Q4 ACAs for 2017

[loup99]

Happy new year AARland! With a new year having just started, it is also time to look back upon the old year that ended, and in particular the latest quarter of 2017, which will be the focus of this round. As has been the tradition for the latest years, all voting will remain centralised to this single thread, following the usual quarterly rhythm. Naturally, I encourage that you post about the ACAs in your AARs and your signatures to spread the word and get a high participation.

Voting will start now and end in roughly one month (see the date below). All AARs updated between October 1st 2017 and December 31st 2017 (inclusive) are eligible for nominations. You may nominate up to four AARs for each of the following games:

Europa Universalis IV
Crusader Kings II
Victoria II
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. 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 February 4th at 8 PM (+1 GMT).

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

- Loup, current host of the ACAs

 

[loup99]

Announcing our Q4 2017 ACA winners!

Starting by Europa Universalis IV, for which 15 different AARs were nominated. The winners are the following:
Joint 1st: Europa: In the Age of the Fourth Race of Kings, by @volksmarschall and Entering the First Court: Kanem Bornu, by @stnylan with 5 votes each
2nd: [1.22] Horses for a Kingdom : A Pontic AAR, by @fabiolundiense with 4 votes
3rd: Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR, by @JerseyGiants88 with 3 votes
4th: «From Augustus the Caesar…» — The Tale of the Tsars, by @Khanconette with 2 votes

Moving on to Crusader Kings II, for which 15 different AARs were nominated. The winners are the following:
1st: Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR, by @JabberJock14 with 10 votes
Joint 2nd: The Bold Prince, by @coz1 and Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga, by @Bullfilter with 8 votes each
3rd: The Wolves of Westseaxna-a tale of Wessex, by @Asantahene with 5 votes
4th: Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR, by @tpmcinty with 4 votes

The third category is that of Victoria 2, for which 11 different AARs were nominated. The winners are the following:
Joint 1st: L'Empereur est mort: A French AAR, by @RossN and Song Long Qi—An isolationist China AAR, by @Russiaruler with 4 votes each
Joint 2nd: Atlasii Steel and Blood, by @TheCreator901 and Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR [Vic2 Branch], by @Centurial with 3 votes each
3rd: Forza Italia!, by @Jape with 2 votes
All other nominees received one vote each and thus ended up on a joint fourth place!

Continuing on to Hearts of Iron IV, for which 9 different AARs were nominated. The winners are the following:
1st: Uranium for Uruguay, by @stnylan with 5 votes
2nd: Advance Britannia! - A Kaiserreich Restored United Kingdom AAR, by @George_VI with 3 votes
Joint 3rd: The Führer Goes Nuts! (again), by @Lordban, Long Live the Permament Revolution! - a Trotskyist Soviet AAR., by @ThaHoward and Hindsight 20/20: a Dutch narrative AAR, by @J_Master with 2 votes each
Here too, all other nominees received one vote each and therefore ended up on a joint fourth place!

The next game is Stellaris, for which 11 different AARs were nominated. The winners are the following:
Joint 1st: Grim Tomorrows: Selected Documents from the United Nations/Hoffman-Wutani Colonization Partnership, by @benacre and The First Century: A United Nations Stellaris AAR, by @cookfl with 4 votes each
Joint 2nd: What's left of us, what we became, by @Lordban, The Calling of Nharr - Stellaris Succession Game AAR, by @Nikolai and The iron march, by @Kamelot with 2 votes each
All other nominees in this category having received one vote, they share the joint third place!

Finally the last category in the AARland Choice Awards for this quarter, the one aptly named Other covering all other Paradox Development Studio games, for which 12 AARs from both Darkest Hour and Hearts of Iron III were nominated. The winners are the following:
1st: “U-boats for Uruguay” a short TFH farce, by @markkur with 5 votes
Joint 2nd: Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee, by @roverS3, Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936, by @Bullfilter and Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44, by @El Pip with 3 votes each
Joint 3rd: “The Crown Atomic”: A Kaiserreich Cold War AAR (Canada and Entente), by @cookfl, The Alternate Scenario - Germany, by @Vonsson and A new Hungary, 1936 AAR, by @Lautipus with 2 votes each
In this category as well, all other nominees received one vote each and therefore ended up on a joint fourth place!

With that having been posted, this round of the ACAs is finished. Thank you all for participating in this vote, it both allows to give some recognition to all the authors present on this board and keeps this general discussions section alive with activity. It has been a pleasure to host them as always and I look forward to seeing you next time when it will be time for the AARland Choice Awards for Q1 2018 later this spring. While you wait for that to happen though, I highly recommend that you check out out the YAYA's hosted by @coz1. Lastly, I naturally want to give my hearty congratulations to all AARs that were nominated!

- Loup, current host of the ACAs