Some useful feedback from OSR Pit later, and I want to remember what I want to put in an AAR. I might not write that much for each bullet-point, but I think it’s worth covering it all.

The last point about the lesson is my reason for writing these, but if I don’t include the context, then I can’t be sure it’s the right lesson.

  • What did I play?
    • How long for?
  • What tools did I use?
  • What was the plot?
    • What happened in each room/encounter?
    • What were the characters?
    • What were the tactics?
  • What did I learn?
    • What went well?
    • What went badly?
    • What would I do differently?

I was going to expand this out a bit, but I think it’s pretty self-explanatory. I don’t read long AARs, so I want to keep them short so that:

  1. I actually write them
  2. I feel they’re more readable

If you’re reading this and have a different opinion though, please hit me up.