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''Balefire Blues'' is a total conversion submod for the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron IV'' {{Game Mod}}s ''VideoGame/OldWorldBlues'' and ''VideoGame/EquestriaAtWar'', set in the post-apocalyptic setting of ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria''. Its world map covers most of the Equus continent of ''Equestria at War''; the current version features part of Eastern Equestria around the city of Manehattan, and the developers have plans to make the entire map playable. The game systems originally overhauled by ''Old World Blues'' to better reflect the post-apocalyptic nature of the setting are retained here, as is the zoomed-in map (with rivers being treated like seas) resembling the North America map in ''Old World Blues'', so that it would work on the small scale required by ''Fallout: Equestria''.

The mod can be found [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307988796 here]] (note that it requires both of its parent mods in order to run). Its community can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BalefireBlues/ on Reddit]] and [[https://discord.gg/Cxcpumr on Discord]].
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!!This GameMod provides examples of:
* AfterTheEnd: The world was bathed in radioactive balefire, and nearly wiped clean. Ponies survived, but they did not thrive, and were greeted by a new world of ashes and suffering.
* CrossOver: The mod's story is based mostly on ''Fallout: Equestria'', mixed with some elements (like the world map) of ''Equestria at War''.
* FantasticNuke: Replacing the traditional nuclear warfare system are various Megaspells, powerful magic that can unleash devastating or useful effects upon a battlefield. Balefire Bombs are a stand-in for traditional nuclear bombs, a zebra design that uses necromatic magic in the place of radioactive material. Balefire Bombs are activated in the same way as nukes, although they do not require air superiority to be triggered.
* TheGhost: The Griffonian continent is not included in ''Balefire Blues'''s zoomed-in map, and Griffonian nations (like the Holy Griffonian Empire and the United Socialist States of Rijekograd) are only mentioned in various flavour events.
* GreatOffscreenWar: 200 years ago, Equestria fought a Great War with the Zebra Empire, which ended with the known world being engulfed in balefire and all but wiped out.
* MultipleChoicePast: Like in ''Old World Blues'', the first focuses in all countries' focus trees allow the player to choose certain aspects of what happened in that country's past. Each choice for each event offers different bonuses.
* VisionaryVillain: The Visionary ideology represents characters who believe that the wasteland can and must be rebuilt into their own vision, whether good or evil.
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