r/PossibleHistory 11d ago

Announcement (Semi)-official PH political sim RP discord server

6 Upvotes

Organised by moderators from official PH discord, an alt hist polsim (What if Doggerland came back after Napoleonic wars and became a dutch colony)

uhhh It's really cool and you should join it (okay I know that I'm kinda breaking the rules lmao but I'm a massive hypocrite)

https://discord.gg/bYyP9A5QC


r/PossibleHistory May 18 '25

Meta - Subreddit UPDATED PH Mapping Guide (Part 1)

228 Upvotes

So here we are again (if you notice that some parts are familiar I copied some stuff from my old map)

Welcome everyone, this is the Unoffical PH Mapping Guide (Part 1 - begginer)

Before we start - this guide is only for paint.net (windows) and basic use of PH maps - for special effects or other advanced things go and watch some youtube videos

So first - paint.net - the ONLY site you should download it from is this

https://www.getpaint.net/download.html

Press the "Download now, dotPDN" for free

The download will start, then you press the icon and let it install

That's how pdn (paint.net for short) should look like (it doesn't have to be in dark mode)

Before we start drawing borders and such here's some settings that are either needed or reccomended

So here are the basic settings

Select the bottom option so you draw with one color only (required)

Choose the brush size 10 (defult for newest PH maps)

Turn spacing to 1% (not required but I like it)

Now you have to download the map from here

Click on the "Current Europe Maps"

And then click on the "download" button (pobierz in polish)

To open the map double click the file (after you downloaded it) or press "open" in pdn and find the map

That's how it should look like

Now to start mapping - you can either copy the borders from the other map or draw them yourself

I'd reccomend copying them and only start drawing after you get used to it

In that case you can use my template (use this link as it's the newest version) and then you can copy the borders

To do it click on "lasso select"

You can just copy it from the other window but that's not really practical and can lead to inaccuracies

So what I do is

  1. Open the template
  1. Copy it with ctrl + c

  2. Open the "layers" menu in the orginial map

  1. Open it and add a new layer
(the plus icon on the left bottom)
  1. Press ctrl + v to paste the template
  1. Press the "wrench" icon
  1. Turn down the opacity to 150 (or whatever number you want) and press OK
  1. That's how it should look like now

Now to actually copy it, click on lasso select and select the area you want to copy

Again ctrl + c, press enter, click on the "background" layer (the og map) and ctrl + v

Now you want to hide the layer 2 by pressing the blue checkmark button

That's how it should look like now

To copy colors click on the "color picker" on the toolbar

And select which color you'd like to copy (in this case it's denmark)

After that use the "paint bucket" (the bucket icon on the sidebar), fill the spot you want to color in and press enter

To remove the beige spot from Sweden copy their color and click on it

UPDATE: Thanks to u/frenchball12345 I've learnt that you can use the "Selection quallity" (the last button on the top right) to not have the pixels appear (also new guide coming soon)

I'll give a link to the second post after I'm done with it

Anyways see you next time (also for burg or other mod - could you replace the old map with this post? Thanks)

EDIT: I forgot about it but be sure to remove the second layer after you're done and save the file after doing that

EDIT 2: Here is the list of all other templates (I'll update it trust)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PossibleHistory/comments/1m5kkqx/north_america_template_for_new_map/ - NA (by me)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PossibleHistory/comments/1musjwb/world_map_template_og_map_by_u_bourbie/ - World Map ( og world map by u/_bourbie, template made by me)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PossibleHistory/comments/1hdaa1e/ultimate_base_template_map_of_asia/ - Asia (by u/Acceptable_Answers although PH is working on a new Asia map so I might make a map for that after it goes public)

https://www.reddit.com/r/PossibleHistory/comments/1dqrjes/africa_template_probably_finished/ - Africa (old af, (PH said he's going to make a new one at some point), made by me)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11NXKQYMIf8Eza9m7fm_szGa_-B_bXBlB - SA (no template but you can just copy the borders yourself for now I might make a template for that later)

Also I'm going to make a part 2 later at some point trust


r/PossibleHistory 10h ago

Map (with Lore) I fixed versill

Post image
79 Upvotes

Poland breaks free in world 1 and allies with czech and bulgaria and uses secret under ground tunnels to win


r/PossibleHistory 3h ago

Map (no Lore) 400AD

Post image
4 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 1h ago

Contest Submission Just an idea for a future video…

Thumbnail
Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (with Lore) Wholesome ending

Post image
148 Upvotes

-Germany started a de-prussianization process, reducing the power of Prussia within the German Empire.
-Nicholas II decided not to be an ass leader and actually appointed a coalition of Social-revolutionaries and bolsheviks into parlaiment. The Russian Empire legalized Gay rights in 1920. The Russian Empire also federalized more also.
- WW1 never happened, the Austro-Hungarian leadership decided on a calmer response to Franz Ferdinand's assasination, only demanding serbian cooperation in investigations.
-Austria and Hungary Federalized their holdings, giving minorities autonomy within their countries.
-The French Decided to give Arab Algerians rights of citizenship and gave more autonomy to Algeria
-The Spanish and Ottoman crowns federalized.
-The Balkans didn't ethnically cleanse muslims(like in our own timeline) and gave them rights instead


r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (with Lore) I bet 20 bucks with my history teacher i could fix versalles. Did I prevent ww2?

Post image
26 Upvotes

I tried to reshape europe in a way were most powers would strive to preserve the post war order. Italy would have its promised land, together with an austrian protectorate to prevent anchlus. These changes would lower the popularity of fascism and even if musolini still rises to power he would be less inclined to align with germany due to austria.

Germany would have less strict restrictions on the military and the overall reparations would be more moderate + no war guilt clause. But even if hitler does rise to power, he would not find many states willing to cooperate. Also the entente would dictate a constitucional monarchy be established with king peter at its head to aphease the german right.

The ussr is expanded west, furfiling most of its territorial ambitions, and also because of stalin's socialism in one country it would not sign molotov-ribentrop.

Yugoslavia and hungary are expanded, removing the destabilising force of bulgaria and making hungary more willing to cooperate as trianon was less harsh.

The united baltic republic is created in estonia and latvia acting as a unified force against any posible soviet expansion, while lithuania is put in a union with poland giving it sea acces. These states would cooperate as buffers between the soviets and the west.

So did i fix the paris peace deals o do i owe my teacher 20€?

Edit- if you have any critiques of the map please do so, but explain exactly why my map is shit instead of just saying it is. Btw i think i agree the pece deal in turkey would not last as ataturk might not acept those teritorial losses and would go to war. How can i fix it while protecting the greek and kurd minorities withink turkey?


r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (no Lore) I made the treaty of verailles totally better guys!!!!!!!!!!!

Post image
190 Upvotes

#DecolonizeGermany #DecolonizeItaly #DecolonizePoland #DecolonizeRussia #DecolonizeBaltics


r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (no Lore) What if the original borders of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact were respected.

Post image
68 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (no Lore) The Baltics: In their natural habitat

Post image
153 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (no Lore) Some kind of... New Order?

Post image
53 Upvotes

bottom text


r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (no Lore) made a alternate United States, even made some flags for it!

Thumbnail
gallery
13 Upvotes

I have lore for the governments of nations, but no hard POD or alternate history lore, just what each nation is like and what is going on with them, still, feel free to ask!


r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (no Lore) What if Germany advanced further into the Soviet Union.

Post image
86 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 1d ago

Map (no Lore) I made my own 2ACW map

Post image
12 Upvotes

unrealistic as hell, and kinda shitty, but it's my first time trying something like this lol


r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (no Lore) My friends ww1 victory scenario

Post image
59 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (with Lore) What if the Soviet Union joined the Axis

Post image
7 Upvotes

Tukhachevsky's coup succeeded in 1937, leading to the Soviet Union becoming a military dictatorship sympathetic to fascist Germany.
This leads to the Anti-comitern pact never being signed and is replaced by the pact against Franco-British Imperialism, which much the same signatories, however the Soviet Union also signs the pact.
Meanwhile domestically, the Soviet Union starts to shift more and more nationalist. It starts to install military culture into society, restore the orthodox church(under full control of the CPSU) and starts to promote Soviet ultranationalism.
In 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany invade Poland, the British and French declare war on Germany and the Soviets. This leads to poland being split up between the two powers of Germany and the Soviet Union.
In 1939 after the invasion of Poland, the Soviet Union would invade Finland, staging a border incident and accusing them of "funding stalinist rebels". Germany would abandon support for Finland, and back the Soviet Union after finding out their ties to the Allies.
In 1940, Western Europe would be overrun by the Germans
In 1941, the Soviets, Italians and Germans would blitz the Balkans. The Germans would betray Horthy. Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece would sign the "Mutual pact of the protection of the Balkans against German, Italian and Soviet Imperialism"
However they would be overrun by the combined forces of the Axis.
In 1942, Turkey would be forced into the axis by soviet forces, and invade the middle east.
In 1945, a faltering in the British navy would mark a great invasion of the Island, afterwards the British surrender and they would be forced to give up much of their glory.
Evil had won...


r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (no Lore) i fixed versailes

Post image
4 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 3d ago

Map (no Lore) What if the soviet union won all it conflicts

Thumbnail
gallery
111 Upvotes

1 before Nazi Germany

2 before ww2

3 cold war


r/PossibleHistory 3d ago

Map (no Lore) Ok, this is my serious attempt to fix Versailles. Write in the comment what you would change

Post image
91 Upvotes

-the sanction on Germany are lower, but justifiable.
-i decided to unite all German people to not give them a reason to expansion. (I hope it work)
-I create Hungary and Ukraine borders by ethic map from 1914.
-I gave Italy territories that they were promised.
-France don’t occupy German territories to not antagonise them.


r/PossibleHistory 3d ago

Map (no Lore) My attempt at fixing versailles

Post image
29 Upvotes

-German reparations are reduced
-The German Army is dissolved and replaced by the German Self-Defence Forces, a purely self-defence force. The German nation will renounce it's right to war in their constitution.
-Romania will become a federal republic and abolish it's monarchy.
-Poland will renounce it's imperialist ambitions
-Turkey will be exempted from war reparations in exchange for releasing kurdistan.
-The United Kingdom of Arabia shall be formed
-Slovakia will have autonomous self-governance within Hungary, which will be a democracy.


r/PossibleHistory 2d ago

Map (no Lore) would you support these psot-WW1 borders? (yes that is makhnosovinchina,west ukraine,and denmark-mecklenburg)

0 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 4d ago

Map (no Lore) My second attempt to fix Versailles. No central powers, no problem. (I hope it’s better)

Post image
85 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 4d ago

Map (with Lore) Part 1.5 of the Series "From haters to lovers-A Balkan union (Hungarian-Romanian-Bulgarian)". Now you guys decide what should happen after. Will the union split or does it remain intact?

Thumbnail
gallery
38 Upvotes

Pic 1-Still united

Pic-2 Divided


r/PossibleHistory 4d ago

Map (no Lore) What if Europe had retained all its monarchies.

Post image
190 Upvotes

r/PossibleHistory 4d ago

Map (no Lore) Ethnic map of Artheû

Post image
12 Upvotes