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Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
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Author:  Alexey Tartyshev [ Tue Jan 27, 2026 8:03 am ]
Post subject:  Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
Gentlemen,
I would appreciate your feedback on the preferred format and length of After Action Reports.
Example of AARs can be found here:

https://www.wargame.ch/wc/nwc/Club_Webp ... r_2025.pdf

and there is more in the pipeline.

Please select up to 3 options that apply.
One option is also ok, but no more than three so it gives meaningfull results.
Author:  Chris Savoy [ Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
Maybe it's just with me - but the link doesn't work? Maybe French sabotage :lol:
Author:  Alexey Tartyshev [ Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
Good spotting, sir. The godless revolutionary agents, acting in defiance of the divine order of true European monarchies, have been neutralised, and the link is now restored.
Author:  David Luna Pena [ Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
General-Leytenant Alexey Tartyshev.

Since I read AAR's to learn I like longer ones with in-depth analysis and also many images to properly visualize the situations.
Author:  Antonio Simon [ Wed Jan 28, 2026 6:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
Alexey Tartyshev wrote:
Gentlemen,
I would appreciate your feedback on the preferred format and length of After Action Reports.
Example of AARs can be found here:


I think that, on the contrary, the whole club is grateful to you for your work.

As a novice, your AARs and latest writings are helping me a lot to better understand these games, which I have been playing for years without really delving into them.

I find the AARs with images to be the most important and revealing, and I would like to be able to analyze my battles in the same way. How about a guide on how to make AARs? I have tried the podcast format, but I am not fluent in the language, which makes it difficult for me to follow them, something that improves with videos, although I always prefer reading.

I would like to see AARs of small engagements, more tactical than strategic, showing how to use different weapons in different situations.

Anyway, thank you for your work, and I hope this novice's opinion is of some use to you.
Author:  Alexey Tartyshev [ Wed Jan 28, 2026 9:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Poll: Preferred After Action Report (AAR) Format
David,
Thank you, noted!

Antonio,

Thank you for the feedback.

The easiest way to start doing AARs is by using ChatGPT’s voice function. My routine is simple: I watch the turn, then go for a walk and record a voice note (in any common language) describing what happened, the situation on the map, my concerns, opportunities and my planned response.

There is a psychological benefit to this. PBEM games trigger a wide range of emotions—from over- confidence to desperation —which does not help clear thinking. Talking it through with ChatGPT helps structure thoughts and turn them into an analytical, emotion-free narrative. What you get is essentially an AAR, or in fact DAR (During Action Report).

As you progress you can then ask the AI to shorten, expand, or refocus sections as needed. AI handles Spanish of course and then you can just ask to translate it into other languages, if later you want to share it with your opponent or publish as AAR.

If you want to go further, the text can be combined with images in a PowerPoint or similar format to create a more complete AAR.

Tactical detail is harder to show, but I can add more images in future AARs to highlight key positions and terrain
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