Aaaaah Baden... famous from the Karlsplatz metro announcer's "...und zur Lokalbahn nach Baden".
I'm from the Raetia-Noricum-border orginally. Now try to find out, where that is.
We should get back to the topic, though.
Hopefully, the Arche will be able to aid its client kingdoms in Arabia. Or else some of the minor kings who currently depend on mighty Makedonia might think about splitting from the empire since they don't get any fast help from the basileus. It would seem that the task of managing an empire and distributing one's attention equally does not become easier with increasing size of that empire.
EDIT:
AARs were simple After Action Reports (as the name suggest), where players would tell about their battles or campaigns. Those simple reports evolved into today's more narrative tales which often are rather inspired by than about the actual campaign. I don't think that there is a distinct inventor or creator of this kind of thing. You may see it as some kind of evolution without a distinct turning point (very much like in history). At least there is no inventor I know of... however, AARs in their current form were already around for some time when I first came into contact with the Total-War-series online comunity, so I might not be the ultimate source.
Bookmarks