Dev diaries are nearing the length of an average book. You don't have to and should not read them all. Here's a handy guide to most important diaries:

Main premise:

• The Vision

Five core mechanics:

• Actors
  
• Actions
  
• Views & Ideologies
  
• Nuclear Brinkmanship
  
• Operations
  
• Diplomacy

The best of the rest:

• Political Changes
  
• Intelligence Agencies
  
• Espionage Gameplay
  
• Guerrilla Warfare I
  
• Conventional Wars

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List of all diaries:

1. The Vision
   
2. 1946
   
3. Views & Ideologies
   
4. Populations
   
5. Political Parties
   
6. Actors
   
7. Contacts & Targets (outdated, see #22)
   
8. Intelligence Agencies (outdated, see #32 and #53)
   
9. Operatives (outdated, see #47)
   
10. Regular Espionage (outdated, see #47)
    
11. Strategic Materials
    
12. Operations (outdated, see #34)
    
13. Czechoslovakia AAR
    
14. Counterintelligence
    
15. Political Changes
    
16. State Power Index
    
17. Interaction with Leader (outdated, see #28 and #32)
    
18. Decolonization
    
19. Early Prototypes
    
20. Science & Technology
    
21. Space Race
    
22. Contacts & Targets 2.0
    
23. Secrets & Opportunities
    
24. Spy Gear (outdated, see #41)
    
25. Guerrilla Warfare I
    
26. Simulation Engine
    
27. Guerrilla Warfare II
    
28. Governments & National Interests
    
29. Conventional Wars
    
30. Nuclear Brinkmanship
    
31. Biological and Chemical Weapons
    
32. Intelligence Agencies 2.0
    
33. National Assets
    
34. Operations 2.0
    
35. The Map
    
36. Worldbuilding
    
37. Behavior of Actors
    
38. The Lives of Actors
    
39. AI Players
    
40. Nanoespiocracy
    
41. Intelligence Programs
    
42. Reports
    
43. Events
    
44. Intelligence Stations
    
45. Yugoslavia AAR
    
46. Coup d'etat
    
47. Espionage Gameplay
    
48. Actions
    
49. International Organizations
    
50. Argentina AAR
    
51. Diplomacy
    
52. Sections
    
53. Agencies (3.0)
    
54. Intelligence
    
55. Interactions Between Players
    
56. Propaganda
    
57. Vietnam AAR I
    
58. Management
    
59. Terrorism
    
60. Nuclear Program
    
61. Geopolitical Features
    
62. Economy
    
63. Spymaster
    
64. American AAR
    
65. Spies

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Next dev diary: September 5th