Here we come down to the final award and as we see above, the winner is once again @JabberJock14 for his brilliant Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR in CKII! Picking up Narrative of the Year as well as Character and Newcomer, @JabberJock14 has most assuredly made his mark in this past year and there can be no doubt that this final award is truly well deserved!
Between 15 voters, a grand total of 36(!) AARs were listed in this last category and the nominees run the spectrum from CKII all the way to all three still active HoI areas and up to Stellaris as well as across all AAR genres. It is most certainly an embarrassment of riches that we have here and it is to our betterment to see so much creativity shared by so many truly gifted writAARs.
First, our other nominees listed in the order of their finish:
To read through the list above is just insane such that we have so many amazing works being done here and that each and every one was voted upon as a potential AAR of the Year! I have not mentioned much on the actual numbers during the voting (though I have been accurate in the accounting) but our top three finishers were within less than 1 point of each other - Before Plantagenet finished with a score of 8, Bold Prince with a 7.6 and Talking Turkey with 7.3. That these numbers are not higher is simply seen by looking to the lengthy list above. The love was certainly spread around and we are all lucky for that.
Very many congratulations to not only our winner @JabberJock14 but to each and every one of you listed above for an outstanding year of incredible work done! We as readAARs thank you and I am certain that I may speak for all that found a vote here, those of us lucky to have grabbed your attention and support thank each and every one that takes the time to read and comment upon our work and perhaps even give a vote such as this. I hope some may take this chance to perhaps visit one of these works above and add to their reading enjoyment.
And with that...the 2017 Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds come to a close. I do believe that we got our YAYA's out. A huge congratulations to all of the winners across the various categories as well as all of those works given nomination and a truly heartfelt thank you to all that took the time to participate and make this so special!
Well done, AARland!
Between 15 voters, a grand total of 36(!) AARs were listed in this last category and the nominees run the spectrum from CKII all the way to all three still active HoI areas and up to Stellaris as well as across all AAR genres. It is most certainly an embarrassment of riches that we have here and it is to our betterment to see so much creativity shared by so many truly gifted writAARs.
First, our other nominees listed in the order of their finish:
The Bold Prince [Book the Second on the House of Wessex] (CKII) by @coz1
Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (HoI3) by @Bullfilter
The Rightful King [Book the First on the House of Wessex] (CKII) by @coz1
The Wolves of Westseaxna-a tale of Wessex (CKII) by @Asantahene
L'Empereur est mort: A French AAR (Vic2) by @RossN
Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CKII) by @Bullfilter
The Empire of Albion (CKII) by @TheButterflyComposer
Entering the First Court: Kanem Bornu (EUIV) by @stnylan
Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR (EUIV) by @JerseyGiants88
The Songs of Sheeran - A CKII AGOT Narrative AAR (CKII) by @EmpireofOne
'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee (HoI3) by @roverS3
The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR (HoI2) by @El Pip
The Thoughts of a (Hive) Mind (Stellaris) by @lifehole
Valyrian Steel: A Game of Thrones Mod AAR (CKII) by @Henry v. Keiper
Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CKII) by @Eurasia
“UK Motorway” a Blitzkrieg-Scenario AAR (HoI3) by @markkur
Advance Britannia! - A Kaiserreich Restored United Kingdom AAR (HoI4) by @George_VI
Even Better Hautevilles (Stellaris) by @hjarg
The Presidents: The Vietnam War Edition (HoI2) by @Nathan Madien
The First Century: A United Nations Stellaris AAR (Stellaris) by @cookfl
Hindsight 20/20: a Dutch narrative AAR (HoI4) by @J_Master
The Calling of Nharr - Stellaris Succession Game AAR (Stellaris) by @Nikolai
Empire for Liberty: America in the Long Nineteenth Century (Vic2) by @volksmarschall
Hunter of the Sun (Stellaris) by @Dodge
Ætheling - An Anglo-Saxon CK2+ AAR (CKII) by @Andrzej I
Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR (CKII) by @tpmcinty
The Eastern Vikings - Baltic Megacampaign Part 1 (CKII) by @RedTemplar
Lads on War - A UK HOI4 AAR (HoI4) by @stanonwheels
The Little Dux (CKII) by @TheButterflyComposer
Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 (HoI3) by @El Pip
Forza Italia! (Vic2) by @Jape
Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR (Vic2) by @Centurial
A Fools Luck - Imperial Russian Kaiserreich AAR. (HoI4) by @LTPugh
Res Gestae Gentis Lartiae - a Roman Restoration AAR (CKII) by @LudoOttavio
Meh, I Can Take 'Em — Hohenzollern HIP DisastAAR (CKII) by @Crushric
Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (HoI3) by @Bullfilter
The Rightful King [Book the First on the House of Wessex] (CKII) by @coz1
The Wolves of Westseaxna-a tale of Wessex (CKII) by @Asantahene
L'Empereur est mort: A French AAR (Vic2) by @RossN
Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CKII) by @Bullfilter
The Empire of Albion (CKII) by @TheButterflyComposer
Entering the First Court: Kanem Bornu (EUIV) by @stnylan
Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR (EUIV) by @JerseyGiants88
The Songs of Sheeran - A CKII AGOT Narrative AAR (CKII) by @EmpireofOne
'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee (HoI3) by @roverS3
The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR (HoI2) by @El Pip
The Thoughts of a (Hive) Mind (Stellaris) by @lifehole
Valyrian Steel: A Game of Thrones Mod AAR (CKII) by @Henry v. Keiper
Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CKII) by @Eurasia
“UK Motorway” a Blitzkrieg-Scenario AAR (HoI3) by @markkur
Advance Britannia! - A Kaiserreich Restored United Kingdom AAR (HoI4) by @George_VI
Even Better Hautevilles (Stellaris) by @hjarg
The Presidents: The Vietnam War Edition (HoI2) by @Nathan Madien
The First Century: A United Nations Stellaris AAR (Stellaris) by @cookfl
Hindsight 20/20: a Dutch narrative AAR (HoI4) by @J_Master
The Calling of Nharr - Stellaris Succession Game AAR (Stellaris) by @Nikolai
Empire for Liberty: America in the Long Nineteenth Century (Vic2) by @volksmarschall
Hunter of the Sun (Stellaris) by @Dodge
Ætheling - An Anglo-Saxon CK2+ AAR (CKII) by @Andrzej I
Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR (CKII) by @tpmcinty
The Eastern Vikings - Baltic Megacampaign Part 1 (CKII) by @RedTemplar
Lads on War - A UK HOI4 AAR (HoI4) by @stanonwheels
The Little Dux (CKII) by @TheButterflyComposer
Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 (HoI3) by @El Pip
Forza Italia! (Vic2) by @Jape
Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR (Vic2) by @Centurial
A Fools Luck - Imperial Russian Kaiserreich AAR. (HoI4) by @LTPugh
Res Gestae Gentis Lartiae - a Roman Restoration AAR (CKII) by @LudoOttavio
Meh, I Can Take 'Em — Hohenzollern HIP DisastAAR (CKII) by @Crushric
To read through the list above is just insane such that we have so many amazing works being done here and that each and every one was voted upon as a potential AAR of the Year! I have not mentioned much on the actual numbers during the voting (though I have been accurate in the accounting) but our top three finishers were within less than 1 point of each other - Before Plantagenet finished with a score of 8, Bold Prince with a 7.6 and Talking Turkey with 7.3. That these numbers are not higher is simply seen by looking to the lengthy list above. The love was certainly spread around and we are all lucky for that.
Very many congratulations to not only our winner @JabberJock14 but to each and every one of you listed above for an outstanding year of incredible work done! We as readAARs thank you and I am certain that I may speak for all that found a vote here, those of us lucky to have grabbed your attention and support thank each and every one that takes the time to read and comment upon our work and perhaps even give a vote such as this. I hope some may take this chance to perhaps visit one of these works above and add to their reading enjoyment.
And with that...the 2017 Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds come to a close. I do believe that we got our YAYA's out. A huge congratulations to all of the winners across the various categories as well as all of those works given nomination and a truly heartfelt thank you to all that took the time to participate and make this so special!
Well done, AARland!