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diff --git a/internal/game/economy_journal_test_helpers_test.go b/internal/game/economy_journal_test_helpers_test.go
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+package game
+
+import "testing"
+
+// mustLoadOpen is the test-side loadOpen: a journal fold failure is a test
+// failure, not a nil slice to accidentally treat as "nothing open".
+func (j *economyJournal) mustLoadOpen(t *testing.T) []*economyRecord {
+	t.Helper()
+	open, err := j.loadOpen()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadOpen: %v", err)
+	}
+	return open
+}