I for one have started two AARs (see my sig) but both of them ended rather too soon. The reason is of coure obvious - it takes a huge lot of time to do one. I reckon, that for instance my Pontic AAR which was done as a sigle post covering about 40 years in game terms took me about twenty hours in real time (selecting and editing screenshots, pasting them in place into PowerPoint, adding text, etc.). I love to write AARs, but I have a job and a family and I simply do not have the time to do so. And it would certainly by the reason for other people too. And nothing could be done about that.

But even if I know now that I will not be able to write another AAR, I still think while playing like I will. I imagine what the characters would do or say in an imaginary AAR, I still do take screenshots and thinking about the story that could be construed behind the gameplay. The result is that I enjoy actual playing much more. AAR simply gives more flavour to your game even if you will never write one...

I would not dare to say that the community on this forum is not supportive to AARs. The opposite is true, IMHO, just look at the views number for most threads - it reaches into the order of thousands! And replies score is also rather high.

@Social Infidel - if you want some Pahlavan AAR for inspiration see my sig (Promising start), or - and vastly better still - remind yourself of this legendary one:https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=62656