History Main / AfterActionReport

The "after action" aspect is less emphasized these days; often such accounts are begun [[LetsPlay while the game is still in progress]] and often with a degree of reader participation. For instance, some authors will allow their audience to provide suggestions for or vote on their next course of action. This spontaneity can sometimes generate a narrative akin to that of a RandomEventsPlot - as can actual {{Random Event}}s in the game itself.

A prevalent form of fan literature often associated with [[TurnBasedStrategy turn-based]] and [[RealTimeStrategy real-time strategy]] games, including [[FourX 4X games]], and RolePlayingGames. Frequently overlaps with FanFic.

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

* ''LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}}'' (VideoGame/DwarfFortress)

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

* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' is a curious example; it began as a report (and then a serialized run of reports) on Ryo Mizuno's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign in ''Comptiq Magazine'', which he then novelized after the serialization run ended. It was eventually adapted to its own tabletop game system after Creator/{{TSR}} passed on buying the campaign setting and publishing a dedicated setting book for it. In terms of actual ''structure and content'', though, [[https://archive.org/details/record-of-lodoss-war-comptiq-magazine-english-translation the articles themselves]] actually straddle the line between an AAR and being the forerunner of ActualPlay shows and series.

* ''LetsPlay/StellarisInvicta'' (VideoGame/{{Stellaris}})

* ''Literature/AgainstAllOdds'' ([[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron II]])

* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' is a curious example; it began as a report (and then a serialized run of reports) on Ryo Mizuno's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign in ''Comptiq Magazine", which he then novelized after the serialization run ended. It was eventually adapted to its own tabletop game system after Creator/{{TSR}} passed on buying the campaign setting and publishing a dedicated setting book for it. In terms of actual ''structure and content'', though, [[https://archive.org/details/record-of-lodoss-war-comptiq-magazine-english-translation the articles themselves]] actually straddle the line between an AAR and being the forerunner of ActualPlay shows and series.