The 2019 Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds

[coz1]

The image below should be a clickable link which take you to this thread;

Oh, well done @El Pip ! Indeed thanks, and thanks to you both for being such a support for this!

 

[Eurasia]

Wow...not sure I can fill all these up or even have picks for all of them. But I will try but some I can't fill at all because I focus on a few areas of the forums. And some of these overlap too...so I have to decide where they fit.



- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
2. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) by @Bullfilter
3. Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR by @tpmcinty
4. Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR by @JabberJock14
5. Power Broker Chaos: tag-jumping , great-power-jumbling AAR by @mackwolfe
6. The Yellow Rose - A Texas AAR by @PresidentStorm


- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. The Yellow Rose - A Texas AAR by @PresidentStorm
2. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
3. Bleu, Blanc et Rouge: A History of France in Three Colors by @slothinator
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- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 by @El Pip
2. The Last Pirate (Please comment pals) by @mad orc
3. The Yellow Rose - A Texas AAR by @PresidentStorm
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- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
1. The Hohenzollern Empire 5: Rising Phoenix - A Roman Reich Megacampaign in New World Order by @zenphoenix
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- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Dream of the Eagles - Mildly Interactive Germany AAR by @Crimson Lionheart
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- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Heroes&Weirdos
2. @Wraith11B
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- Character of the Year:
1. Odin by @roverS3
2. Cennet by @Bullfilter
3. Tuka & Tiso by @El Pip
4. Captain Morris by @mad orc
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- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @mad orc
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- Writer of the Year:
1. @tpmcinty
2. @PresidentStorm
3. @Wraith11B
4. @roverS3
5. @El Pip
6. @Bullfilter


- AAR of the Year
1. Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR by @tpmcinty
2. The Yellow Rose - A Texas AAR by @PresidentStorm
3. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
4. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
5. Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 by @El Pip
6. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) by @Bullfilter

And there you go....now my brain hurts...

 

[slothinator]

Here is my ballot!

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Lancaster: The King in the North by @TheButterflyComposer – CK2
2. Praise the Rats: A Georgia AAR (936 A.D) by @Big Byzantine Blob – CK2
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- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. The People of the Forest by @Dunaden – CK2
2. Superior Arguments: A Stellaris AAR by @eoncommander – Stellaris
3. The Age of Brass: A Spanish AAR by @RossN – Victoria 2
4. Towards Blue Skies - a "realistic" UNE story (with 170+ mods) by @Charger24 – Stellaris
5. Lancaster: The King in the North by @TheButterflyComposer – CK2
6. Praise the Rats: A Georgia AAR (936 A.D) by @Big Byzantine Blob – CK2


- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. The People of the Forest by @Dunaden – CK2
2. Superior Arguments: A Stellaris AAR by @eoncommander – Stellaris
3. The Age of Brass: A Spanish AAR by @RossN – Victoria 2
4. Towards Blue Skies - a "realistic" UNE story (with 170+ mods) by @Charger24 – Stellaris
5. Caravans of Rockets by @vyshan – Stellaris
6. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair – Victoria 2


- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. The People of the Forest by @Dunaden – CK2
2. Superior Arguments: A Stellaris AAR by @eoncommander – Stellaris
3. Lancaster: The King in the North by @TheButterflyComposer – CK2
4. Jerusalem Calling - A Khazarian AAR by @terr0rizm – CK2
5. The Red Star by @Dodge – Stellaris
6. Praise the Rats: A Georgia AAR (936 A.D) by @Big Byzantine Blob – CK2

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Gott mit Uns - A Mildly Interactive Prussian NWO AAR by @SibCDC – Victoria 2
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- Character of the Year:
1. Shieldmaiden Putyayka by @Dunaden
2. High Chief Viryay “Stonefist” by @Dunaden
3. Raldirm den Hullos by @eoncommander
4. Khagan Zachariah of Ashina by @terr0rizm
5. Secret by @TheButterflyComposer
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- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @eoncommander
2. @Charger24
3. @terr0rizm
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- Writer of the Year:
1. @Dunaden
2. @eoncommander
3. @RossN
4. @Charger24
5. @TheButterflyComposer
6. @DensleyBlair


- AAR of the Year
1. The People of the Forest by @Dunaden – CK2
2. Superior Arguments: A Stellaris AAR by @eoncommander – Stellaris
3. The Age of Brass: A Spanish AAR by @RossN – Victoria 2
4. Towards Blue Skies - a "realistic" UNE story (with 170+ mods) by @Charger24 – Stellaris
5. Lancaster: The King in the North by @TheButterflyComposer – CK2
6. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair – Victoria 2

 

[coz1]

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 (HoI3) by @El Pip
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(Will fill in more here, hopefully)


- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CK2) by @Eurasia
2. Pax Americana or Guarantor of Peace as USA (England start 1.26 on VH) (EU4) by @mackwolfe
3. Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CK2) by @Bullfilter
4. La Serenissima - The City of Fortune (EU4) by @Crimson Lionheart
5. Patria, Justicia, y Libertad -- Synarchist Mexico AAR (HoI4) by @RedTemplar
6. Lancaster: The King in the North (CK2) by @TheButterflyComposer


- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain (Vic2) by @DensleyBlair
2. The Age of Brass: A Spanish AAR (Vic2) by @RossN
3. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR (EU4) by @JerseyGiants88
4. Europa: In the Age of the Fourth Race of Kings (EU4) by @volksmarschall
5. Bleu, Blanc et Rouge: A History of France in Three Colors (Vic2) by @slothinator
6. An Empire in the West: A Syracuse AAR (I:R) by @RossN

(Honestly, this was the hardest section to fill out this year. So many I had to leave out.)


- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR (CK2) by @JabberJock14
2. Faith in Chaos - A Stellaris Story (Stellaris) by @Macavity116
3. Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR (CK2) by @tpmcinty
4. The King Once and Future - A Tale of Arthur AAR (CK2) by @LudoOttavio
5. The Lucanian Wars - A short narrative story (R:I) by @Nikolai
6. England Lives...and Marches on! - A Kaiserreich Story (HoI4) by @alex man142


- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
1. The Hohenzollern Empire 5: Rising Phoenix - A Roman Reich Megacampaign in New World Order (Vic2) by @zenphoenix
2. The Eastern Vikings, Part 2 (Baltic Megacampaign) (EU4) by @RedTemplar
3. From England to America - Space (Stellaris) by @silentsam5
4. Song of a Century- (Pt 3.Khitan Image-Heavy Megacampaign) (Vic2) by @dragoon9105
5. Bloody yet Unbowed - CK2 TO HOI4 Megacampaign - AAR Thread (EU4) by Many (thread starter @Clonefusion )
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- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Bloody yet Unbowed - CK2 TO HOI4 Megacampaign - AAR Thread (EU4) by Many (thread starter @Clonefusion)
2. An Empire in the Stars - a Semi-Interactive Stellaris AAR (Stellaris) by @Tom D.
3. Dream of the Eagles - Mildly Interactive Germany AAR (EU4) by @Crimson Lionheart
4. Gott mit Uns - A Mildly Interactive Prussian NWO AAR (Vic2) by @SibCDC
5. We Three Kings II - An Imperator: Rome Multiplayer Beta AAR (R:I) by Many (thread starter @Peter Ebbesen )
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- Let's Play/Video AAR of the Year:
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- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
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- Character of the Year:
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- Newcomer of the Year:
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- Writer of the Year:
1. @RossN
2. @DensleyBlair
3. @Macavity116
4. @Crimson Lionheart
5. @Eurasia
6. @volksmarschall


- AAR of the Year
1. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain (Vic2) by @DensleyBlair
2. The Age of Brass: A Spanish AAR (Vic2) by @RossN
3. Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR (CK2) by @JabberJock14
4. Faith in Chaos - A Stellaris Story (Stellaris) by @Macavity116
5. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CK2) by @Eurasia
6. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR (EU4) by @JerseyGiants88


Will try to fill in the other categories as time allows. No easy task just to do these, as those of you that have tried know. I'm rather surprised that for the first time, both narrative and CK2 do not lead my list of AAR of the year. And for writAAR, I focused on those that have written more than one work throughout this past year. There are certainly others, but one only has the six spots.

Looking forward to seeing what others vote upon as it may sway my choices above. Still a month and half to go so as always...vote on!

 

[Tom D.]

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
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2. An Empire in the Stars - a Semi-Interactive Stellaris AAR (Stellaris) by @Tom D.

Thanks for the nomination, I had already totally forgotten I was actually eligible with this iAAR, I will make sure the other 3 co-organisers who did this with me will hear of the praise as well, very much appreciated .

 

[coz1]

Thanks for the nomination, I had already totally forgotten I was actually eligible with this iAAR, I will make sure the other 3 co-organisers who did this with me will hear of the praise as well, very much appreciated .

Pleased to hear it @Tom D. and voted on for a worthy choice. As stated - every vote counts.

I hope to see some more, folks. Nearly done with December and a lot more votes needed, surely. Enjoy your holidays but give these great writAARs and AARs your attention for this past year. I mean...what else are you gonna do? Spend time with your family?

Vote and support your favorites. Every writAAR will thank you.

 

[DensleyBlair]

I mean...what else are you gonna do? Spend time with your family?

Something something AARland is family…

 

[Captured Joe]

The real family were the readAARs we made along the way...

 

[DensleyBlair]

Ok, here’s what you’ve all been waiting for (well, what @coz1 ’s been waiting for in any event )

…my ballot!

I’ll come back and add in links when I’m off my phone. I’ll also keep filling in blank spaces over the next few days and weeks.


Gameplay AAR of the Year

1. Towards Blue Skies – a “realistic” UNE story (Stellaris) @Charger24
2. Patria, Justicia y Libertad – Synarchist Mexico AAR (HoI4) @RedTemplar
3. The Last Kingdom of Hen Ogledd – A 769 Strathclyde AAR (CK2) @Wysemage
4. Lillies and Stripes – An Anjou Hungary AAR (CK2) @Sylas

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Historybook AAR of the Year

1. A Kingdom in the Clouds: A Ü-Tsang AAR (CK2) @RossN
2. Bleu, Blanc et Rouge: A History of France in Three Colours (Vic2) @slothinator

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Narrative AAR of the Year

1. The Yellow Rose – A Texas AAR (Vic2) @PresidentStorm
2. The Last Kingdom of Hen Ogledd – A 769 Strathclyde AAR (CK2) @Wysemage

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Megacampaign AAR of the Year

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Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year

1. Gott Mit Uns – A Mildly Interactive Prussian NWO AAR (Vic2) @SibCDC

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Graphic/AARtist of the Year

1. @Sylas (for Lilies and Stripes – An Anjou Hungary AAR [CK2])
2. @Charger24 (for Towards Blue Skies – a “realistic” UNE story [Stellaris])
3. @Wraith11B

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Character of the Year

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Newcomer of the Year

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Writer of the Year

1. @RossN

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AAR of the Year

1. A Kingdom in the Clouds: A Ü-Tsang AAR (CK2) @RossN

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[mad orc]

Congrats to everyone

 

[HistoryDude]

Gameplay:
1.Towards Blue Skies

Narrative:
Faith in Chaos (I really like this AAR)

Megacampaign:
Hohenzollern Empire 5: Rising Phoenix

 

[coz1]

Awesome to see more votes come in and those continuing to fill out their ballots.

To one and all, remember there is only a month left to get your vote in so don't procrastinate. And please spread the word to others who might not see this thread. Let's get the most votes we can so the end result is as honest and true as it can be. You may use the below graphic in your AAR to point people here and encourage more votes.

 

[Bullfilter]

This is always hard. And there are a few AARs I enjoyed/am enjoying that fall just outside the selection parameters. And I've made some arbitrary judgements about which AARs fall into what categories, where I've not duplicated titles so as to spread the joy around as much as possible.

My apologies in advance to all the great works out there that I haven't had a chance to read but I hope others have recognised. My areas of reading are in some specific niches (as discerning readAARs will deduce from below).

And to any AAR I follow but have not nominated ... the fact I dedicate my scarce spare time to following and commenting makes you a winner in my books, irrespective of whether I've been able to fit you in below.

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Inevitable Defeat @El Pip
2. Suenik Reloaded @iain_a_wilson

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee @roverS3
2. Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR [HOI4 Branch] @Centurial
3. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR @Eurasia
4. Patria, Justicia, y Libertad -- Synarchist Mexico AAR @RedTemplar
5. American AAR : AI Experiments In HoI3 @Eurasia
6. Between Axis and Comintern: Romanian Survival (During Action Report) @Alex Kernel

- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts @Wraith11B
2. A Kingdom In the Clouds: A Ü-Tsang AAR @RossN
3. Macedonian Tales - An Antipatrid 1.2 AAR @Nikolai
4. An Empire in the West: A Syracuse AAR @RossN

- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR @JabberJock14
2. The Song of Wessex @coz1
3. Rise of the Folkungs, A Nordic AAR @streaker77
4. Lancaster: The King in the North @TheButterflyComposer
5. At the Edge of the World - A Portugal AAR @Jokerang
6. The Future of the Red Lion @stnylan

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
1. Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR @Centurial

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Utsunimiya's War - HoI3(TFH) Japan AAR @Eurasia

- Let's Play/Video AAR of the Year: N/A

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Wraith11B
2. @roverS3
3. @Eurasia

- Character of the Year:
1. Rise of the Folkungs - King Frirek @streaker77
2. Odin - Agent 11 @roverS3
3. The Song of Wessex - Emperor Arthur @coz1
4. Road of Queens - Despot Niphon @Eurasia
5. Before Plantagenet - Queen Aelflaed @JabberJock14
6. Lancaster: Secret the Bear @TheButterflyComposer

- Newcomer of the Year: TBC - need to work out who if anyone I follow would qualify for this.
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- Writer of the Year:
1. @JabberJock14
2. @coz1
3. @Eurasia
4. @roverS3
5. @Wraith11B
6. @streaker77

- AAR of the Year

1. Before Plantagenet – A House d’Anjou AAR @JabberJock14
2. The Song of Wessex @coz1
3. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee @roverS3
4. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts @Wraith11B
5. Rise of the Folkungs, A Nordic AAR @streaker77
6. Inevitable Defeat @El Pip

Thank for running this @coz1. I think this will probably be my final vote, but if I change or add anything I'll do it in a different colour and bump so you know I have

 

[DensleyBlair]

Just in case it gets lost, here's a bump to let you know I've added a few selections into various categories, @coz1. Still plugging away at filling out that ballot!

 

[slothinator]

Edited!

 

[roverS3]

So, I finally did it, I made a list of all the AARs I read last year, put on some Beethoven, and sat down to fill out the ballot, and here we are, a few hours later, as filled out as it will ever be. Again, my picks aren't representative of the wider forum, every single AAR I've read (relatively) consistently this year is represented below. There is a heavy bias towards HOI3, and works by authors I was already familiar with before this year (be it through the AARs listed or through previous work). I would like to, once again, thank all those who have put in their votes, and especially to all those who participate in not one, but many of these events. An extra special thank you those who organise and moderate these events that bring the community together.

Have a great 2020!

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 (HOI3) by @El Pip
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- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. American AAR : AI Experiments In HoI3 (HOI3) by @Eurasia
2. Between Axis and Comintern: Romanian Survival (During Action Report) (HOI3) by @Alex Kernel
3. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CKII) by @Eurasia
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- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (HOI3) by @Wraith11B
2. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (HOI3) by @Bullfilter
3. The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR (HOI2) by @El Pip
4.The Future of the Red Lion (Stellaris) by @stnylan
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- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Crossfires, a French AAR for HoI2 Doomsday (HOI2) by @AtlanticFriend
2..Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR (EUIV)by @JerseyGiants88
3. The Last Pirate (Please comment pals) (Vic2) by @mad orc
4. NABAAR - Not Another Byzantine After Action Report (CKII) by @Leandor
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- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
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- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Utsunimiya's War - HoI3(TFH) Japan AAR (HOI3) by @Eurasia
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- Let's Play/Video AAR of the Year:
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- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Wraith11B for Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (The ships are not only beautiful, but also to scale!)
2. @Eurasia for all three of his AARs: Road of Queens - CKII India AAR, American AAR : AI Experiments In HoI3 (Beans!), and Utsunimiya's War - HoI3(TFH) Japan AAR.
3. @Bullfilter for Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (Always the perfect still from a movie. A master at using ms paint.)
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- Character of the Year:
1. Lord Meow-Meow (RIP) in Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
2. Captain Samuel in The Last Pirate (Please comment pals) by @mad orc
3. Cennet in Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
4. Enzo Boncompagni in Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR by @JerseyGiants88
5. Basileus Belisarios in NABAAR - Not Another Byzantine After Action Report by @Leandor
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- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @mad orc
2. @Alex Kernel
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- Writer of the Year:
1. @Eurasia
2. @Bullfilter
3. @El Pip
4. @Wraith11B
5. @JerseyGiants88
6. @AtlanticFriend

- AAR of the Year
1. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
2. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (HOI3) by @Wraith11B
3. Inevitable Defeat - Slovakia '44 (HOI3) by @El Pip
4. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR (CKII) by @Eurasia
5. Crossfires, a French AAR for HoI2 Doomsday (HOI2) by @AtlanticFriend
6. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR by @JerseyGiants88

 

[diskoerekto]

God this is going to be difficult and my apologies already for anyone I missed.

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CK2) by @Bullfilter
2. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) (EU:Rome VV) by @Bullfilter
3. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (HOI3) by @Bullfilter
4. Suenik Reloaded (CK2) by @iain_a_wilson

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CK2) by @Bullfilter
2. Long Live the Permament Revolution! - a Trotskyist Soviet AAR. (HoI4) by @ThaHoward
3. American AAR : AI Experiments In HoI3 (HoI3) by @Eurasia
4. The Grandest Duchy - A Luxembourg AAR (Vic2) by @jrgen3

- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 (HOI3) by @Bullfilter
2. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (HOI3) by @Wraith11B
3. The Most Sublime Porte - An Ottoman AAR (Vic2) by @Riotkiller
4. Empire for Liberty: America in the Long Nineteenth Century (Vic2) by @volksmarschall
5. Lords of the Horizon - An Ottoman History (EU4) by @Jape
6. Lanes of the Sahara : A CK2 Banu Khattab AAR (CK2) by @lad

- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) (EU:Rome VV) by @Bullfilter
2. The Path of Peace - An Indian Kaiserreich AAR (HoI4) by @SibCDC
3. Jerusalem Calling - A Khazarian AAR (CK2) by @terr0rizm
4. Eschate — the Far Side of the World (CK2) by @A Yorks
5. Blessed Sithrandir Confederacy - Arise! (Or Not) (Stellaris) by @Nikolai
6. Suenik Reloaded (CK2) by @iain_a_wilson

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
None

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Gott mit Uns - A Mildly Interactive Prussian NWO AAR (Vic2) by @SibCDC

- Let's Play/Video AAR of the Year:
None

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Wraith11B for Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (No need for an explanation!)
2. @Bullfilter for his various AARs and excellent use of paint and google search.

- Character of the Year:
1. The entire cast of Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter

- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @terr0rizm
2. @Riotkiller

- Writer of the Year:
1. @Bullfilter
2. @Wraith11B
3. @Riotkiller
4. @Nikolai
5. @volksmarschall
6. @SibCDC

- AAR of the Year
1. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
2. Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga (CK2) by @Bullfilter
3. Civis Romanus Sum (An EU-Rome Vae Victis AAR) (EU:Rome VV) by @Bullfilter
4. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts (HOI3) by @Wraith11B
5. The Most Sublime Porte - An Ottoman AAR (Vic2) by @Riotkiller
6. Blessed Sithrandir Confederacy - Arise! (Or Not) (Stellaris) by @Nikolai

 

[Macavity116]

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. WORM COUNTRY: Horizon Signal Song/Fan Fiction by @TurtleShroom
2. The Devouring Swarm Poem (Stellaris) by @Kul-Tan
3. The Ballad of the Prikkiki-Ti by @Vilhelm


- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. Discoveries of the Hydari Imperium by @Nikolai
2. The Tchikenthi Hive by @Smokez83
3. Stellaris: Tale of the Sol Dominion by @scpour92
4. The Red Star by @Dodge
5. Dreams of Covfefe - Criminal Megacorp AAR by @TheBromgrev


- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1.Third Time's the Charm - The Many Children of Earth by @Kylia Quilor
2. The dark reign of the Gulk-Furki by @starkwolf
3. Netraxi Leaflet, obtained by a Human agent by @LWE
4. Superior Arguments: A Stellaris AAR by @eoncommander


- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. The Charnel Child (fanfiction) by @JackGoose
2. The Human Stellar Union by @Smokez83
3. Netraxi Leaflet, obtained by a Human agent by @LWE


- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
1. From England to America - Space by @silentsam5


- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @JackGoose


- Character of the Year:
1. Major Trabb from The Charnel Child (fanfiction) by @JackGoose
2. God-Empress Alyssa Garreo from Sword of Ti'an: The Advent of The Holy Exohuman Imperium by @Manga_Erudite
3. The Advisor from Blessed Sithrandir Confederacy - Arise! (Or Not) and Discoveries of the Hydari Imperium by @Nikolai
4. Prime Citizen Nikolai Ivannikov from The Human Stellar Union by @Smokez83


- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @JackGoose


- Writer of the Year:
1. @JackGoose
2. @Nikolai
3. @Smokez83
4. @LWE
5. @Vilhelm
6. @starkwolf


- AAR of the Year
1. The Charnel Child (fanfiction) by @JackGoose
2. The Ballad of the Prikkiki-Ti by @Vilhelm
3. Netraxi Leaflet, obtained by a Human agent by @LWE
4. Discoveries of the Hydari Imperium by @Nikolai
5. The Human Stellar Union by @Smokez83
6. The Red Star by @Dodge

 

[coz1]

Awesome to see more votes! Yet we are far fewer than the last two years with only a couple of weeks left. Make sure to spread the word and make sure we get a turnout that makes our winners truly worthy. Every vote here counts and having run this two years now, I can tell you it makes a difference when all things are tallied. I am considering holding the vote open for a few more days into February as I am supposed to go out of town on the 7th and it takes a while to tabulate everything, but I don't want anyone to wait until the last minute. That way lies no vote at all. It's not easy to do as everyone that has added their voice here can tell you, but it is worth it to honor the great work we all do around here. So many good writAARs and AARs...so let's give them their full due.

Vote, vote, vote!! And spread the word!

 

[stnylan]

Better late than never, here is my "card". I have purposefully only completed certain categories, because to be frank I found contemplating the whole thing to be too exhausting. I also think some of the categories ought to be cut given the paucity of entries ... but that is a discussion for another time.

Final note: for the catagories I have completed there are, in each case, doubtless a dozen or more AARs pretty much just as good. This is very much a "luck of which order I remembered to put them into the table" vibe here.

Gameplay AAR of the Year

1. American AAR: AI Experiments in HoI3 by @Eurasia
2. Blut und Schlact (Blood and Battle): a Learner's Saga by @Bullfilter
3. Power broker: tag-jumping great-power-jumbling AAR by @mackwolfe
4. Archery vs Muskets - No Mil Tech / No Vassal Swarm WC 1.28.3 (hard) by @Pureanger
5. Discoveries of the Hydari Imperium by @Nikolai
6. The World is our Oyster. Story of Portugal by @hjarg

Historybook AAR of the Year
1. A Kingdom in the Clouds - A Ü-Tsang AAR by @RossN
2. Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR [HoI4 Branch] by @Centurial
3. The Most Sublime Porte: an Ottoman AAR by @Riotkiller
4. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschicte des Stahlpaks by @Wraith11B
5. Road of Queens - a CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
6. Echoes of the New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in Commonwealth Britain by @DensleyBlair


Narrative AAR of the Year
1. Before Plantagenet - a House d'Anjou by @JabberJock14
2. Whiteshirts of England: A History of the Hvitserk Dynasty of Jorvik AAR by @tpmcinty
3. The Empress and I - A Tale from Rome by @KaiserWilhelmI
4. The Song of Wessex by @coz1
5. Rise of the Folkungs: a Nordic AAR by @streaker77
6. Faith in Chaos - a Stellaris Story by @Macavity116


Character of the Year
1. Emperor Arthur from The Song of Wessex by @coz1
2. Agnes from Before Plantagenet - a House d'Anjou by @JabberJock14
3. Zachariah from Jerusalem Calling - a Khazarian AAR by @terr0rizm
4. Despot Niphon from Road of Queens - a CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
5. Sophia from The Empress and I - A Tale from Rome by @KaiserWilhelmI
6. The Advisor from @Nikolai 's Stellaris AARs


Writer of the Year
1. @Bullfilter
2. @JabberJock14
3. @RossN
4. @Nikolai
5. @coz1
6. @RedTemplar


AAR of the Year
1. Before Plantagenet - a House d'Anjou by @JabberJock14
2. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
3. Road of Queens - a CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
4. Baltic Lightning: a Grand Campaign AAR [HoI4 Branch] by @Centurial
5. A Kingdom in the Clouds - A Ü-Tsang AAR by @RossN
6. The Song of Wessex by @coz1