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I can see what you're saying but I think more and more the game mechanics are being buried deeper and deeper into the stories. MrT's RRR went on for how many posts before war was even declared? In game terms almost nothing had happened, MrT wrote quite a bit.
Warspite's Roman Empire AARs have completely fictional monarchs if I remember correctly and he acts not according to what is best for the country, but what is best for the AAR.
Even in my own From the Pope's Basement, which is very close at times to log style AAR, I have found myself making character based decisions rather than game decisions.
These are just a few examples off the top of my head.
I do agree that the author has a certain amount of literary license to leave out certain events or change the order. I suppose the question being asked is how far is too far?
My personal opinion is you can never go to far on this one. MrT's RRR probably isn't going to give any real insight as to how to play a German minor, but it's still one of my favorite AARs around. As long as the game is being used as the basic skeleton for the story it is an AAR.
I can see what you're saying but I think more and more the game mechanics are being buried deeper and deeper into the stories. MrT's RRR went on for how many posts before war was even declared? In game terms almost nothing had happened, MrT wrote quite a bit.
Warspite's Roman Empire AARs have completely fictional monarchs if I remember correctly and he acts not according to what is best for the country, but what is best for the AAR.
Even in my own From the Pope's Basement, which is very close at times to log style AAR, I have found myself making character based decisions rather than game decisions.
These are just a few examples off the top of my head.
I do agree that the author has a certain amount of literary license to leave out certain events or change the order. I suppose the question being asked is how far is too far?
My personal opinion is you can never go to far on this one. MrT's RRR probably isn't going to give any real insight as to how to play a German minor, but it's still one of my favorite AARs around. As long as the game is being used as the basic skeleton for the story it is an AAR.