Living In Poland

[Jason Weiser]

Dyderich,
Would love to see those pictures...

[Dyderich]

Will have to find the comp I put them on...and do some digging :P

[ArmySGT.]

A pronunciation guide?

I just guess that Kalisz is pronounced Kah-eez.

[Damocles]

Originally Posted by Jason Weiser

Dyderich,
Would love to see those pictures...

Yeah, I'm always looking for good Poland pics too and haven't made it out to Kalisz yet.

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

A pronunciation guide?

I just guess that Kalisz is pronounced Kah-eez.

I can help with this a bit.

Kalisz is Kah-leezj.

C's are pronounced ts.
J's are pronounced y.
dz is J ( as in dzem - which is 'jem' aka Jam, the fruit spread you put on toast)
L's with the slash are w.
W's are V's.

Lodz is WOO-DJ
Wroclaw is Vrotswaf.

PS: Photobucket link

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/...psjaggjwmb.jpg

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by Damocles

I can help with this a bit.

Kalisz is Kah-leezj.

You could well be called up to help everyone with V1 and the T2K timeline to get the names correct for the starting points of the forces as the breakout of the 5th begins.

I love your photo album too. Teutonic castles are always cool.

[Damocles]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

You could well be called up to help everyone with V1 and the T2K timeline to get the names correct for the starting points of the forces as the breakout of the 5th begins.

I love your photo album too. Teutonic castles are always cool.

Polish is an amazing language.

Przystanek - Shu-stan-eck. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/przystanek

As difficult as Polish is to pronounce, I've found that an amazing number of Poles speak English. Also most people here are are extremely gracious and helpful in learning Polish. They know their language is difficult and help you learn it, which is not the case in many languages (I'm pretty sure they spit on you in Moscow if you don't speak perfect Russian).

For TW2K Refs I would proffer:

1) Poland is lousy with Castles. Google "Trail of the Eagles' Nest". There are 25 castles between Częstochowa and Krakow, which are amazing. And then there are the Teutonic castles of the north, and castles across Silesia. LOTS... OF.... CASTLES and palaces here.

2) 90% of all Polish food in your game should probably be zupa i cheb (soup and bread).

3) Change your weather often in game. We had hail today and blue sky 30 minute later. If you don't like the weather in Poland, just wait 15 minutes.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Originally Posted by Damocles

3) Change your weather every 15 minutes in game. We had hail today; and blue sky 30 minute later. If you don't like the weather in Poland, just wait 15 minutes.

So, like the UK then?

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by Damocles

1) Poland is lousy with Castles. Google "Trail of the Eagles' Nest". There are 25 castles between Częstochowa and Krakow, which are amazing. And then there are the Teutonic castles of the north, and the Germanic castles of Silesia. LOTS... OF.... CASTLES and palaces here.

Hmmm. I've had it in mind to someday run a "settling down" campaign, in which the PCs decide to spend the winter (or longer) in a village. I wonder if having a castle would sweeten the deal?

Are castles usually very close to villages/small towns, within them, or out of town?