A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit

The España-class battleships' strength and appearance, and the Baltimore-like Canarias-class models, draw criticism in the base game.

Sweden's coast-defence ships are judged less effective in the base game than they would be with the naval-rework mod.

Foreign aircraft, LMS Class 8F locomotives and Lee-Enfield rifles are available through the game's international market.

The Spanish player needs imported fighters, while Germany's civil war raises a question about whether the export contract will survive.

A favourable assessment of the Heinkel He 51 in 1936 is followed by a tentative challenge to the picture used for a Do 23 squadron.

The first Enterprise answer questions the specific proposal and explains why fitting British 4.5-inch BD mounts would require substantial work.

Ethiopia's defenders fall back, dig in and retain supply dumps while Italian forces advance beyond their supply zones.

The explanation given is that regional wartime conditions directed Sweden's ore to Germany. A different outcome at Narvik could have allowed Britain to buy it and deny it to German industry.

Garius's preference for driving through the centre meets advice to clear southern Germany before advancing in the north.

The game permits a rapid Swedish coast-defence conversion that the players explicitly regard as physically impossible.

Another three hundred British rifles are ordered to fill Sweden's army stocks before the expected civil war.

The heavy-battery research ladder prompts criticism when an upgrade also opens access to 18-inch guns.

Enterprise was one of several options considered. A U.S. upgrade would use 5-inch guns, but her existing usefulness made a C- or D-class cruiser a likelier choice. No originator is identified.

Coffee dependence prompts plans to broaden Brazil's production and rebuild its economy before another naval arms race.

A projected completion around 1940 for an already advanced Canarias-class cruiser draws criticism of the one-dockyard construction rate.

In an interwar anecdote, a Blackshirt demands that an older peer yield to 'the future,' and the peer answers with his walking cane.

The Ethiopian player's immediate aim is to survive until a game intervention forces Italy to halt.

Temporary offensive penalties slow the fighting, and the Nationalist player relies on holding ground while Republican attacks exhaust their forces.

The aircraft were cheap and considered decent, Germany was not using them, and the Spanish player could put them to use. In this run, they then suffered heavy losses against Republican I-16s.

An undated anecdote portrays Quisling making demands of a police chief who does not recognise him and ejects him.

Spain's autogyro image occupies a helicopter technology slot, prompting a distinction between the aircraft type and its game mechanics.

The expected civil war encourages selective infrastructure investment, with factories taking priority over railways.

The Spanish player says volunteers have followed his new faction when both countries are human-controlled. He needs rifles immediately, in quantities his convoys can carry.

A favourable in-game casualty comparison is qualified by the recognition that both sides' losses belong to Spain.

Italian numerical pressure defeats Ethiopia's fallback plan, qualifying the earlier confidence in supply positions and defensive preparations.

Two offers of old Chinese rifles find a buyer, while the former Ethiopian player recalls failing to obtain rifles or international aid.

The proposed partner is considered easier to pressure into giving up territory. The opposing faction is expected to seek British, French or Russian backing.