
If I’ve forgotten somebody, as I’m sure I have considering the immense amount of work, the duration of the project, and the fact that many important contributions are not all that obvious, please forgive my oversight. Fredrik, Lena, Boel, Jeanette, Ryan and Christian at Paradox. Juv95hrn, Burning, Arnehome, Karaya, Barkhauer, Zaki, Blue Emu, Hallsten, Veldmaarschalk, and OHGamer, as well as Johan, King, Chiwiss, Besuchov, Podcat, Doomdark, Susana. In no particular order, I appreciate your help: PaxMondo, Lothos, Darkrenown, Letar, Pal, SA_Avenger, Potski, Peekee, Piggy, TheLand, Safferli, CyberMajestic, Vladislav, Marshman, Maximillian I, KonigMaximilian, Luka, 2Coats, Kriegspieler, DHarper, Gormadoc, Zwiback, SirGrotius, RHALX, Aphrochine, Deathn, DvDIT, Hessler, Gen.Schuermann, Silktrader, Markusw7, I’d like to thank several people who have assisted me in the process of compiling the Manual, the Strategy Guide, or this Supplement. First, I didn’t get to add my list of appreciation to the Strategy Guide (production was rushed, and the thanks got repeated from the Manual). If some kind soul would like to volunteer to translate this Supplement into other languages, I would be happy to lay it out and publish it as a PDF for readers of that language. Since this is my own work, “supplementary” to the actual Strategy Guide project, Paradox is not obligated to provide support, such as translation, etc. You get to deal with their lawyers, not mine.

Though it is my creative work, Hearts of Iron is woven throughout, and so the copyright resides with Paradox Interactive. I would ask players not to distribute it beyond this set of people, because it is a copyrighted work. Those discoveries and analyses exist here, within this Supplement, which should be available to all registered owners of HOI 3. There also have been other things that have become apparent in the few days since HOI 3 was released. The “patching” process, of fixing bugs and tweaking combat values, was still underway, and I could not guarantee major changes wouldn’t be implemented in the final days.

This Supplement exists because there were aspects to understanding Hearts of Iron III and the necessary strategies which could not be predicted in advance so that they would be available for release with the product. So if I’m not a Major or Colonel, what qualifications do I have? Well, I was author of the HOI 3 Strategy Guide, and I’m a longtime student of history, international relations and military affairs.

I am Edwin Hanks, who is Rensslaer on the Paradox Forums. 1, v1.1c, 23 August 2009įoreword No, I am not a Major, nor am I a Colonel.

Supplement to the Hearts of Iron III Strategy Guide Recc.
