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Nikolai

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The ACAs are back, this time on track! It is hosted under the supervision of me, your friendly AAR fan Nikolai.

This time around you can vote for any AAR that had an update between July 1st, 2020 and September 30th, 2020 (inclusive). In other words, this ACA will cover Q3 2020.

Voting will start now and end in about five weeks, at 20.00 CEST Sunday November 1st.

You may nominate up to four AARs for each of the following games:

Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings III
Europa Universalis IV
Victoria II
Hearts of Iron III
Hearts of Iron IV
Stellaris


and up to four additional games in the "Other" category, which includes all other Paradox Development Studio games not mentioned above.

Note: Due to Imperator: Rome being next to dead right now with only five elegible AARs total this time around, it's being included in the Other category from now on. As per request by several postAARs last time, Hearts of Iron III is replacing I:R.

Kindly use the following format:

[Name of game/"other"]
1. AAR name, author, URL
2. AAR name, author, URL
3. AAR name, author, URL
4. AAR name, author, URL

If an URL has already been posted once, there is no need to put it up again.

The deadline for voting is 20.00 CEST Sunday November 1st.

With that said, it is now time for the voting to begin!

- Nikolai, host of the ACAs
 
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Great to see the ACA's back as a regular feature, @Nikolai! Plenty of excellent work this last quarter, and particularly pleasing to see the quality already on display in the CK3 forum. I think this may be my most complete ballot since… 2015?! Great stuff all round! :D


Crusader Kings II

1. Empire of the Bear by @GangsterSynod
2. Fires of New Olympus by @Doctor Baby
3. Give 'Em the Ol' Basel Razzle Dazzle by @Green Rice
4. Lady Macbeth II by @Fiftypence


Crusader Kings III

1. A Most Forgiving Land by @Cora Giantkiller
2. Heirs of the Pharaohs by @ChicagoZohan
3. The Saga of Dan by @Snap Wilson
4. Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer


Europa Universalis IV

1. Here Dwells God, Part Two by @Tommy4ever*
2. France – "Better than Napoleon" by @WolframS67
3. Vanguards of the Revolution by @AxolotlKnight
4. The Mad Princes of Denmark by @quicksabre


Victoria II

1. Vpred, Zachadie! by @Kienzle
2. Annuntio Vobis by @slothinator
3. Jihad on the Savannah by @mad orc
4. 1901 by @BigBadBob


Hearts of Iron IV

1. The Thorn of the Rose by @stnylan
2. A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
3. Rise of Eagles by @Henry v. Keiper
4.


Stellaris

1. Songs of the Saiiban by @Chilango2
2.
3.
4.


* In light of the fact I could have happily picked Here Dwells God in every available category, I decided out of fairness to other writers I'd nominate only my most favourite part: the EUIV section.
 
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Hearts of Iron III

1. Odin and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
2. A wehraboo and a hat in charge of Italy by @Farsky
3. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
4. Utsunimiya's War - HoI3(TFH) Japan AAR by @Eurasia

Crusader Kings II

1. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
2. Blut und Schlact (Blood and Battle) by @Bullfilter
3. The Book of the Brothers, AGOT AAR by @EtzelHoveri
4. A Narrative History of Byzantium, Book 1: Gloria Sine Fine by @HistoryDude


Crusader Kings III

1. Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer


Europa Universalis IV

1. Here Dwells God, Part Two by @Tommy4ever*
2. France – "Better than Napoleon" by @WolframS67
3. Vanguards of the Revolution by @AxolotlKnight
4. The Mad Princes of Denmark by @quicksabre


Victoria II

1. Echoes of a New Tomorrow by @DensleyBlair
2. Read All About It! - A Community NewspapAAR organized by @El Pip
3. Here Dwells God - A Jewish Poland AAR, Part Three by @Tommy4ever
4. Jihad on the Savannah by @mad orc


Hearts of Iron IV

1. The Thorn of the Rose by @stnylan
2. A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
3. Rise of Eagles by @Henry v. Keiper

Other

1. For King Haakon and the Fjords! by @El Pip
2. The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR by @El Pip
3. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) by @Bullfilter

I, for one, am glad about the resurgence of HoI3 into the regular flow of works. There are sufficient ones there that justify its inclusion (clearly to the detriment of I:R, but honestly, I trolled through a bit of that and was disappointed).
 
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Crusader Kings II

1. Before Plantagenet; by Jabberjock
2. Give 'Em the Ol' Basel Razzle-Dazzle; by Green Rice
3. Blut und Schlacht; by Bullfilter
4. Empire of the Bear; by GangsterSynod

Crusader Kings III

1. Gesta Filii Cunerici - The Deeds of the Sons of Cyneric
2. The LARP
3. Norgesveldet 2.0 – A history of the Norwegian kings
4. Again with the Norman Invasion. Story of de Hautevilles.

This section was very hard. I've read every CK3 AAR ever written. How was I to choose?

Europa Universalis IV

1. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR; by JerseyGiants88

Not many updates going on here right now. Not many I'm reading, anyway.

Victoria II

1. Echoes of a New Tomorrow: Life after the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain; DensleyBlair
2. Annuntio Vobis: A Papal History of Italy; by Slothinator
3. 1901: Essays on the End of the Victorian Era; by BigBadBob
4. Read All About It!; by AARland (featuring El Pip)

Honourable mentions to Jape's short-lived May the Sun Never Set. Please come back. Oh, and (just eeking in past deadline date), The Most Sublime Port by Riotkiller. There's many, many good reads going on in that forum at the moment. Such a joy to see.

Hearts of Iron III

1. Talking Turkey; by Bullfilter
2. Inevitable Defeat (for the last time); by El Pip
3. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne; by Wraith11B (Beelzebub has a demon set aside for you)
4. "A wehraboo and a hat in charge of Italy"; by Farsky

Whilst I understand Imperator getting removed, I'm not sure HOI3 is the right replacement? These are most of the AARs updated in the time period allowed.

Hearts of Iron IV

1. A Royal Prerogative; by Le Jones
2. Rise of Eagles - A Dream of White Russian Victory; by Henry v. Keiper
3. Make Italy Roman Again!; by defensedefumer
4. The Thorn of the Rose; by stnyland


Other (aka El Pip is now last-man standing in HOI2)

1. The Butterfly Effect (I nearly wrote Composer out of habito_O); by El Pip
2. For King Haakon and the Fjords!; by El Pip
3. Rule Kartago; by Nikolai
 
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Whilst I understand Imperator getting removed, I'm not sure HOI3 is the right replacement? These are most of the AARs updated in the time period allowed.

Other (aka El Pip is now last-man standing in HOI2)

1. The Butterfly Effect (I nearly wrote Composer out of habito_O); by El Pip
2. Inevitable Defeat (for the last time); by El Pip
3. For King Haakon and the Fjords!; by El Pip
4. Rule Kartago; by Nikolai

As much as I am enjoying have 3/4s of the most important category to myself, I do have to point out that Inevitable Defeat was a HOI3 AAR so you will have to move it across and kick out one of your existing choices. Because surely T&T deserve at least a vote after their swansong?
 
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As much as I am enjoying have 3/4s of the most important category to myself, I do have to point out that Inevitable Defeat was a HOI3 AAR so you will have to move it across and kick out one of your existing choices. Because surely T&T deserve at least a vote after their swansong?

Almost did the same thing with Thorn of the Rose. Thought it was Vicky 2 because stnylan, and because it really feels like a vick2 AAR.

It only makes the HOI3 tag a bit more suspect. Less than 10 updated in the last four months and one of those was a long runner that just ended. Mind you, HOI2 is now down to two, I think? Splitting the two up into seperare categories just means everyone actively working on one gets an award. Which...may or may not run counter to the spirit of things.
 
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It only makes the HOI3 tag a bit more suspect. Less than 10 updated in the last four months and one of those was a long runner that just ended. Mind you, HOI2 is now down to two, I think?
I only added it because of the large interest in adding it last time. If it ends up a problem, I'll remove it next time. :)
 
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I only added it because of the large interest in adding it last time. If it ends up a problem, I'll remove it next time. :)

All together now!

you put your HOI3 in, you take your HOI3 out:D

Good to see signs of a healthy turnout so far. I’ll do my community duty and put the word out in my AAR thread shortly.
 
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I only added it because of the large interest in adding it last time. If it ends up a problem, I'll remove it next time. :)

I don't necessarily have a problem, since all the remaining HOI3 stuff is good;) but on principle, we probably shouldn't have a system where it garuntees an award for existing.

But it depends on what everyone else thinks.
 
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But it depends on what everyone else thinks.

In the interests of leaving this thread mildly accessible for voting, we should probably postpone this discussion until the inevitable post-mortem thread in November.
 
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I don't necessarily have a problem, since all the remaining HOI3 stuff is good;) but on principle, we probably shouldn't have a system where it garuntees an award for existing.

But it depends on what everyone else thinks.
That is why I removed I:R actually, as only four AARs had been active in the quarter. Didn’t realize HOI3 only had ten, but that’s still under 50% chance, right? :rolleyes::p
 
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That is why I removed I:R actually, as only four AARs had been active in the quarter. Didn’t realize HOI3 only had ten, but that’s still under 50% chance, right? :rolleyes::p

12, but Inevitable Defeat just ended so 11. That is enough for some choice...just. More to the point, if it isn't in the other section, then only imperator and hoi2 are. And there's only 2 frequently updated in that range.
 
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Crusader Kings II:

1. French Lions: A Capetian France by @codie
2. People of the Forest by @Dunaden
3. Blut und Schlacht by @Bullfilter
4. Road of Queens by @Eurasia

I am only voting on ck2 since that is the only aar's that I am currently following. I hope my formatting is fine.
 
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