MAARC LXXI - Submissions/Nominations Thread

[Alwyn]

This is the submission/nomination thread for MAARC LXXI!


Eligibility

Two updates are needed since July 1, 2017.

Only one entry per person.

The first place winner in the previous competition cannot enter this one.

Only work that is posted on TWC is eligible to enter.

Writers' Study Staff have discretion to disqualify nominations where it would be unfair to allow them to enter, for example in cases of plagiarism.

If you have a question or want to check whether an entry is eligible, please send a private message to a member of the Writers' Study Staff.

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Advertising


Advertising the competition is allowed. Inviting people to submit their writing is okay.

Asking for votes for a particular submission is not allowed and will result in disqualification.

Breaking the rules will result in measures at the discretion of the Writers' Study Staff.

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Submissions

Authors are encouraged to submit their own work.

To enter, post on this thread with all of the following information:

• the author's name
  
• the title (with a link to the thread)
  
• a short description/teaser
  
• the game(s) used
  
• details (if applicable) of mod(s) used
  
• details (if applicable) of faction

If you want to nominate someone else's AAR, you must ask for (and obtain) their permission before posting the nomination.

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Voting

Six entries are needed to run a regular competition.

If, after a month, we have fewer than six entries, then we wait until there are three or more submissions.

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Awards

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

If the competition has fewer than six entries, then first place will receive three points and second place will receive two.


Points are accumulated towards the awarding of the Writers' Study Competition Medals.

• 6 points - bronze medal
  
• 12 points - silver medal
  
• 24 points - gold medal

[Justinian Australis]

I guess I'll kick things off...

THE LAST PAGAN EMPEROR

by Justinian Australis
An Invasio Barbarorum: Somnium Apostatae luliani modification
Imperium lulianorum

The year is 371 AD and after many years of bitter and ruinous civil war, the remnants of Constantius II's eastern dominions finally surrendered to Rome allowing Flavius Claudius Julianus to assume the mantle as the sole Emperor of Rome. Yet there is no time to enjoy the spoils and privileges afforded to the master of Rome and the world. While he has so far successfully and skillfully negotiated the potential for treachery in the west at the hands of his Caesar Corialanus Phocas, other old and bitter rivals, once dormant have regained their former strength. The borders of Empire are subject to the attacks of forces long thought defeated, at a time when the defenses are worn thin and about to crack. Only wise and veteran men stand before them pouring forth in a new great invasion. Romes greatest and most terrible enemy, one who has been its equal and has humbled her in the past, however has threatened war, demanding her complete subservience to its might, forcing the Emperor to head east with a great invasion force, unsure as to whether the threat is real or the bellicose blusterings of a King in desperate straits. Though with his most trusted friend Avidius at hand, new faces are at the forefront of this war, ones yet untested by battle and the snake pit that is Roman politics, as the Emperor realizes that another man close to his heart is not what he seems...

[The Best of Luck]

REPUBLICAN AMBITIONS

By the Best of Luck
Medieval 2: Staineless STeel 6.3
Republic of Novgorod
The Republic of Novgorod is beset by threats on all sides. The Mongols are marching across Asia, the Kievan Rus looks to reclaim their hegemony over Russia, and the Latin Christians seek to finish off the Orthodox faith. But ambitions are abound and the Republic will face all of their threats head on.

[Roman Heritage]

Intrigue, plots, marriages, coins, faith and sword. And war.
This is what Rome has always been. This is what Rome will always be.
This is what Roman History is made of.

Name: Historia Rhomaike
Author: Roman Heritage
Game/Mod: Bellum Crucis 7.0, a Medieval II Total War modification
Faction: Basileia ton Rhomaion, or Byzantine Empire, as you please