The 2022 Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds

[jak7139]

- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. The Absolute Gaul of Some People – @firezatswill9
2. IberiAARn Tales – @Nikolai
3. Imperial Cheese – @TheButterflyComposer

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Poles Apart – @Bullfilter
2. This is where it ends – @filcat
3. So Help Me Prussia – @Nikolai
4. Oirat Spreads Buddhism Around the World – @firezatswill9
5. Roman Resurgence – @Nikolai
6. Swedes Ahoy – @Nikolai

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. En la Sombra de Morazan – @Zeogludon
2. Superior Arguments – @eoncommander
3. King of Kings – @RustyHunter

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. Tomorrow Belongs to me – @TheButterflyComposer
2. Savages of Utah – @RustyHunter
3. To the Strongest – @Eludio

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. Moving past Miracle (CK2, EU4, Stellaris) – @alscon
2. Chronicles of the Polish Empire (CK3, EU4, Vic2, Stellaris) – @Nikolai

- Character of the Year:

1. Fern'uni - Superior Arguments - @eoncommander
2. Joaquin Zevalal Solis - En la Sombra de Morazan - @Zeogludon
3. Emperor Leon II - Moving Past Miracle - @alscon
4. Empress Gontroda I - IberiAARn Tales - @Nikolai
5. Imperator Napoleon de Gaul - The Absolute Gaul of Some People - @firezatswill9
6. The Earl of Atherleigh - Tomorrow Belongs to Me - @TheButterflyComposer

- Writer of the Year:

1. @Nikolai
2. @eoncommander
3. @Bullfilter
4. @Zeogludon
5. @filcat
6. @firezatswill9

- AAR of the Year

1. Superior Arguments - @eoncommander
2. En la Sobra de Morazan @Zeogludon
3. Poles Apart - @Bullfilter
4. This is where it ends - @filcat
5. Roman Resurgence - @Nikolai
6. Tomorrow Belongs to Me - @TheButterflyComposer

 

[coz1]

Great to see another vote. We are now at 10! Only three weeks left and we need at least 10 more to get close to our historical numbers. Don't wait too late. Vote, vote, vote!

 

[TheButterflyComposer]

Well now I must vote, having been given a vote for a character whom has not actually shown up yet in the AAR.

 

[coz1]

Well now I must vote, having been given a vote for a character whom has not actually shown up yet in the AAR.

You've already been given a few votes. I hope those that do get some love here consider giving it back.

 

[El Pip]

You've already been given a few votes. I hope those that do get some love here consider giving it back.

I am going to vote, I just always leave it to the last minute because of tradition. I do apologise for any inconvenience or consternation this observance may cause.

 

[DensleyBlair]

I am going to vote, I just always leave it to the last minute because of tradition. I do apologise for any inconvenience or consternation this observance may cause.

What Pip said.

I will be voting. Just trying to get my brain and my schedule into gear, as ever.

 

[coz1]

Good to hear the intention is there. Two weeks left and we remain at only 10 votes. Don't wait too late, AARland. Vote, vote, vote!

 

[DensleyBlair]

- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. Louping All Over Aquitaine by @coz1
2. Avon Las Observas by @Midnite Duke
3. Imperial Cheese by @TheButterflyComposer
4.
5.
6.


- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter
2. Poles Apart by @Bullfilter
3. Songs of the Saiiban by @Chilango2
4.
5.
6.


- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by @Nathan Madien
2. King of Kings by @RustyHunter
3. The Butterfly Effect by @El Pip
4. The Rise of Russia by @HistoryDude
5. Rend the Thorns by @Great Mantis
6. For All We Have And Are by @BigBadBob


- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
3. Tomorrow Belongs To Me @TheButterflyComposer
4. The Thin Wedge of Europe @Revan86
5. The Secret History of the Bargas by @filcat
6. Annuntio Vobis by @slothinator


- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. In the Shadow of the Ancients by @Tommy4ever
2. The Russian Path by @Gamov_Andrew
3.


- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Gamov_Andrew
2. @Werther
3. @roverS3
4. @Bullfilter
5. @Wraith11B
6.


- Character of the Year:

1. Richard of York, in The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. August von Ouster, in Tomorrow Belongs To Me by @TheButterflyComposer
3. Archbishop Lang, in A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
4.
5.
6.


- Newcomer of the Year:

1. @RustyHunter
2. @Von Acturus
3. @Werther
3.


- Writer of the Year:

1. @Bullfilter
2. @coz1
3. @TheButterflyComposer
4. @Le Jones
5.
6.


- AAR of the Year

1. Talking Turkey (or: "The AAR of the Decade") by @Bullfilter
2. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
3. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by @Nathan Madien
4. Tomorrow Belongs To Me by @TheButterflyComposer
5. A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
6. King of Kings by @RustyHunter


[To be completed over the next few days. I'll add links later, too.]

[[Only took me two months, but a promise is a promise eh @coz1? ]]

 

[TheButterflyComposer]

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Poles Apart - an HOI4 Ahistory
2. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936
3. Two Idiots Discover America - A multiplayer Castile AAR
4.Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschicte des Stahlpakts
5. Make Italy Roman Again!

- History book AAR of the Year:

1. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936
2. The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR
3. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR
4. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR
5. King of Kings - An Iran HPP AAR
6. For All We Have and Are: Britain in the Great War (1901 Series)

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. The Wars of the Roses
2. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR
3. Born to Breed: House of the Prophets
4. The Thorn of the Rose

- Multiplayer AAR of the Year

1. Two Idiots Discover Amercia

- Writer of the Year:

1. Bulfilter
2. Coz1
3. El Pip
4. Le Jones
5. Peter Ebbesen

- AAR of the Year

1. Talking Turkey
2. A Royal Prerogative
3. The Wars of the Roses
4. Italian Ambitions
5. Two Idiots Discover America
6. The Butterfly Effect

 

[coz1]

Excellent to see new votes! Up to 12. Had to shame @TheButterflyComposer to get his in on time. These video calls are worth it.

Let's see some more. Vote, vote, vote!

 

[El Pip]

Alas I am forced to vote disgustingly early, a time that I fear will only encourage young Coz in his irrational dislike of the correct time of voting - the absolute last minute. Dark times gentlemen.

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Suenik Reloaded by @iain_a_wilson
2. Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer (CK3)
3. A Gentleman's War : The Middle-East Command (HoI3 TFH - UK AAR) by @Eurasia
4. Louping All Over Aquitaine by @coz1

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B (HoI3)
2. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter (HoI4)
3. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke (CK2)
4. Boring but Practical: A German Logistics and Encirclement Mini-AAR by @Secret Master (HoI4)
5. Blut und Schlacht (Blood and Battle): A Learner’s Saga by @Bullfilter (CK2)

- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Annuntio Vobis: A Papal History of Italy by @slothinator
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
3. At the Edge of the World - The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain by @Senior Chamoy
4. En la sombra de Morazán: A Central American AAR by @Zeogludon
5. King of Kings by @RustyHunter
6. For All We Have and Are: Britain in the Great War - (1901 Series) by @BigBadBob

- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR by @Le Jones (HoI4)
2.The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
3. Shattered Glass: A Narrative Stellaris AAR by @Von Acturus (Stellaris)
4. Boris & Brian - A Bulgaria Road to 56 AAR by @jak7139
5. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
6. The Dawn is Near - A White Russian Novel AAR by @Khanconette

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:
1. Two idiots discover America - A multiplayer Castile AAR by @SibCDC and @Tom D. (EU4)

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @roverS3
2. Wraith11B
3. @ibicko
4. @Werther
5. @JerseyGiants88

- Character of the Year:
1. Margesson in A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR
2. Drone in Shattered Glass: A Narrative Stellaris AAR by @Von Acturus
3. High Queen Urraka in Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer
4. The Earl of Atherleigh - Tomorrow Belongs to Me - @TheButterflyComposer
5. Richard of York, in The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
6. Juan Antonio Zelaya in En la sombra de Morazán: A Central American AAR by @Zeogludon

- Newcomer of the Year:
1. @Von Acturus
2. @Werther
3. @Side
4. @Koweth
5. @Senior Chamoy
6. @RustyHunter

- Writer of the Year:
1. Le Jones
2. DensleyBlair
3. coz1
4. Bullfilter
5. Nikolai
6. Macavity116

- AAR of the Year
1. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR by @Le Jones (HoI4)
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair (Vic2)
3. The Wars of the Roses by coz1
4. Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer
5. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by @Nathan Madien
6. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3

 

[Wraith11B]

While, as ever, I'm honored to be considered for the GAotY, I have to say I don't think I made any graphics at all this past year. Perhaps you meant to give the nod to the very deserving @roverS3 ?

 

[El Pip]

While, as ever, I'm honored to be considered for the GAotY, I have to say I don't think I made any graphics at all this past year. Perhaps you meant to give the nod to the very deserving @roverS3 ?

See @coz1? See what happens when voting is unnaturally rushed and not left to its natural place of the very last minute before the deadline? Terrible mistakes are the inevitable consequence.

 

[coz1]

While, as ever, I'm honored to be considered for the GAotY, I have to say I don't think I made any graphics at all this past year. Perhaps you meant to give the nod to the very deserving @roverS3 ?

See @coz1? See what happens when voting is unnaturally rushed and not left to its natural place of the very last minute before the deadline? Terrible mistakes are the inevitable consequence.

Graphics isn't just about creating original graphics but also screenshot usage and/or manipulation or use of other pics. I'd say it is fair game (since I voted for Wraith as well.)

And you are not as early as you think you are, Pip.

 

[El Pip]

And you are not as early as you think you are, Pip.

There is at least 150 hrs till the deadline. 150! It's terrifyingly early! ( )

Appropriately for a wraith my vote for him has returned after death as I find your graphics argument convincing.

 

[coz1]

There is at least 150 hrs till the deadline. 150! It's terrifyingly early! ( )

Is it early or late? That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of a premature reveal of ones vote, or to take arms against a sea of time and trouble to get said vote in just before the deadline and then find out that coz1 believes that we remain insufficient in voting numbers and is considering an extension.

We are still less than 20 voters with a week left to go. I implore you all, please give your votes now so we do not see the dreaded extension once more (we seem to do it every year.) That said, I thank you all that have done so. And to be sure, those that have done so in the grand and honored "last minute" effort. It is always appreciated and your writAARs most definitely will agree.

Vote, vote, vote!!!

 

[Wraith11B]

I'm going to put my vote together shortly.

EDIT: Behold! A ballot!

- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. The Life of Brian, and Other Stories by @TheButterflyComposer
2. A Gentleman's War : The Middle-East Command (HoI3 TFH - UK AAR) by @Eurasia
3. Ged's Existential Nightmare by @TheButterflyComposer
4. Imperial Cheese: The Improbably Incredible Rise of the Italian Empire by @TheButterflyComposer
5. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke
6. Louping All Over Aquitaine by @coz1

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
2. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter (HoI4)
3. An Empire Where the Sun Always Rises- A Japan V3 AAR by @hjarg
4. Boring but Practical: A German Logistics and Encirclement Mini-AAR by @Secret Master
5. King of Kings - An Iran HPP AAR by @RustyHunter
6. Songs of the Saiiban by @Chilango2

- History Book AAR of the Year:

1. For All We Have and Are: Britain in the Great War - (1901 Series) by @BigBadBob
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
3. The Butterfly Effect, by @El Pip
4. Annuntio Vobis: A Papal History of Italy by @slothinator
5. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by @Nathan Madien
6. The Rise of Russia by @HistoryDude

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. Shattered Glass by @Von Acturus
2. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
3. The Thorn of the Rose by @stnylan
4. The Dragons Realm, A House Targaryen AAR by @streaker77
5. Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR by @TheButterflyComposer
6. Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. In the Shadow of the Ancients - An Assyrian AAR by @Tommy4ever
2. Gothic Horselords Megacampaign by @alscon
3. The Russian Path by @Gamov_Andrew
4. Chronicles of the Polish Empire by @Nikolai
5. Moving past Miracle by @alscon
6. Postcards From Eternity: a Narrative Megacampaign AAR (Part 4) by @Cycle

- Multiplayer/Interactive AAR of the Year:

1. Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter
2. Two idiots discover America - A multiplayer Castile AAR by @SibCDC and @Tom D. (EU4)

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:

1. @roverS3
2. @Bullfilter
3. @ibicko
4. @Werther
5. @JerseyGiants88
6. @streaker77

- Character of the Year:

1. Odinatsat, in 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
2. Cennet, in Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter (As much as I want to nominate MAJ Kenny Loggins....)
3. Richard of York, in The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
4. August von Ouster, in Tomorrow Belongs To Me by @TheButterflyComposer
5. Archbishop Lang, in A Royal Prerogative by @Le Jones
6. Inez Espinosa, in The Last Heroes by @Macavity116

- Newcomer of the Year:

1. @Von Acturus
2. @Werther
3. @Side
4. @Koweth
5. @Senior Chamoy
6. @RustyHunter

- Writer of the Year:

1. @BigBadBob
2. @DensleyBlair
3. @Bullfilter
4. @El Pip
5. @TheButterflyComposer
6. @Nikolai

- AAR of the Year

1. For All We Have and Are: Britain in the Great War - (1901 Series) by @BigBadBob
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
3. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
4. The Butterfly Effect by @El Pip
5. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
6. The Presidents: Vietnam War Edition by @Nathan Madien

 

[coz1]

Great to hear @Wraith11B because every voice matters.

And to that, I hope others will spend this last week giving a plug in their own works. Get the word out so we have as many votes and voters as possible. I've always hoped and desired for this endeavor to be a true consensus rather than just a few picking and choosing as a small committee. It's never going to be forum-wide (all of AARland) because it is so much harder to get people to look at the General Discussion area these days, but the more eyes we have, the more likely we will see votes. And the better the results.

 

[Side]

In my infinite ability to procrastinate, here are my votes. Better late than after the deadline.

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. The Last Best Hope by @cookfl
2. En la sombra de Morazán by @Zeogludon

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. Crowns of the Levant by @Werther
2. Shattered Glass by @Von Acturus
3. Dreams of an Honest World by @Chilango2
4. An Empire Where the Sun Always Rises by @hjarg

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. Crowns of the Levant by @Werther

- Character of the Year:

1. Agathe in Crowns of the Levant by @Werther
2. Zoe Mosley in Shattered Glass by @Von Acturus

- Writer of the Year:

1. @Werther
2. @Chilango2
3. @Von Acturus
4. @cookfl
5. @Zeogludon
6. @hjarg

- AAR of the Year

1. Crowns of the Levant by @Werther
2. Shattered Glass by @Von Acturus
3. Dreams of an Honest World by @Chilango2
4. The Last Best Hope by @cookfl
5. En la sombra de Morazán by @Zeogludon
6. An Empire Where the Sun Always Rises by @hjarg

 

[Bullfilter]

- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. Louping All Over Aquitaine, @coz1
2. Imperial Cheese: The Improbably Incredible Rise of the Italian Empire by @TheButterflyComposer
3. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke
4. The Life of Brian, and Other Stories by @TheButterflyComposer
5. Suenik Reloaded, @iain_a_wilson

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury - A Slavic Pagan Revival AAR by @Superstorm
2. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
3. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
4. A Gentleman's War : The Middle-East Command (HoI3 TFH - UK AAR) by @Eurasia
5. A Settled Steppe - The War Saint's Legacy (Gothic megacampaign, part II), @alscon
6. King of Kings - An Iran HPP AAR, @RustyHunter

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. In the Shadow of the Ancients - An Assyrian AAR, Part Two @Tommy4ever
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
3. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
4. In the Shadow of the Ancients - An Assyrian AAR, @Tommy4ever
5. Relight the Flames - a Zoroastrian Persian AAR, @Tommy4ever

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. The Dragons Realm, A House Targaryen AAR, @streaker77
2. Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR by @TheButterflyComposer
3. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
4. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR by @Le Jones
5. Savages of Utah - A White Legs HOI4 Old World Blues Mod AAR by @RustyHunter
6. The Thorn of the Rose by @stnylan

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. In the Shadow of the Ancients - An Assyrian AAR by @Tommy4ever
2. Gothic Horselords Megacampaign by @alscon

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:

1. @Tommy4ever
2. @streaker77
3. @Wraith11B
4. @roverS3

- Character of the Year:

1. Richard of York, The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Ouster, Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR by @TheButterflyComposer
3. Basilissa Eulalia, Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
4. Konrad, Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury - A Slavic Pagan Revival AAR by @Superstorm
5. Odinatsat, 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
6. Cheesolini, Imperial Cheese: The Improbably Incredible Rise of the Italian Empire by @TheButterflyComposer

- Writer of the Year: (so hard to keep to six! )

1. @Tommy4ever
3. @TheButterflyComposer
2. @Eurasia
4. @streaker77
5. @coz1
6. @Superstorm

- AAR of the Year (also difficult limiting to six, sorry to some genuine contenders who sat at seven-nine!):

1. Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury - A Slavic Pagan Revival AAR by @Superstorm
2. The Dragons Realm, A House Targaryen AAR, @streaker77
3. In the Shadow of the Ancients - An Assyrian AAR, Part Two @Tommy4ever
4. Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR by @TheButterflyComposer
5. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
6. A Royal Prerogative - A UK AAR by @Le Jones