Since it's Poland Independence Day today, please post short stories about Polish epic failures or impressive blobbing. Game doesn't matter, ai or player controlled doesn't matter. Keep calm and Polan Stronk!
Posted Nov 11, 2015, 9:04 AM UTC
Very large Poland in my first ever EU4 game: http://i.imgur.com/Yu9Oe4n.png
How was your empire overseas?
It seems everyone grew in Europe but not you.
I did an entirely colonial game, as is usually suggested for playing as Portugal in your first EU4 game. I had most of the Caribbean and North America, the northern part of South America, some of west and southern Africa, the Philippines, most of Indonesia, and Australia.
I did so too as my first game. Once your colonies start fighting its not fun to get raped by Spain. The proper way to play Portugal is to paint Iberia Green
The funny thing was, my Brazilian CN and Spain's were always fighting each other, culminating in Spanish Brazil's annexation of Portuguese Brazil, but I managed to stay allied with Spain the whole game.
One of my first games of CK2 was as the king of Poland. I found it incredibly funny that many of my kings were named "Boguslaw".
"Bogusław" means "glory be to god", implying "glory be to god that it's not a girl".
Think I might just try for a Victoria 2 Poland game. God help me.
Godspeed!
I'm not sure if starting as Kraków is easier or just playing (P)Russia and releasing Poland.
I don't do released countries. Krakow or bust.
I just did UK->dow Russia with Free the people CB-> release Poland->switch to Poland. That way it doesn't feel as silly as just releasing them day one.
Conquered the HRE as Commonwealth, turned it into a client state named Niemcy. Hooray for poland!
When I first got CK2, I started a 1066 game as the king of Poland. Started out doing pretty well, managed to form the Wendish Empire, and felt pretty good about myself. I was still weaker than the HRE, but whatever, I'm still stronger than the pesky Russians.
Then the Mongols came. That was...unpleasant.
Back in CK1, one of the stock Polish names was 'Wanko'. Many a good time was had with Wanko Piast, 3rd of his name. I think they changed it for CK2. A crying shame.
CK 2 first old gods game Gdańsk->Pomerania->Wendish empire game ended in nearly world conquest
eu4 west border south border east border Hungary and Moldavia marchies
some ai Poland
I am playing poland atm and well if russia wont get a child I will be in a war for his throne against bohemia.
My first EU4 ironman game, in 1.4 iirc. Got really lucky with PUs over both Hungary and Sweden. Also unified the HRE since Poland could still join back then.
In one of my games (to which I sadly don't have screenshots). Poland PU'd Russia and Scandinavia.
The Great Portuguese-Polish war over the crown of Prussia (first time I saw prussia form too) killed millions of soldiers from the Russian tundra, to the sunny coasts of Iberia. Mainland Europe is still a raged battlefield with desolated homes.
The war lasted over 10 years. On ones side, led by Portugal, along with its allies, Great Britain, Italy and France, against the Commonwealth of Poland, Russia, Scandinavia and Byzantium (wot). Eventually Portugal won but it was the most exhausting war I ever had.
EDIT: The battle that decided the war occured near the swiss alps, were the Polish army attacked a small Portuguese army entrenched in the mountains, only to have it reinforced by nearby armies. Eventually the allied forces of both sides joined in. It was an epic battle, with around 1M total combatants, thousands of men dying every day in a battle that lasted weeks. In the end the Portuguese were victorious (mountains OP) at the cost of around 200k men, against the losses of 450k of the Polish army
Were you Poland?
Portugal. That was one weird game