Social Democracy: An Alternate History

Anyone know how to get the Progressive Coalition?

Bug: It seems like you cant do agricultural policies if you get a majority with SPD.

Small complaint regarding agricultural policies, I think doing the land reform costs too much, at least if it is intended that you should do it three times.

Bug: There seems to be a bug which makes you able to implement the economic plan several times more than you should (you can even get negative unemployment using this).  

Question: Will there be more left wing possibilities for leadership (both presidential and the chanselor)?

On the Labor card, you left up "// TODO: separate labor affairs and labor policy into two cards - implement Economic Democracy".

after a govt falls, the elections are unavailable until 1932, is this a glitch

Love the Game. I would genuinely buy this if it was released as a full game! I have a few suggestions to slightly improve it

1) Make it easier to call an election. It is unnecessarily difficult to call an election. Firstly, you can only call an election as an advisor action, which means that you have to choose between an action and calling an election. Calling an election shouldn't take up an advisor action. Secondly, it means that you can't call an election for 6 months if you use an advisor action. Thirdly, you should be able to call an election even if you're not Chancellor. You should be able to call for a vote of no confidence. The other parties can call a vote no confidence, so why can't we? This is also the case when the SPD is supporting a minority government   

2) The different factions of the SPD should struggle for more influence. Their only response to you angering them is to get their advisors to step down from government, but you can easily re-add them. They should threaten to step down permanently, demand roles in government, join other parties, etc

3) The government deck should avoid repetition. In particular, the social welfare and feminism cards come up several times a year, even if you give them full funding. There doesn't seem like there is much you can do after that point. Perhaps make it so that those cards can only come up once a year if they have been funded. Or you could make it that there are more options on those cards, so you can direct the funds that you have previously given them

4) Some actions seem to only have one use. For example, investigating the far right is useful in dealing with the central bank. However, once that is done there doesn't seem to be an effect. Perhaps making is so that their paramilitary wing gets weaker every time you do it after the first time or something like that?

5) Adding more cards in the government and party decks. Especially if you are in opposition or supporting a minority government, as that can get repetitive 

6) Make it slightly less RNG based, as it would feel good to have it more skill based. However, the difficulty is great, it shouldn't be made easier

7) Allow it to go on for a few more years. It's nice to see some of the impacts you have and see your civil war/government/election/etc come to it's conclusion

8) It would be great to have more information on the end screen. It's nice to see some of the impacts you have

9) There should be more routes. Currently it's best to just go for the labour faction and get the WTB. The other factions should have their own plans to deal with the economy/military/opposition/reform the government/etc. Obviously some will be better than others, but it would be nice to have alternatives. For example, if the leftist faction is powerful they should have an easier time forming a United Opposition with the KPD and the radical changes that would involve

Deporting Hitler is not an option that comes up. After using the internal ministry on the far right three times, you can keep repeating the action with no change in text or anything.

Can't tell you how much I love the game and how fun it's been. I hope you do more with it and good luck with any new projects you might work on! I do have some comments about the current state of the game.

I have found a bit of an oversight if the coalition blows up too close to the next election the election will be pushed back. Surely the election should just happen as scheduled with no more government cards to play. On a similar note I probably shouldn't get the Shuffle Cabinet card if SPD is in the majority. Minor nitpick, but the dozen or so zeros that show up after implementing the WBT plan is unsightly.

From a gameplay perspective it seems backwards that legalizing abortion is only available after wining a majority in the Reichstag. I suppose it is a fun bonus after you "beat" the game, but it seems like it could more interesting to add some mechanic to get it passed that would help you with women as a distinct demographic, although unlocking it would obviously have to be punishing. Additionally, I consistently don't get the Women's Rights card after the election. Its possibly just luck, but with the small window of opportunity it should be prioritized if it's to be the "prize" for winning.

I totally get why you don't want to push past 1933, but it would be nice to play to 1933 in the event of a Total Victory Civil War, maybe similar to the Braun emergency government. Also, It would be nice to have a log of all our actions in the Library so I can check which ones I've taken. I'd also rock to have achievements, but I might be asking to much at this point.

I'd totally pay like $5-$20 on steam for this game if it meant it could get regular updates like the stuff I suggested, but that's just me. 

Edit: Took out the part about deporting Hitler.

Is there some way I can just look at a card in my hand without having to play it? I don't know what some of them do, and sometimes I just want to figure it out, rather than being forced to then make an often-critical decision I'm not sure of the implications of.

Here's my best run of the game so far:

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Very rewarding to finally get an SPD majority on hard! You can actually get the Weimar coalition before September 1929 and it allows you to sidestep the right's vote of no confidence (well, most of the time anyway). Then all you have to do is implement the WTB and you're good to go.

how does emergency fundraising work for advisors? very powerful ability but it seems random where it goes

It's so difficult for me, even the easy mode . Can anyone give me some trick?

Im curious as to why the end date wont expand past 1933 into 1936, i would like this change as in most games you will end the playthrough just hanging on for dear life, and I would be interested in rebuilding democracy after the fact and fixing the politics of the nation.

my best run so far, but my SPD party still hasn’t have majority votes yet, so is it even possible to get votes above 50% (Majority Votes)?  Also Chancellor Bruning is a bitch to deal with, considering he is the ‘Hunger Chancellor’ with his austerity policies.

You should add a button you can click to show your support among various groups (workers, farmers, etc) at the cost of 1 resource. there could be a similar option for relations with other parties

Amazingly fun game! Not sure if this is the appropriate place, but how does one get an SPD majority? I've seen people talk about it, but I've only managed about 43%. I generally target:
- WTB Plan
- Make everything about the WTB (campaigning, Iron Front etc.)
- Deport Hitler
- End reparations

What else should I do? Does the War Guilt Inquiry do anything? 

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How do I get the stuff on Schacht so Hilferding doesn't have to resign? I discovered it through "internal security" once, but haven't been able to repeat it since then. What am I doing wrong?

Awesome game! From what I've played, it's been absolutely mind-blowing experience. Just the idea of a political simulator that manages to (more-or-less) accurately  the political situation in 1930s Germany (unlike, cough-cough, Evil Democracy 1932, cough-cough) is absolutely amazing! 

My only problem is with factions within SPD, that don't seem quite accurate at times? Like the "Reformists" (if I recall, those are the ones who follow Eduard Bernstein) proposing a People's Party concept, despite Görlitzer Program (which Bernstein largerly co-authored) recognising class warfare ("Klassenkampf für die Befreiung des Proletariats", in Program's wording).

I wouldn't mind a People's Party wing of the SPD, but it has, by that point, largerly distanced itself from Bernstein who was viewed (on pair with Kautsky) as Party's "Old Man". So maybe omit mentions of Bernstein from Reformists-related actions (if I recall, he's mentioned somewhere in "On Party's Ideology")? I dunno, but, a little historical error doesn't invalidate  all the work you've done in any way! 

holy s*i* its the premise of my dissertation!

awesome game, there's a real like of diplomacy style games these days, most of them end up being war simulators without any real politics, this is great cant wait to see what comes next!

I've played well over a dozen games so far and I am still not sure if there is anything we can do for the economy beyond the WTB plan.  I wonder if there is any possible way to get the Young Plan to pass too, for example.

minister-president-chancellor-president otto braun presiding over economic recovery thanks to the WTB plan. now all i really want is to find out how to push the KPD to be willing to join a united left coalition government.

A bug:

SPD only has 28% in an early election in 1929, and the game only has a grand coalition as available, but the DVP and BVP don't want to coalition. Since it is the only coalition available, the game is not able to progress.

A bug: 

On hard, the right-parties formed a coalition, the game thinks that parliament is suspended and Bruning is using Hindenberg to pass edicts.

A bug:

Aufhauser, the labour advisor, his name appears as Leipart.

I dislike the fact that

A) You cannot form a militarized paramilitary force. The Reichsbanner is an activist organization, not a military one. And cannot turn into a military one. It's training and equipment is always "low".

B) You really cannot change the SPD. As in, it is always a parliamentarian liberal party, well let's call them socialists via contemporary lingo. Why can't I make them "communist"? Or anarchist? Or even proper liberal, a "bourgeoisie" party that gets the support of the "middle-class", the rich, the military, etc. 

I wish appointing Labour, or Left into advisory roles, "strengthening" them, actually did something. Internal factions "strength" really does nothing. Neorevivalists or whatever the neo-'s are called, do nothing. Or at least nothing so far. The left is composed of a guy that wants to cozy up to the KPD and a woman that does nothing. The KPD are braindead yes-man of Stalin in the USSR.

The SPD is incapable of engaging in populism. This is my biggest gripe.

Game is too realistic! Allow me to chart my own course please.

There was an election that happened in my game in 1932, NSDAP 47%, DNVP 4%. *I* was asked, "NSDAP-DNVP coalition? Or, No Majority Government". In this situation the question is left up to the NSDAP and also to DNVP. I have no say in this. I feel they should have formed a coalition and formed government. I believe this is a bug.