Finale · 6 December 1788
The Summons
- Turns
- 24 turns, a week each
- Map
- 12 districts
The Revolution
The king has done what no king has done in 175 years: he has summoned the Estates-General. Every parish is writing its grievances. When the deputies arrive in May, let them find a city that is already ours.
Objective
At turn 24: hold 6 of 12 districts with Opinion +20 or higher. Early win: take Saint-Antoine at 70
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 18 turns
- Violence Index under 15
- Won
- A city waiting for the deputies
- Lost
- The Crown still holds Paris
The Law
The treasury is empty and the king has called the Estates. Until they meet, Paris must stay loyal and quiet. Hold the districts, keep the Crown's dignity, and spend what little is left wisely.
Objective
At turn 24: hold 8 districts with Legitimacy 50 or higher
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 18
- Legitimacy 70 or more
- Won
- The king's Paris
- Lost
- Paris belongs to someone else
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
The king summons the Estates
For the first time since 1614, the Estates-General will meet. Every parish in France is to write down its grievances.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +5
The Law
What happensOpinion −5
The coldest winter in living memory
The Seine has frozen. Mills stand still, flour does not reach the city, and the poor burn their furniture.
The Revolution
What happensBread Price +1Unrest +5 in the workers' districts
The Law
What happensBread Price +1Unrest +5 in the workers' districts
The grievance books
In every district, notaries take down the complaints of the parish: taxes, tolls, bread, the gamekeepers, the lettres de cachet. The books will travel to Versailles.
The Revolution
- Help them writeModerates loyalty +10Opinion +3
- Write the angry onesRadicals loyalty +10Heat +6
The Law
- Have them read at courtLegitimacy +4Government loyalty −5
- Let them gather dustGovernment loyalty +6Opinion −4
The deputies arrive
Coaches full of provincial lawyers roll through the barrières on their way to Versailles. Paris watches them pass and wonders what they will dare.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +4
The Law
What happensOpinion −4
This level's booklet page
VI. The Summons
The king summoned the Estates-General for May, and all winter Paris wrote its grievances in parish books: the bread, the tolls, the lettres de cachet, the gamekeepers, the wall. The Seine froze. The deputies came.
If the Revolution won
When the deputies' coaches came through the barrières, they rolled into a city that already belonged to someone else. The Bastille still stood at the end of the faubourg, but nobody in Saint-Antoine looked at it with fear any more.
Otherwise
When the deputies' coaches came through the barrières, the Crown still held the city. The treasury was empty, but the lamps were lit and the gates were guarded.