Level 5 · 29 September 2008
Black October
- Turns
- 14 turns, a day each
- Map
- 28 districts
Chapter 11: Paper FortunesSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
A great bank has failed in New York and the markets are falling everywhere. Make the banks pay: Opinion +20.
Objective
Opinion +20
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 10 turns
- No Union Blockades
The game's hint Bailouts move Opinion your way. Union Blockades on the depots cost the Law 10 income a turn.
- Won
- The banks paid
- Lost
- The banks saved
The Law
Hold the Market Index at 60 or more and Legitimacy at 40 or more on the fourteenth day. A bailout would do it, at a price in Opinion.
Objective
The Index at 60 and Legitimacy at 40 at the end
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 10
- No bailout without conditions
The game's hint While the Index is under 50 you lose Legitimacy every turn. A bailout with conditions angers the Purse but not the public.
- Won
- The banks saved
- Lost
- The banks paid
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
A bank falls
A great American bank has gone bankrupt. Every market in the world is falling.
Black week
The Paris market loses a fifth of its value in five days.
The Revolution
What happensLegitimacy −2
The Law
What happensLegitimacy −2
Another chase
Another chase in Les Bosquets ends badly, and the estate burns again.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest set to 95 in Les BosquetsUnrest +15 in some districts
The Law
What happensUnrest set to 95 in Les BosquetsUnrest +15 in some districts
The rescue plan
Europe's governments promise to guarantee their banks.
After the level
After level 5 · 20 October 2008
The Bonus Story
The Revolution
The bonuses of the rescued bankers have leaked.
- Publish the listRolling news +10 toward you
- March on the bankThe Ring loyalty +10Heat +10
The Law
The rescued banks are paying their traders' bonuses as usual.
- Cap the bonusesOpinion +10Banks and employers loyalty −20
- Leave them aloneBanks and employers loyalty +10Opinion −10
This level's booklet page
Black October
In the autumn of 2008 the banks of the world nearly fell together.
If the Revolution won
The public wanted the banks to pay, and said so.
Otherwise
The banks were saved, and the markets came back.
If the Law used “Bailout with conditions”, or If the Law used “Bailout”
The state bailed the banks out.
Otherwise
The banks were saved without a cheque from the state.