r/CBTSmod

1.2K archived posts · Dec 2017 – Jun 2026

Calm Before the Storm: A mod for Hearts of Iron IV

r/CBTSmod

Calm Before the Storm is a Work in Progress mod for the video game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Interactive, which attempts to bring more options and more complex mechanics to the player, with a 1933 startdate. Inspired mainly by Kaiserreich, a similar mod. Make sure to join our discord! https://discord.gg/7drJK3M

Created Dec 16, 2017

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Calm Before the Storm is a Work in Progress mod for the video game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Interactive, which attempts to bring more options and more complex mechanics to the player in a 1933 Scenario. Inspired mainly by Kaiserreich, a similar mod. We are not the Conspiracy Theory with the same name. Such posts will be removed.

If you would like to help out, see Progress Report 8.5

Rules:

Flair your posts
Follow Reddiquette
All submissions should be related to CBTS. Promotion of your own content is welcome as long as it relates to CBTS.
No Nazi symbolism. This includes Swastikas and SS runes.
Leave your politics at the door. This is a video game. We're just here to mod and meme. Fascism, Nazism, Leninism, and their derivative ideologies are banned. Defense of colonial activities are banned. Strasserism is still Nazism. This means that the defense of people like Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, Pinochet, Hitler, Franco, Tito, etc; is banned. Whataboutism is also banned.
Screenshots should have an explanation in the comments. A joke about the game isn't funny unless we know what we are looking at.
Do not derail threads. Please contribute and ask questions, but do so meaningfully.
Reposts are allowed after 6 months.
Memes should have some amount of effort. Low-Effort Memes will be removed.
No links to spam websites, key re-sellers, etc;
Posts breaking these rules will be removed at Moderator discretion.
If you do not know if your post breaks these rules, please be cautious.
Absolutely no personal information, either yours or others. Such posts will be deleted.

Links:

Discord.

Modding Guidelines and Tips

r/Kaiserreich, the main inspiration for this mod.

r/hoi4, the main subreddit for Hearts of Iron 4.

r/paradoxplaza, the main subreddit for Paradox Interactive Content.

Other communities

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