Fun game, definitely a lot easier than the german original, although I suppose it probably should be. Having multiple actions per month, and being able to access many of them through the cabinet instead of just hoping you draw the right card, makes it feel much more like you're actually in control of the government. There are still enough limitations and things outside your control to keep it from feeling like a shallow power fantasy, so I think this is a pretty good balance. I was able to win on my first serious playthrough, keeping the economy in decent condition (at least by the standards of someone used to the german game...) while investing heavily in rearmament, and so when the Sudetenland crisis came, I just immediately bonked Hitler over the head and the game was over. It was a little anti-climactic really, although I think that's more because of the game just ending than the outcome being unrealistic.
Some bug reports (or things which seem like bugs to me anyway):
- By far the most significant, actions occasionally advance you to the next month even if you should be able to take more actions, and it seems to be entirely random as far as I can tell, I could reload a save and take the same action again and then the month wouldn't end (and that's exactly what I did to get around this, making a save every month). Even just returning a card to your hand can cause this, in fact, that was usually what did it for me.
- The production of new armour divisions shows as 0 in the war screen, but as the value it (probably) should be in the defense screen.
- After losing one of the advisors due to the pacifists leaving the party, I was able to just add him back with the card to change advisors, which I don't think I should be able to do.
- My relations with Poland didn't seem to improve no matter how many diplomatic visits I did. If it's meant to be like that and you need to spend budget on military aid to get them over neutral, then you should probably add a message about that like there is with the Soviet Union.