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Wow, thank you @Dunaden for nominating me! This community continues to blow me away by being both talented and welcoming. I am still trying to make my way through the backlog of great AARs here—if you have an active CK3 play through, I'll be commenting when I'm all caught up.
There are too many great writers to thank individually, and even more I haven't discovered yet. Still, I have to mention @JabberJock14 and Before Plantagenet, which inspired me to try my hand at a narrative AAR (even though I have no illusions about matching its quality). And thanks to @coz1, @Nikolai, the mods, and many others for organizing awards and curating threads on classic AARs and writing advice.
If I understand the rules correctly, I'll be back on Sunday to pass along the award. I mostly read CK3 because that's what I'm playing, but perhaps now is a good time to branch out to some other forums!
There are too many great writers to thank individually, and even more I haven't discovered yet. Still, I have to mention @JabberJock14 and Before Plantagenet, which inspired me to try my hand at a narrative AAR (even though I have no illusions about matching its quality). And thanks to @coz1, @Nikolai, the mods, and many others for organizing awards and curating threads on classic AARs and writing advice.
If I understand the rules correctly, I'll be back on Sunday to pass along the award. I mostly read CK3 because that's what I'm playing, but perhaps now is a good time to branch out to some other forums!
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For this week’s award, we turn to a promising new AAR for CK2: Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury by @Superstorm. The tale focuses on the Pomeranian Gryfita dynasty and their desperate bid to save Slavic paganism from encroaching Catholics. The author paints a complex picture of the protagonist, Swietopelk III, using anecdotes, speculation by the narrator, and quotations from in-story primary sources. What’s more, the history-book style clearly describes Swietopelk’s actions but purposefully leaves his motives ambiguous—is he a true-believer in the old ways, or an opportunist out to save his own skin? It’s well done, and I highly recommend catching up on it if you haven’t already!
Congratulations, @Superstorm!
Congratulations, @Superstorm!
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Oh my! Thank you so much @bsmithers333. The community as you say has been very welcoming. I was nervous to begin posting and writing for general viewing, but it has been a very fun activity and experiment and I am so glad that many have enjoyed my writing style. I know there are and have been many great AARs that I need to catch up on, including looking to CK3 some more.
A shoutout to all the mods, my readers, both those who comment and those who read. I just broke 1k views on the page and that is a crazy number to think about. I do hope that you stick with me all throughout this journey. And a special shoutout to @TheButterflyComposer, whose Empire of Albion I read so many years ago light a spark of an AAR and I am so glad I am able to finally get to it.
As per the rules, I will elect a new winner on Sunday. All the more reason to get caught up on my AARs. Thank you again so much to everyone, may you all have wonderful days.
A shoutout to all the mods, my readers, both those who comment and those who read. I just broke 1k views on the page and that is a crazy number to think about. I do hope that you stick with me all throughout this journey. And a special shoutout to @TheButterflyComposer, whose Empire of Albion I read so many years ago light a spark of an AAR and I am so glad I am able to finally get to it.
As per the rules, I will elect a new winner on Sunday. All the more reason to get caught up on my AARs. Thank you again so much to everyone, may you all have wonderful days.
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Thank you to everyone once more! The community has been welcoming and lovely and I look forward to continuing my work.
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Your poor taste in inspirational mentors not withstanding ( ), congratulations @Superstorm
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As my week comes to an end, it is time for me to name this week's winner.
I thus nominate @Eludio, the writer of To The Strongest - A Hellenistic Resurgence AAR. Specially for the portrayal of Aphrodisia.
With an interesting concept about Hellenistic Kingdom in the East, Aphrodisia lives to her namesake well and goes from a pretty face to a kingmaker. I do not wish to spoil too much and the AAR is progressing nicely, but I will certainly say it is worth reading if you have not already. She is described in good detail and through hardship and cunning, her views and actions are shaped. I know I look forward to reading more in the future!
I thus nominate @Eludio, the writer of To The Strongest - A Hellenistic Resurgence AAR. Specially for the portrayal of Aphrodisia.
With an interesting concept about Hellenistic Kingdom in the East, Aphrodisia lives to her namesake well and goes from a pretty face to a kingmaker. I do not wish to spoil too much and the AAR is progressing nicely, but I will certainly say it is worth reading if you have not already. She is described in good detail and through hardship and cunning, her views and actions are shaped. I know I look forward to reading more in the future!
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Congrats @Eludio ! I second this recommendation of the AAR, it is quite well done and handles the generational changes very well.
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