Sunday passes and it's time for me to pass this on. There were a lot of AARs I could have chosen and I had a gluttony of picks, really. There are so many writers on the forum worthy of this award I can't easily list them all, so it's always difficult to pick one in particular for the honour.
There are many AARs on this forum that inspire me and fill me with the urge to write again - writers whose tales manage to tie together a great story and gameplay near seamlessly. I have to give out a few honourable mentions because this decision was tough to make, such as to honour Merrick Chances' for his French EU3 AAR,
Lords of France: Roads to Enlightenment for his flowing history book passages and excellent gameplay commentary on the side. Tribute can be paid to Alfred Packer for his excellent
Wehrmacht News & World Report or the delightful new AAR
Mariano's Dream: The Legend of Italian Rus. In the end both of these authors were in my top three for the week, but...only one could go through.
In the end, though, the writer whose works made the greatest impression on me was
HobbesMkII, the writer of
The Lions of the Garden. I have a soft spot for narratives, admittedly, and Hobbes' AAR does a fantastic job of holding true to the Game of Thrones world it is based in while setting out with characters and new stories in order to make it entirely its own. The world feels rich and alive and the events thoroughly plausible. In my opinion, it is one of the best AARs on this forum and its author well worthy of the WritAAR of the Week award.
Congratulations,
HobbesMkII!