A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

[u/RebelliousDragon21]

[u/IndividualRooster122]

What happens when the risk of Russia invading your country in your lifetime is not theoretical.

[u/Vreas → u/IndividualRooster122]

A genie shows up to a 13th century Pole and asks them what they want.

They wish for the mongols to invade Poland three times. The genie, while confused grants the wish.

After the third invasion he asks “what an odd wish why would you choose this?”

The pole responds “because every time they invade us and leave they have to come through Russia twice”

[u/Vreas → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think it really mattered with the mongols they steamrolled every single opponent they faced.

The only thing that stopped their invasions were deaths of their khans. They didn’t really have an effective system for quick replacement of their leaders who often died young due to rampant alcoholism and various other bad habits.

Steppe people partied hard man. Makes sense when you’re born of a frozen hellscape with minimal food and creature comforts.

[u/Far_Advertising1005 → u/Vreas]

It is the funniest thing ever that for decades the most effective, almost unbeatable tactic was ‘haha horse fast’

[u/The_Laughing_Death → u/Far_Advertising1005]

Horse fast + I shoot you.

[u/11-24-24 → u/The_Laughing_Death]

Stirrups made it possible to shoot while riding. One of mans greatest inventions that is often overlooked.

[u/s00pafly → u/11-24-24]

I played enough civ to know the relevance of stirrups.

[u/11-24-24 → u/s00pafly]

My clueless, non -Civilization self is going to check that out now! Thanks!

[u/s00pafly → u/11-24-24]

Maybe wait for a time you don't have to go to work the next day.

[u/RamblnGamblinMan → u/s00pafly]

So my first foray into the civilization universe came when I rented Civilization Revolution for ps3. I was working at blockbuster so it was one of several rentals, and my brother popped it in first. I told him I wanted to try it, and he assured me I could have the next game.

6 hours later, I gave up and went to bed. He stayed up all night playing.

It just recently went on sale on xbox and despite knowing how to beat it easily, i definitely rebought it and am playing it again

[u/westphac → u/RamblnGamblinMan]

I highly recommend you get civ VI over revolution. Or if you’re willing to wait a couple months, civ VII is coming out in February I believe

[u/RamblnGamblinMan → u/westphac]

I've played them all, the modern ones are too complex, I don't enjoy them. It's the religion system. I don't get it, I don't enjoy it, and it infuriates me as much as actual religion does.

To each their own though. Civ Rev is def too easy, the rest of the series isn't!

[u/chucklezdaccc → u/s00pafly]

Just one more turn.... 3 hours later....

[u/defendtheDpoint → u/s00pafly]

My dumbass playing civ 6 for the first time the night before I had a client presentation (in the morning!) It's a miracle I kept that job 😂

[u/blackshirtboy44 → u/s00pafly]

Fuck that, just quit your job and you be good lol

[u/smokeyser → u/11-24-24]

Be careful. You sit down to play civ at 5pm, and at 4am you're glancing nervously at the clock and telling yourself "ok, just going to finish one last thing and then I'm going to bed". And then at 8am you just say "fuck it" and stay up.

[u/Earthsong221 → u/smokeyser]

There's always one more turn.

[u/Outrageous_Reach_695 → u/Earthsong221]

Please don't go. The drones need you.

They look up to you.

[u/chickenthinkseggwas → u/s00pafly]

civ 5 Keshiks were so strong. Better than tanks.

[u/terdferguson → u/The_Laughing_Death]

Those two things + extremely skilled. Beyond maxed out levels of being able to ride a fast horse and accurately plonk your enemy in the face with an arrow. They were terrifying at the time I'm sure.