Chapter 1: The Gilded Cage 1783 to 1789
News and demands
The news that can reach the city in any level of this chapter, and what each faction can demand of you.
News in any level
Each level also has its own news, on its page. Each side answers for itself.
Queues at the bakers
The queues outside the bakeries start before the bells. The price of a four-pound loaf has gone up again.
The Revolution
What happensBread Price +1
- Spread the wordUnrest +5 in the workers' districtsVoices loyalty +4
- Run a soup kitchenInfluence −20The Crowd +8 toward you
The Law
What happensBread Price +1
- Open the royal granariesTreasury −60Bread Price −1
- Blame the speculatorsMerchants −8 toward youOpinion +2
A balloon over the Tuileries
Half the city has come out to watch a silk balloon rise from the gardens with two men in its basket. For an afternoon, Paris forgets the price of bread.
The Revolution
- Praise the age of reasonVoices loyalty +5Opinion +2
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The Law
- Let the king sponsor the next ascentTreasury −30Opinion +4
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
A Dutch gazette names names
A gazette printed in Leiden, smuggled through the customs wall in bales of cloth, reports what is said at court about the deficit.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +4
- Reprint it hereOpinion +3Heat +5
- Let it circulate aloneNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensOpinion −4
- Buy the editorTreasury −40Gazettes +10 toward you
- Ban the gazetteGazettes −10 toward youLegitimacy −2
The wall that walls Paris in
The tax farmers' new customs wall is rising around the city, with toll houses like little temples. Wine and meat will pay at every gate.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in MontmartreUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Spread the punOpinion +4Heat +4
- Befriend the smugglersUnderworld +10 toward you
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in MontmartreUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Collect every souTreasury +40Opinion −3
- Delay the tollsTreasury −20Purse loyalty −5
Figaro at the Comédie
A comedy in which a valet outwits his master plays to packed houses. The king banned it for years. The audience laughs at every line about privilege.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +3
- Cheer from the pitVoices loyalty +6
- Quote it in pamphletsOpinion +2Heat +3
The Law
What happensOpinion −3
- Ban it againLegitimacy −3Government loyalty +5
- Let it runOpinion −2Gazettes +6 toward you
Fire in the faubourg
A tannery has caught fire and three streets have burned. Families sleep in the street.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +8 in the workers' districts
- Help the familiesThe Crowd +8 toward youInfluence −15
- Blame the landlordsOpinion +3Radicals loyalty +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +8 in the workers' districts
- Send the fire pumpsTreasury −30Opinion +3
- Leave it to the parishOpinion −2
A duel at dawn
A marquis has killed a magistrate's son in a duel behind the Invalides. Everyone knows his name; nobody expects him to pay.
The Revolution
What happensLegitimacy −3
- Mock the nobilityOpinion +2
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensLegitimacy −3
- Punish the marquisLegitimacy +3Government loyalty −4
- Cover it upGovernment loyalty +4Opinion −2
Barges of grain
Barges from the Beauce have reached the ports. The price of bread falls a little.
The Revolution
What happensBread Price −1
The Law
What happensBread Price −1
The magnetiser's tub
A German doctor promises to cure all ills with magnetic fluid. The salons are full of people holding iron rods around his tub.
The Revolution
- Use the craze in the salonsDuc de Montclair +6 toward you
- Debunk himModerates loyalty +6
The Law
- Appoint a royal commissionLegitimacy +3Treasury −20
- Tolerate itDuc de Montclair +4 toward you
The queen's hairdresser
The court's latest coiffure is a ship in full sail. The bill is printed in a gazette.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +2
- Draw the cartoonOpinion +2Voices loyalty +3
- Say nothingNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensOpinion −2
- Announce court economiesTreasury +30Government loyalty −6
- Insist on splendourTreasury −40Government loyalty +6
Demands
What each faction can ask of you in this chapter, and what granting or refusing does. A faction with no demands of its own in the chapter makes the generic ones of its kind.
The Revolution
Moderates
- No more riots for a while. The lodge cannot defend arson.GrantModerates loyalty +12Radicals loyalty −6Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseModerates loyalty −10
Voices
- The salons need money for their suppers.GrantInfluence −35Voices loyalty +12RefuseVoices loyalty −8
- Print the libel about the queen. Everyone wants to read it.GrantVoices loyalty +12Opinion +3Heat +8RefuseVoices loyalty −10
Underground
- Free the printer held in the Bastille.GrantInfluence −50Underground loyalty +14Heat +8Free one prisonerRefuseUnderground loyalty −10
Radicals
- Burn the tax office in Les Halles. The people need a sign.GrantRadicals loyalty +15Moderates loyalty −10Violence +8Fire in Les HallesUnrest +10 in Les HallesInfluence of the Law −10 in Les HallesRefuseRadicals loyalty −12
The Law
Government
- The court expects a celebration for the queen's name day.GrantTreasury −80Government loyalty +12Opinion −2RefuseGovernment loyalty −10
Force
- The Gardes have not been paid since Easter.GrantTreasury −60Force loyalty +12RefuseForce loyalty −10
Order
- Pay for more lanterns in the faubourgs.GrantTreasury −40Order loyalty +12RefuseOrder loyalty −8
Shadow
- Let the Cabinet Noir open every letter to the Palais-Royal.GrantShadow loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionOpinion −3RefuseShadow loyalty −10
Purse
- Renew the tax farmers' lease on easier terms.GrantPurse loyalty +12Income of the Law ×0.85 for 3 turnsRefusePurse loyalty −10