Just finished one of the funniest games for a long time, with Poland. I'm starting to love medium size countries: not too much micromanagement, still many opportunities. Nicest thing of all, I was able to grab three new achievements with a single game:
Winged Hussars
One King to Rule!
Poland Can Into Space
The grand strategy was simple:
1) Do not form PU with Lithuania - nice buffer against Russia
2) Do not even try to form Commonwealth
3) Take provinces only with reactive strategy (only one wardec from my side)
4) Keep your army at force limit all time
5) Keep Lithuania, Austria and France (end game) as your ally
6) Forget navy and trade, concentrate on production and taxes for income
7) Keep Moldavia as march - nice buffer against Ottomans
8) Integrate Mazovia early
9) Join catholic league
10) Collect papal influence to spend on legitimacy to ease elections (until Sejm overthrown)
11) Do not westernize
For the Winged Hussars take Aristocracy and Quality NI.
For the One King to Rule be sure to finish Quantity before 1600 to have enough men and manpower to crush noble rebels.
Poland Can Into Space was the easiest one, accomplished 1814. Just be sure to spend adm points on buildings and ideas only when technologies are more ahead of time.
Even though I did only one wardec, the game was far from being boring. There was continuous flow of ally wars. With good claims I was able to grab quite a lot of land. The 30 years war was just hilarious, even when it ended with white peace. The last decades were actually a game for survival, as protestant Prussia and orthodox Russia tried to eat Poland.
Winged Hussars
One King to Rule!
Poland Can Into Space
The grand strategy was simple:
1) Do not form PU with Lithuania - nice buffer against Russia
2) Do not even try to form Commonwealth
3) Take provinces only with reactive strategy (only one wardec from my side)
4) Keep your army at force limit all time
5) Keep Lithuania, Austria and France (end game) as your ally
6) Forget navy and trade, concentrate on production and taxes for income
7) Keep Moldavia as march - nice buffer against Ottomans
8) Integrate Mazovia early
9) Join catholic league
10) Collect papal influence to spend on legitimacy to ease elections (until Sejm overthrown)
11) Do not westernize
For the Winged Hussars take Aristocracy and Quality NI.
For the One King to Rule be sure to finish Quantity before 1600 to have enough men and manpower to crush noble rebels.
Poland Can Into Space was the easiest one, accomplished 1814. Just be sure to spend adm points on buildings and ideas only when technologies are more ahead of time.
Even though I did only one wardec, the game was far from being boring. There was continuous flow of ally wars. With good claims I was able to grab quite a lot of land. The 30 years war was just hilarious, even when it ended with white peace. The last decades were actually a game for survival, as protestant Prussia and orthodox Russia tried to eat Poland.
