I frequently use game rules to either kill the RNG in getting certain paths (setting the Swiss Abandoned rule to avoid constant reloading because germany and austria refuse to stop being such great friends), to make certain paths somewhat viable/easier (forcing an austrian civil war to get vorarlberg and make taking their factories later easier, stopping canada from intervening in the civil war), or just to see a specific history path (avoiding totalists in the internationale, -ONLY- totalists in the internationale, etc), and before 12.1, these rules worked every time without any issue. Which expansions do you NOT have? radio packs List any other mods used: Revised National Focus Times, Expanded Continuous Focuses