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!!!Inspired by ParadoxInteractive media

* ParadoxInteractive [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forum.php Forums]] features literally ''thousands'' of [=AARs=] and sustains its own subculture of [=AAR=] writers, complete with their own archives, quarterly awards, and even a serial newsletter... all maintained by the fanbase. Many fans got into Paradox games due to stumbling across a [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97747 particularly]] [[FanFic/TheGermanRiskAAR good]] AAR. Among others (not including ones that already have a page here):

* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095033/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/161570/blog/galciv-2-war-report-final-entry/?site=pcg&skip=yes This]] gameplay [=AAR=] on ''VideoGame/GalacticCivilizations II'' depicts an epic game where the player intentionally honks off the entire galaxy at every opportunity, yet manages to squeak out a win anyway.
** There's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823093728/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/195920/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-days-1-26/ a second AAR]] where the same player tries to win via peaceful methods. 650 billion die along the way. ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20111125201153/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/198344/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-final-entry/ Part two]] is here; link on the page is messed up.)

* ''FanFic/TheCrownAtomic'' ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II], VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg)

* ''LetsPlay/TheHohenzollernEmpire'' ([[Creator/ParadoxInteractive]])

** [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?384744-The-Audacity-of-Hope-An-Iroquois-IN-AAR The Audacity of Hope]], Prawn Star's infamous EuropaUniversalis 3 AAR in which he succeeds in conquering a good chunk of the world [[CherryTapping with the Iroquois]].

* NuzlockeComics are either written stories or (more commonly, as evidenced by the name) comic strips that relate a player's experience with a [[SelfImposedChallenge Nuzlocke Run]] of one of the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games. A lot of them add their own original stories on top of the relatively bare-bones ExcusePlot of the original games, but with the general series of events kept more or less intact.

Compare LetsPlay, which is a play-by-play video/and or picture narration of a non-strategy game. The [[NuzlockeComics NuzlockeChallenge]] is a subtype specific to Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.

* ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'' (TabletopGame/DarkHeresy, TabletopGame/OnlyWar, TabletopGame/Warhammer40K)

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' began as an after-action report on Ryo Mizuno's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign; it was eventually adapted to its own tabletop game system after TSR passed on buying the campaign.

* [=SomethingAwful.com's=] LetsPlay accounts are essentially a variation of this, including the {{Boatmurdered}} example above.

* Literature/AgainstAllOdds ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II]])
* LetsPlay/ChildrenOfTheFatherland (VideoGame/CrusaderKings, VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis, Victoria 2 and VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)
* FanFic/FireWarmsTheNorthernLands (VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun)
* FanFic/ForKingAndCountry ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II]])
* FanFic/TheGermanRiskAAR (VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)
* FanFic/TheAlienInvasion (VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)
* Literature/HoldingOutForAHeroGustavStresemannSurvives (VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)

* Webcomic/OsterreichUberAlles ([[VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun Victoria II]])
* Roleplay/RiseOfTheBlackRose ([[TabletopGame/StarWarsRoleplayingGame Edge of the Empire]])
* LetsPlay/RomeAARisen (VideoGame/CrusaderKings)
* Literature/TheSaxonEnglandSaga (Creator/ParadoxInteractive)
* Literature/SiegerkranzGermanysPlaceInTheSun ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II]])
* LetsPlay/ThisIsMadnessStoryOfTheCrumblingEurope (''[[VideoGame/CrusaderKings Crusader Kings II]], [[VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis Europa Universalis IV]]'')
* Literature/YnglingaSaga (VideoGame/CrusaderKings, VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis, VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun and VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)

* Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty (TabletopGame/DarkHeresy, TabletopGame/OnlyWar, TabletopGame/Warhammer40K)
* LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} (VideoGame/DwarfFortress)
* LetsPlay/{{Bravemule}} (VideoGame/DwarfFortress)
* FanFic/IAmSkantarios (VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar)
** FanFic/PaganVengeance

* Webcomic/RumorsOfWar (author's own custom multimedia setting)
* LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt (VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar)

* In ''[[ERepublik [=eRepublik=]]]'' you have player written ones, some of the more popular papers have thousands of subscribers.

* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler's]] LetsPlay of SWAT4 ended each mission video with a summary of the mission, frequently putting a humorous spin on the mission's events.

* FanFic/AScotsmanInEgypt (VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar)

** Battle reports are also a regular feature of ''WhiteDwarf'' for all of the Creator/GamesWorkshop games -- not just ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', but also ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/LordOfTheRings'', and even, in its day, various {{Gaiden Game}}s like ''TabletopGame/{{Mordheim}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Gorkamorka}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}}'' and ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl''. They're mostly written as type A, but type Bs were used for for both 40K and Warhammer Fantasy for an extended run in the late-200s, and the reports for the more "narrative themed" games like Mordheim, Inquisitor, etc were usually portrayed as type Bs, or as type As with "fluff bites".

* Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty (TabletopGame/DarkHeresy, TabletopGame/OnlyWar, TabletopGame/Warhammer40K)
* LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}} (VideoGame/DwarfFortress)
* LetsPlay/{{Bravemule}} (VideoGame/DwarfFortress)

* FanFic/TheAlienInvasion(VideoGame/HeartsOfIron)

* FanFic/IAmSkantarios (VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar)
** FanFic/PaganVengeance

* ''FanFic/LandOfTheAryans'' (VideoGame/TotalWar)

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' began as an after-action report on Ryo Mizuno's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign; it was eventually adapted to its own tabletop game system after TSR passed on buying the campaign.

* Webcomic/RumorsOfWar (author's own custom multimedia setting)

* FanFic/AScotsmanInEgypt (VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar)

* ''Literature/TalesOfWyre'' is based on the author's [[TabletopGame/EpicLevelHandbook high-level]] ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign.

* SiegerkranzGermanysPlaceInTheSun ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II]])

* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095033/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/161570/blog/galciv-2-war-report-final-entry/?site=pcg&skip=yes This]] gameplay [=AAR=] on ''GalacticCivilizations II'' depicts an epic game where the player intentionally honks off the entire galaxy at every opportunity, yet manages to squeak out a win anyway.

** There's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823093728/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/195920/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-days-1-26/ a second AAR]] where the same player tries to win via peaceful methods. 650 billion die along the way. ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20111125201153/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/198344/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-final-entry/? Part two]] is here; link on the page is messed up.)

* [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=161570&site=pcg&skip=yes This]] gameplay [=AAR=] on ''GalacticCivilizations II'' depicts an epic game where the player intentionally honks off the entire galaxy at every opportunity, yet manages to squeak out a win anyway.
** There's [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=195920 a second AAR]] where the same player tries to win via peaceful methods. 650 billion die along the way. ([[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=198344&site=pcg Part two]] is here; link on the page is messed up.)