MAARC XXXVIII Submission/Nomination Thread [EXTENDED TO JUNE]

[Shankbot de Bodemloze]

This is the submission/nomination thread for MAARC XXXVIII.

Eligibility

- The nominated AAR must have been updated twice from May through to June. A vote will be commenced on or about July 1st.

- The winner of the previous competition cannot compete in this current MAARC
- Only one AAR per person
- Nomination deadline: the last day of the month
- The competition is open for a month, followed by a one week, multi-poll vote.
- If there are less than 5 nominations, the competition is extended for another month.
- Usually authors nominate their own work. If you would like to nominate somebody else's work, please ask for the author's approval first (or encourage the author to nominate the AAR)!

Information to provide

- Title and link to the original AAR thread
- Author
- Game and (if applicable) mod
- Faction
- Short description / teaser

Advertisement Rules

Advertising is allowed in the official advertising board and in AAR threads. Any other kind of direct advertising to advocate nominees is prohibited. Those who breach this rule shall be disqualified for 3 months.

Asking for votes is not allowed and will result in an immediate disqualification and ban of 3 months from the Competition forums.

The competition manager will take whatever steps necessary to insure the integrity of the competition.

Awards

4 points for the Winner
3 points for Second Place
2 points for Third Place

Points are accumulated towards the awarding of the AAR Competition Medals.

Please see the Writer's Study Information and FAQ Thread for more details.

[LegolasGreenleaf]

Title: Filii Martis
Author:LegolasGreenleaf
Game: Rome:Total War

He walked through the valley of death, and he feared none.


He stumbled over a dead branch; he felt weak. The howling of the wolves and the wind made him shiver; he began to falter. The dust and smoke began to choke him; he could not breathe.

And yet he still walked on, undaunted.

Live the glory. Revel in victory. Become a true Son of Mars.

[Shankbot de Bodemloze]

Submission

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
~
THE TALES OF A KINGDOM

Shankbot12

|M2TW|SS 6.4|ENGLAND|

Eustace Radcliffe is back.

And he's off to the Crimea. Things are about to get wild.

Volume 3 has just begun, and Eustace needs you. ...

~

I walked down the corridor, my head full of emotions. I needed a good nights sleep, but that seemed to be the last thing I was going to get. Opening up the envelope I checked where fate had resigned me too. I filed through the documents until one caught my eye.

My destination.

Where the bloody hell was that.

At the bottom of the scroll was a message written by the King:

Eustace Radcliffe by order of the King you are appointed, with immediate effect, as Lord High Marshal. You letter of appointment is attached overleaf, and you act with the full authority of the King upon arrival in Crimea. You objective is to set up a trading outpost in the Black Sea by any means, in the name of the King. Should any person object to such measures, you have the authority to take punitive measures to deal with said objections.

For God and the King!

It seemed like I was being sent off to war. The message lacked any emotion, and was no doubt written by a clerk - it was their standard style, brief and to the point.

At least now I had a destination...

~
It is more blessed to give than to receive.

[Schrödinger]

RESTORING ROME

Book I, the Reign of Alexios Komnenos, is over.

By Schrödinger

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

THE NOWHERE LEGION

SeniorBatavianHorse

RTW/BI with the SAI Mod

Valens faction

Follow the final exploits of the Quinta Macedonica Legio as it
falls at the last deep in the empty desert known
as the Nefud.

Will it succeed against an immortal blessed by the
ancient Persian gods or will it
finally find that Nowhere which has
been its doom since it first marched out
and into the Arabian deserts?

[Santini]

Tooting my own horn, chaps:

Kampf um Europa 3

The year is 1805, and Prussia, once broken in the aftermath of the brutal War of the Second Coalition, now stands on the precipice, a powerless King on the throne, and the three of the Glorious Triumviant firmly in command of the Apparatus of the State.

One driven by patriotism, love of Prussia and the Prussian people, another by a desire for a lasting peace, a Europe stable between balanced states, and yet another occupied with fearful visions of the world aflame and Prussia triumphant.

By Santini, Heartfire, PattonRommel and PubliusKhannus

Once a community campaign, has returned to its roots as a four person AAR.

NTW with EiC and KuE submod

[IrishHitman]

RESURGAM

By IrishHitman
A M2:TW Rule Britannia Mod AAR

Ireland.
An ancient land under the rule of the Sasanach, the Saxon.
A people divided.
A church bathed in corruption and plotting.
A new war to restore honour.

She shall rise again.

[chaplain118]

The Kingdom of Ionia


Chaplain118

RS2.1

Romans 1-turn


===============Excerpt from Chapter XXIX===============

Men started retreating from the ramparts, shouting at those in front to run faster. The footing gave away in some parts. Those in the rear watched their backs in fear as they felt the wall groaning beneath their feet. The boulders continued thudding against the walls. Tremors grew frequent and some men were thrown off, shrieking to a speedy death as the unyielding ground slam into their skulls, shattering their clenched teeth. Skulls crack open with sickening thuds. Jaws twist and snap. The death twitch in the neck whipping through their backs. No chance of prayer. No chance of final rites. Merely broken pieces of flesh and bones. Those unfortunate few who could still see and feel, watched as pieces of stone, from days long past, slowly tumble and fall--and felt those stones crunching through bones and sinew and flesh. Buried they lie, without the blessing of the living nor respect of the dead.

"Let not these invaders befoul your own sacraments and Holies. Let them not near the walls and let them die breaching it. But let us remain and let us endure so that we will continue to honor thee! Oh heavenly Zeus, might father of gods and men...




So the priests prayed. So the gods answered.

[Knonfoda]

Julian, The Savior Of Rome?

By Knonfoda

Type: RTW Invasio Barbarorum Somnium Apostatae Iuliani mod

Faction: Imperium Iulianorum

Goal: To rekindle the lost glory of Rome!

Preview:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Winter slowly came, and with it came the bitter winds sweeping down from the Armenian mountains, where battles still raged fierce, and entire cities were burnt to the ground in the flash of an eye. In the Roman camp outside the unnamed mansio, light freckles of snow now dotted the encampment, the tents rigid in the early morning frost, the last of the jasmine flowers slowly succumbing to bitter winter’s embrace. In the atrium of the mansio, a weary eyed and tired looking Oribasius sat by a small wooden table, taking bites of a stale piece of bread and asking a slave to fetch him a pomegranate, a fruit which he was most keen on. Behind him were two of the Domestici guardsmen, stood as statues protecting the Augustus’s room, the door to which was suddenly swung violently open...

[Radzeer]

Title: The Wolf Among Dogs
Author: Radzeer
Game/mod: MTW 2 / Chivalry II: The Sicilian Vespers
Faction: Latin Empire

The story of a young Picardy knight in Frankish Greece...

[Scottish King]

Title: To Conquer the World for Islam
Author: Scottish King
Faction: The Moors
Game: M2TW Vanilla/SS 6.4
Description: One of the most famous generals in Moorish history recounts in his literary work the Moor-French War which changed not only Europe but the Moorish Empire in ways no one would have ever imagined.

[Maltacus]

Home to Midgard

Author: Maltacus
Game: Medieval II Kingdoms
Mod: Third Age Total War and old FRoME submod + own modding
Faction: The Dwarves of Erebor



Runar and Halvdan, a dwarf diplomat and spy, travel across the silly lands of Middle Earth in search for the mysterious realm of Midgard and negotiate with other factions. Danger is everywhere and snobbish elves lurk behind each corner.

[Robin de Bodemloze]

Just for reference - I'll be setting up the poll roughly this time tomorrow.