Introduction
Hello and welcome to my very first After Action Report or an AAR! After playing this game for several hundred hours despite only owning it for less than three months, I feel I have finally grasped the very basics, at least enough so that I can share my stories. This AAR will star the Macedonian dynasty (in-game Makedon) which historically ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, of course I intend on extending the last bit as long as possible.
Should I survive the whole ordeal to the end year of Crusader Kings II, this will be exported to Europa Universalis IV where the story will pick up where it left off. As such, the story will end when the dynasty ends.
Contents
Disclaimer
This is an interactive AAR with permission from Quorten. For the sake of role-playing, the viewers are the members of the Byzantine Senate and as such are there to give advisory counsels now and then. Once in a while (like in a difficult case), I will ask for advice and give a course of action. For a set amount of time, the senators are to debate and discuss then finally vote until the given deadline. Of course this is a time period where the authority of the senate was only nominal and as such, I the Emperor can ignore it if I wish. This doesn't mean that I won't take things seriously from the viewers, but just to make it clear that as a first-time writer of an AAR, I do not have the ability to make a fully-interactive AAR without it going out of control. So that's that, and if one is not able to stick by this simple rule (that being I am Emperor), expect to be immediately reported to the moderators after a single warning.
Also, do note that this will be a image heavy (in-game screenshots) AAR and as such you may encounter issues especially for those on limited data cap with mobile devices. Another thing, since I am using a free account with Photobucket, there is a bandwidth limit and as such you will come across times where you will be unable to view any images. There is very little I can do about this, and as such, all you can do is wait until the fifteenth of each month for the bandwidth limit to reset.
Hello and welcome to my very first After Action Report or an AAR! After playing this game for several hundred hours despite only owning it for less than three months, I feel I have finally grasped the very basics, at least enough so that I can share my stories. This AAR will star the Macedonian dynasty (in-game Makedon) which historically ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, of course I intend on extending the last bit as long as possible.
Should I survive the whole ordeal to the end year of Crusader Kings II, this will be exported to Europa Universalis IV where the story will pick up where it left off. As such, the story will end when the dynasty ends.
Rules
I am Emperor, thus above such things!
Goals
Although an AAR first, my intent is to get as much Steam Achievements as possible and as such this game will be in Ironman mode. In terms of what to get, here are the set goals:
Primary
- Persistant Survivor
- Legacy of Rome
- SPQR
Secondary
- Pentarch
Tertiary
- Protector of the Holy Places
- Saint Thomas' Dream
DEUS VULT!
I am Emperor, thus above such things!
Goals
Although an AAR first, my intent is to get as much Steam Achievements as possible and as such this game will be in Ironman mode. In terms of what to get, here are the set goals:
Primary
- Persistant Survivor
- Legacy of Rome
- SPQR
Secondary
- Pentarch
Tertiary
- Protector of the Holy Places
- Saint Thomas' Dream
DEUS VULT!
Contents
- Prologue: Genesis
- Chapter I: The Peasant Emperor -- Basil I
- Chapter II: The Beginning of an Ambition
- Chapter III: Moving Forward
- Chapter IV: Food for Thought
- Chapter V: Family and Fortune
- Chapter VI: Onwards
- Chapter VII: Once a Soldier, Always a Soldier
- Chapter VIII: A Certain Victory
- Chapter IX: The Calm Before the Storm
- Chapter X: The Reconquista
- Chapter XI: Island Hopping
- Chapter XII: Dontations, Gifts, Titles, and Skirmishes
- Chapter XIII: A Large Skirmish or a Small War?
- Chapter XIV: Road to Antioch
- Chapter XV: The Eye of the Storm
- Chapter XVI: Reconciliation and Redemption
- Chapter XVII: Cold Dish, Hot Action
- Chapter XVIII: Clash of the Titans
- Chapter XIX: The Memoir of Doux Pantoleon
- Chapter XX: Just a Bunch of Chores
- Chapter XXI: Blood for the Prince of Peace!
- Chapter XXII: Difficulties of Faith
- Chapter XXIII: Two Emperors
- Chapter XXIV: A Wedding and Three Funerals
- Chapter XXV: The Fate of Third Rome
- Chapter XXVI: Ephemeros -- Constantine VII
- Chapter XXVII: When Levi became Judah -- Stephen I
- Chapter XXVIII: Father's Dream
- Chapter XXIX: An After Action Report
- Chapter XXX: The Adventures of a Guard Captain
- Chapter XXXI: Profiting from Others
- Chapter XXXII: Laws of War
- Chapter XXXIII: Tales about the Mystical Realm
- Chapter XXXIV: A New Direction
- Chapter XXXV: Having Faith
Disclaimer
This is an interactive AAR with permission from Quorten. For the sake of role-playing, the viewers are the members of the Byzantine Senate and as such are there to give advisory counsels now and then. Once in a while (like in a difficult case), I will ask for advice and give a course of action. For a set amount of time, the senators are to debate and discuss then finally vote until the given deadline. Of course this is a time period where the authority of the senate was only nominal and as such, I the Emperor can ignore it if I wish. This doesn't mean that I won't take things seriously from the viewers, but just to make it clear that as a first-time writer of an AAR, I do not have the ability to make a fully-interactive AAR without it going out of control. So that's that, and if one is not able to stick by this simple rule (that being I am Emperor), expect to be immediately reported to the moderators after a single warning.
Also, do note that this will be a image heavy (in-game screenshots) AAR and as such you may encounter issues especially for those on limited data cap with mobile devices. Another thing, since I am using a free account with Photobucket, there is a bandwidth limit and as such you will come across times where you will be unable to view any images. There is very little I can do about this, and as such, all you can do is wait until the fifteenth of each month for the bandwidth limit to reset.
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