The 2023 Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds

[starkwolf]

Difficult to figure out how to vote for when you spend more time writing AARs than reading them, but here goes.

- Comedy AAR of the Year:
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- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
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- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. The Fourth Age, Age of Wonders IV, @Uriel Blackwing.
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- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Amenmeit the Sealbreaker, Age of Wonders IV, @starkwolf.
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6.

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
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6.

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @The Kingmaker
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5.
6.

- Character of the Year:
1. Amenmeit from Amenmeit the Sealbreaker.
2. Tiaiell from The Fourth Age.
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- Newcomer of the Year:
1.@Uriel Blackwing
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5.
6.

- Writer of the Year:
1. @Uriel Blackwing.
2. @starkwolf
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5.
6.


- AAR of the Year
1. Amenmeit the Sealbreaker, Age of Wonders IV, by @starkwolf
2. The Fourth Age, Age of Wonders IV, by @Uriel Blackwing
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Thank you so much for your support! I do apologize that I have been so slow in putting out new chapters, but I am really glad to see my work has left an impact.

 

[Goblin-Cookie]

Thank goodness that you came along @Goblin-Cookie to let us know that a problem exists because somehow in the last six years of running these (and over 20 years of the existence of this forum), not a one of us was able to identify it.

Your concerns are duly noted and I say the only solution is...more voting and less whinging.

Vote, vote, vote!

You do gather that as the spotting of problems is actually probabilistic rather than deterministic, there is no actual problem in someone spotting a problem that nobody has spotted for decades. But in any case, this is a thread for voting and not debating, so I see no reason to remain here any more.

 

[Rensslaer]

@Goblin-Cookie It's not a bug (problem), it's a feature. I appreciate your analysis - you're good at analyzing - but you're missing the point.

Rensslaer

 

[WPCSolver]

Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter

Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. Omentide by @The Kingmaker
2. Sundered Nation by @The Kingmaker
3. Deeper Understanding by @Von Acturus

Character of the Year:

1. Morgana / Morgan le Fay from Omentide
2. Davy Crockett from Sundered Nation

Writer of the Year:

1. @The Kingmaker
2. @Von Acturus
3. @Bullfilter

AAR of the Year

1. Omentide by @The Kingmaker
2. Sundered Nation by @The Kingmaker
3. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter
4. Deeper Understanding by @Von Acturus

 

[coz1]

Great to see more votes! I'll also reiterate that there are more than 4 or 5 deserving AARs out there. I'd love to see some more full ballots if folks have the time to do it (part the reason I've allowed voting for as long as I have.) Look around and you will not be disappointed.

 

[Chac1]

Thanks for the opportunity @coz1 . I may have some late additions to this ballot before the deadline. However, I will inform you here if there are any more votes.

*Note: Added three additional votes on 2/2/2024 to Gameplay, Historybook, and Newcomer categories, plus one correction in the Character category.

- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. Born to Breed: House of the Prophets by @Peter Ebbesen (CK3)
2. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke (CK2)
3. Road of Queens by @Eurasia (CK2)
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5.
6.

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Blood and Empire by @Bullfilter (CK2)
2. To Boldly Go - A Star Trek: Infinite AAR by @VILenin (ST:I)
3. The Sunset from the West by @best75 (CK2)
4. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter (HOI4)
5. Shining Stars - A United States Coming of Age Saga by @Rensslaer (V2)
6.

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury by @Superstorm (CK2)
2. Confessing their Apostasies by @HistoryDude (CK3)
3. From Pendragon to Prominence by @Olden Weiss (CK3)
4. En la sombra de Morazán: A Central American AAR by @Zeogludon (V2)
5.
6.

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. Mead and Blood by @The Kingmaker (CK3)
2. Song of the Solitaire by @Macavity116 (Stellaris)
3. The Breton Chronicles by @Werther (CK3)
4. Born to Breed: House of the Prophets by @Peter Ebbesen (CK3)
5. Omentide by @The Kingmaker (AoW4)
6. Machinations of the Medici by @jak7139 (EUIV)

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:

1. @streaker77
2. @Olden Weiss
3. @Bullfilter
4. @jak7139
5. @Macavity116
6. @The Kingmaker

- Character of the Year:

1. King Sverker of Denmark (Born to Breed: House of the Prophets) by @Peter Ebbesen (CK3)
2. Ponnico, mercenary of The Resonance Cascade (Song of the Solitaire) by @Macavity116 (Stellaris)
3. Jarl Olafr the Impaler (The Breton Chronicles) by @Werther (CK3)
4. Lorenzo de Medici (Machinations of the Medici) by @jak7139 (EUIV)
5. Count Herbert Karling of Vermandois (Confessing their Apostasies) by @HistoryDude (CK3)
6. Basilissa Eulalia (Road of Queens) by @Eurasia (CK2)

- Newcomer of the Year:

1. @Reykvolc
2. @WPCSolver
3. @Uriel Blackwing
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5.
6.

- Writer of the Year:

1. @The Kingmaker
2. @Superstorm
3. @Bullfilter
4. @HistoryDude
5. @Peter Ebbesen
6. @jak7139

- AAR of the Year

1. Blood and Empire by @Bullfilter (CK2)
2. Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury by @Superstorm (CK2)
3. Song of the Solitaire by @Macavity116 (Stellaris)
4. Confessing their Apostasies by @HistoryDude (CK3)
5. Mead and Blood by @The Kingmaker (CK3)
6. Avon las Observes by @Midnite Duke (CK2)

Thanks to all the authAARs for their great contributions this year.

 

[coz1]

Just a week left. So many AARs deserving of accolades. You love to read them...and write them...so let us see support for those that caused you enjoyment in 2023. The creators will surely appreciate it and so will we as a community. Vote, vote, vote!!

 

[DensleyBlair]

More to follow. I’ll keep you updated when I add things, @coz1.

EDIT: Two more for Character, one more for AAR of the Year.

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- Comedy AAR of the Year:

1. Avon las observes by @Midnite Duke

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter
2. Poles Apart by @Bullfilter
3. ‘Odin’ and Stalin’s Secret Committee by @roverS3
4. Shining Stars by @Rensslaer

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. The Presidents: America and the Cold War (1966-1991) by @Nathan Madien
2. The Leicesters by @ageofadelina
3. The Butterfly Effect by @El Pip
4. En la sombra de Morazán by @Zeogludon
5. Der Adler, der Wolf und die Sonne by @Wraith11B

- Narrative AAR of the Year:

1. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Tomorrow Belongs to Me by @TheButterflyComposer
3. Mead and Blood by @The Kingmaker
4. The Lions of Olomouc by @Revan86
5. Lost Season of the Danes by @Chac1
6. Deeper Understanding by @VonActurus

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. The Thin Wedge of Europe (Moravia EU4) by @Revan86
2. The Lions of Olomouc (Moravia CKIII) by @Revan86
3. Here Dwells God, Part Four (Poland DH) by @Tommy4ever

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:

1. @The Kingmaker
2. @Werther
3. @Wraith11B
4. @roverS3
5. @Chac1

- Character of the Year:

1. Richard of York, in The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Frederick von Ouster, in Tomorrow Belongs to Me by @TheButterflyComposer
3. Offa, in Mead and Blood by @The Kingmaker
4. Margaret of Anjou, in The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
5. Cennet, in Talking Turkey by @Bullfilter

- Newcomer of the Year:

1. @Chac1
2. @ageofadelina

- Writer of the Year:

1. @Revan86
2. @The Kingmaker
3. @coz1
4. @Bullfilter
5. @TheButterflyComposer
6. @ageofadelina

- AAR of the Year

1. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Tomorrow Belongs To Me by @TheButterflyComposer
3. The Presidents: America and the Cold War (1966-1991) by @Nathan Madien
4. The Lions of Olomouc by @Revan86
5. The Leicesters by @ageofadelina
6. The Butterfly Effect by @El Pip

Finally -

- The MrT Lifetime Achievement AwAARd

Now that would be telling…

 

[coz1]

Another vote. That makes it 18. We still need 5 more to equal last year. Can we get 6 or more to break the record? Vote, vote, vote AARland!

 

[The Kingmaker]

@coz1: FYI, I've finalized my ballot above.

 

[coz1]

Thank you so much, @The Kingmaker !

Only four days left to vote including today, so I encourage everyone else to get those last votes in. We are still at 18 voters. The more we have, the more accurate the results so please do not forget. Vote, vote, vote!

 

[coz1]

Three days left including today. Voting will remain open throughout the 3rd and pencils down will be when I say after I wake up on Sunday. Note bene...I get up super early.

Vote, vote, vote!

 

[Macavity116]

@coz1, made final edits to my ballot and it is now padlocked. I'm finished!

 

[Tommy4ever]

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:

1. Forlorn Hope - A Germany Endsieg AAR (DH)
2. Siberian Prosperity - An Economic CK2 AAR (CK2)

- Historybook AAR of the Year:

1. The German Century (Kaiserreich AAR) (HoI4)
2. Echoes of a New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain (V2)
3. Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Democratic Germany AAR (HoI4)
4. Wings of Faith, Wings of Fury - A Slavic Pagan Revival AAR (CK2)

- Megacampaign AAR of the Year:

1. A Tale As Old As Time - The Dual Monarchy (EU4)

- Writer of the Year:

1. Rolexovsky
2. Basileus2
3. ibicko

Better an incomplete ballot than none at all! I’ve likely forgotten many favourites along the way. Sorry for missing out on links, I’ve left the sub forums they are within in the post.

 

[coz1]

We need 4 more votes between now and end of day tomorrow to equal last year's voter count. As I've said, don't wait too late - that time is now!

Vote, vote, vote!

And don't forget to PM me your vote for the MrT Lifetime Achievement AwAARd if you wish to add your voice.

 

[roverS3]

Below are my votes:

- Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter
2. Blame Canada! - The current state of HPP by @Slan

- Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR by @El Pip
2. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
3. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
4. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair

- Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936 by @Bullfilter
2. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR by @JerseyGiants88
3. "Frontline Fatherland" A German AAR by @5CHiZO

- Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @Bullfilter
2. @JerseyGiants88
3. @DensleyBlair
4. @Eurasia
5. @El Pip

- Character of the Year:

1. Cennet from Talking Turkey: Alternate History from 1936
2. Empress Eulalia of house Dysnomia from Road of Queens - CKII India AAR
3. Carlos de Villahermosa from Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR

- Newcomer of the Year:

1. @5CHiZO

- Writer of the Year:

1. @El Pip
2. @Bullfilter
3. @Eurasia
4. @JerseyGiants88
5. @DensleyBlair

- AAR of the Year

1. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter
2. The Butterfly Effect: A British AAR by @El Pip
3. Italian Ambitions: A Florence AAR by @JerseyGiants88
4. Road of Queens - CKII India AAR by @Eurasia
5. Blame Canada! - The current state of HPP by @Slan
6. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair

All right. Made it before the bell. I haven't been as present on the forum as I once was, mostly because I've been very busy IRL. The YAYA's are definitely worth a return to the forum, though. I didn't read enough AARs this year to fill up any of the AAR categories, so I have simply placed votes on what I have read (part of) in 2023.

I wish you all a wonderful year of great AARs and a successful life outside the forum & the games as much as in them.

 

[Chac1]

As the deadline approaches, just letting you know @coz1 that I have added votes to my ballot and there will be no more changes to that ballot. Thanks again for the opportunity.

 

[The_Archduke]

AAR of the Year

1. Omentide by @The Kingmaker

 

[El Pip]

It's 23:58 GMT on February 2nd. As was foretold in ancient prophecy, and at the one true and correct time, here is my vote.

Comedy AAR of the Year:
1. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke (CK2)
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6.
(It has not been a vintage year)

Gameplay AAR of the Year:
1. 'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee by @roverS3
2. To Boldly Go - a Star Trek: Infinite AAR by @VILenin (Star Trek:Infinite)
3. I Have A Dream: The Tale of the Sol Republic – @Nikolai
4. Poles Apart – an HOI4 Ahistory by @Bullfilter
5. Avon Las Observes by @Midnite Duke (CK2)
6. Rex Germania - A Brandenburg to Prussia Strategy AAR by @Rensslaer

Historybook AAR of the Year:
1. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
2. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
3. Pax Britannica – A Great Britain AAR by @Koweth
4. The Presidents: America and the Cold War (1966-1991) by @Nathan Madien
5. Epirus Ascendant, Part 1 by @HistoryDude
6. The Leicesters: History of England under the House of Dudley-Tudor by @ageofadelina

Narrative AAR of the Year:
1. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Deeper Understanding by @Von Acturus
3. Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR by @TheButterflyComposer (HoI4)
4. Omentide by @The Kingmaker
5. Dreams of an Honest World - a Mexico V3 AAR by @Chilango2
6. Lost Seasons of the Danes by @Chac1

Megacampaign AAR of the Year:
I'm sure they are all wonderful.

Graphics/AARtist of the Year:
1. @The Kingmaker
2. @Wraith11B
3. @Chac1
4. @Bullfilter
5. @Werther
6. @TheButterflyComposer

Character of the Year:
1. Queen Margaret of Anjou from Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Richard of York from Wars of the Roses by @coz1
3. Sol President Ersh na-Filvan from I Have a Dream (@Nikolai)
4. Witch Queen Morgana Pendragon from Omentide (@The Kingmaker)
5. Ouster, Tomorrow Belongs To Me - A 'Democratic' Germany AAR
6. Lorenzo de Medici (Machinations of the Medici) by @jak7139 (EUIV)

Newcomer of the Year:
1. @Chac1
2. @Koweth
3. @WPCSolver
4. @ageofadelina
5.
6.

Writer of the Year:
1. @coz1
2. @Von Acturus
3. @Nikolai
4. @Macavity116
5. @TheButterflyComposer
6. @HistoryDude

AAR of the Year
1. The Wars of the Roses by @coz1
2. Echoes of A New Tomorrow: Life after Revolution in the Commonwealth of Britain by @DensleyBlair
3. Deeper Understanding by @Von Acturus
4. Der Adler, der Wolf, und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts by @Wraith11B
5. Omentide by @The Kingmaker
6. Pax Britannica – A Great Britain AAR by @Koweth

 

[DensleyBlair]

A couple more last-minute additions to my ballot by the way, @coz1. Think I’ve snuck them in in time…