diff --git a/src/game/data/block.cpp b/src/game/data/block.cpp
index a46cb35..8dc625e 100644
--- a/src/game/data/block.cpp
+++ b/src/game/data/block.cpp
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ Block snapshot(const mars::parse::Node& node) {
             b.attrs.push_back(std::move(a));
             break;
         }
-        case Entry::Kind::Item:
-            b.items.push_back(e.value);
-            break;
+        // (bare quoted items are now Pair entries with key_quoted; engine-parity change)
         case Entry::Kind::Block: {
             Block sub = snapshot(*e.block);
             sub.name = e.key;
diff --git a/tests/game_data/test_weapon.cpp b/tests/game_data/test_weapon.cpp
index 38f7f8a..dcdf537 100644
--- a/tests/game_data/test_weapon.cpp
+++ b/tests/game_data/test_weapon.cpp
@@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ TEST(weapon_no_block_is_fatal) {
 }
 
 TEST(weapon_syntax_error_is_fatal_and_recovery_is_reported) {
+    // Engine parity: an unterminated quote is NOT fatal -- the string runs to EOF (swallowing the
+    // '}') and EOF closes the block; the recovery is reported as a Syntax-kind problem.
     auto bad = parse_weapon("weapon { name \"unterminated }");
-    CHECK(!bad.ok());
-    CHECK(bad.problems[0].kind == Problem::Kind::Syntax);
+    CHECK(bad.ok());
+    bool reported = false;
+    for (const auto& p : bad.problems) if (p.kind == Problem::Kind::Syntax) reported = true;
+    CHECK(reported);
     auto rec = parse_weapon("weapon { name @W weaponclass bullet turretsize small turretclass standard\n");  // EOF closes
     CHECK(rec.ok());
     CHECK_EQ(rec.problems.size(), std::size_t{1});