadow of the Great Old Ones by Lord Durham
2. We Can Not Sow - An Icelandic Old Gods AAR by Werewhale
3. The Recluse and the Meta by Jestor
4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. SavoyAAR Reality-Show by m3d
2. Lok'tar ogar - A Timurid AAR by Emeny
3. Out of the stagnation - Ottomans in the 1648 scenario by Nein
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Republic - A Central American AAR by MondoPotato
2. Serenity - A V2 v1.3 Isolationist Japan AAR by Rensslaer
3. A History of Haiti Through the Eyes of a Horse by InvisibleSandwi
4. Gunboat Diplomacy: A UK Tutorial HOD AAR (3.02) by Avindian

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1.

 

[MondoPotato]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. We Can Not Sow - An Icelandic Old Gods AAR
2. The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok - In the Shadow of the Great Old Ones
3. We Have the Best Yurts, A Cuman AAR
4. De Hautevilles - Can Anyone Stop the Norman Invasion?

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Shadow of God: An Ottoman History
2. Lords of France: Roads to the Enlightenment
3. Knights of St. John
4. A History of the World According to Paradox, Part 2

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. 1936 Romania AAR - A Case Study: King Carol II
2. From the Shadows: A BICE Columbia AAR
3. African Unification - African Superpower AAR
4. Last Man and Shilling - Semper Fi HPP AustraliAAR

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Spanish revival- A HOD AAR
2. United We Shall Remain: A New Netherlands AAR for Victoria II Heart of Darkness 3.02
3. AmericAAR: Land of the Free
4. The United Kingdom of America- an Alternate History AAR

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1. Manufacturing Italy: A PoN GC (... sort of)

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Between A Rock and a Hard Place (Rome)

 

[Zynnw]

Good luck to all the authors!

Favourite Victoria I/II AARs

1. Tanzhang (譚張)'s United We Shall Remain: A New Netherlands AAR
2. MondoPotato's The Republic - A Central American AAR
3.
4.

 

[InvisibleSandwi]

Only voting for EU3 and V2 AARs, since those are the games I follow. And I should probably follow more AARs, but whatever.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs

1. Yes We TarasCAN! by Gruekiller
2. SavoyAAR Reality-show by m3d
3. The Shadow of God: An Ottoman History by Jape

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs

1. The Republic - A Central American AAR by MondoPotato
2. United We Shall Remain by Tanzhang (譚張)

 

[Avindian]

Favorite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. We Cannot Sow by Werewhale
2. De Hautevilles by hjarg
3. Anscard d'Ivrea by Mithfir
4. Release the Kraken by JimthePocket

Favorite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. A History of the World According to Paradox, Pt. 2 by magritte
2. The Tyranny of the Turks by buddharebellion
3. InTveresting Times by Fryegecko
4. Nostalgia Freaks by InvisibleSandwi

Favorite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Döppelganger: the Untold Story of the Third Reich by Uriah
2. Hitler's Final Stand by Ikareses
3. Romania: A Case Study by RikD
4. To Reach the Wolga by Gen. Marshall

Favorite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Republic of Central America by Mondo Potato
2. United We Shall Remain by Tanzhang
3. The Spanish Revival by spiller68
4. Serenity by Rennslaer

Favorite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Diving Right In by Seelemeister (MOTE)

 

[loki100]

Sample ballot:

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Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

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2.
3.
4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Fyregecko - InTveresting Times
2.
3.
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Director - A Special Providence
2.
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Lofman - Between a Rock and a Hard Place

re the AGEOD AARs. I'd suggest it shouldn't be a category any more. The main forums wrt AGEOD have long been shut on the PI forums and most of the active AARs have migrated to the AGEOD forums since those who wrote them were told the AGEOD sub-forum would be closed at some stage. My suspicion is there will be few or any votes (but thanks for the vote for 'Manufacturing Italy' which continues in another place) in that area now.

 

[Saithis]

I liked it, though

You can like it but it's still a wasted vote.

 

[Mithfir]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Idhrendur The Empire Strikes Back - a Byzantine Megacampaign (Part 1)
2. Jarren The Komnenian Restoration: A Legacy of Rome ARR
3. Saithis Valour of the North Star - Chronicles of the Hvide Clan
4. Werewhale We Can Not Sow - An Icelandic Old Gods AAR

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. aniuby The Ned's NederlandAAR : From Holland to Hindustan
2. Avindian The Hohenzollerns megacampaign part 2: For God and the family (Bavaria DW 5.2)
3. Fyregecko InTveresting Times: An AfTver Action Report
4. magritte A History of the World According to Paradox: A Hands-Off AAR, Part Two

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Ilaruum All Alone: A Lithuanian AAR
2. Nicegil Panzer, MaaAARsch ! An (almost) historical AAR
3. Uriah Doppelgänger: the Untold Story of the Third Reich
4.

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1.

Sorry that I'm leaving blanks for the time being. I didn't read enough on the other games and Hearts of Iron to make clear choices. That may change this summer, we'll see...

 

[^_AC_^]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs

1 De Hautevilles- Can Anyone Stop the Norman Invasion?, by hjarg

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD)

1 An Oriental Struggle - The Ottoman Empire in the Great War, by Jushu
2 Vive L'Empereur: The Third French Empire - a National France Kaiserreich AAR, by Antonine
3 The Alien Invasion - 1945, by Migthy‎
3 'AARchtung panzer!' II (WiF2), by Lucifer


Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs

1 Subcontinental Subtleties: An experimental comic AAR, by Selzro

 

[Davout]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. In the footsteps of Charlemagne by DensleyBlair
2. Theres's nowt as queer as Norfolk by DensleyBlair
3. The rise of the Hohenzollerns by Avindian
4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Hiohenzollerns Part 2 by Avindian
2. The Lords of France by Merrick Chance'
3.
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Tukhachevsky's Army & the Politburo by Avindian
2. Doppelganger by Uriah
3. Escaping Death's Grasp by JustThatGuy
4. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by Nathan Madien

(And very honourable mentions to "Toreach the Wolga" by Gen Marshall, "General Yamashita's War" by Viking_Manstein, "Defeat or Victory" by Zorro and "Our Own War" by FinnishFury)

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Gunboat Diplomacy by Avindian
2. Empire of Liberty by Fiftypence
3. Advantages of Backwardness by Avindian
4. Serenity by Rensslaer

(I am still getting to grips with The Federation of Equals and United We Stand)

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1. Absolute Domination by Voffvoffhunden

(And honourable mention to "AEIOU" by Pigbin)

I will add in links later as my internet connection at the moment is crap.

 

[Nein]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. The Shadow of God
2.
3.
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. An Oriental Struggle
2. Blitz Carnage
3. An Emir's Guide to World Domination
4. Vive L'Empereur

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1.

 

[Rastrigin]

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Blitz Carnage by CptEasy
2. Hitler's Most Brilliant General - A Götterdämmerung AAR by Darui
3. 1v1 UK vs SU – Vanilla Hearts of Iron 3: Sandbox by Numa
4. Hitler's Final Stand by Ikarases

 

[Belgiumruler]

Favourite CK 1/2 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Werewhale's We Can Not Sow
2. Marshall18's The Marshall18 Family Story
3.
4.

Favourite EU 1/2/3 AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. ATBking's the HeAARt Of Germany
2. ATBKing's Divine Wind Pushes From The East
3. ATBKing's A Game Of Destiny, Is It Fate or Coincidence?
4.

Favourite World at War AARs (HoI 1, 2, and 3 as well as DH and AoD) (up to 4, please include links)

1. Ikarases's Hitler's Final stand
2. superjames1992'ss Russia at war
3. RikD's A Case Study: King Carol II
4. Gen. Marshall's to Reach The Wolga...

Favourite Victoria 1/2/ AARs (up to 4, please include links)

1. Spiller68's The Spanish revival
2.Avindian's Gunboat Diplomacy
3.
4.

Favourite AGEOD AAR (only 1 nomination)

1.

Favourite AAR from a game not listed above (Rome, Mount and Blade, Sengoku, March of the Eagles - only 1 nomination)

1.Pigbin's AEIOU