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Hey, folks, Fireside this week! We're now well into the Teaching Paradox series on Hearts of Iron, but as you may have noticed, the structure of those posts means they tend to be quite chunky (the first two have both been right around 10,000 words) and longer posts take time. Thus, a fireside this week … Continue reading Fireside Friday, September 25, 2026
This is the second part (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive's World War II grand strategy game and also one of the most popular strategy games currently on the market. Last week, we looked at how HoI4 simulates combat, particularly its focus on … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part II: Divisions, Designers and Doctrines
This week, at long last, we begin our long-delayed but always expected something that we blog for: the Hearts of Iron IV Teaching Paradox series! It is, appropriately, in four parts (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb)! This has been a long requested series that I put off for a long time because I wasn't … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part I: Operational Art
Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week's post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our more typically ~6,000) which left me with some non-blog catching up to do. Next week, we'll be starting our next Teaching Paradox series, this time looking at Hearts of Iron IV, which has been requested for quite some … Continue reading Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026