Chapter 2: Year of Fire 1789 to 1794
News and demands
The news that can reach the city in any level of this chapter, and what each faction can demand of you.
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News in any level
Each level also has its own news, on its page. Each side answers for itself.
Everyone wears the cockade
Red, white and blue ribbons are on every hat. Those who go without are stopped in the street.
The Revolution
- Wear it proudlyOpinion +3
- Hand them outInfluence −20The Crowd +8 toward you
The Law
- Let the king wear itOpinion +3Government loyalty −4
- Forbid it to the troopsLegitimacy −2Guards loyalty +4
Paper money
The new paper money, backed by Church lands, loses value every month. Shopkeepers refuse it.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Trust the paperInfluence +30Merchants −6 toward you
- Blame the hoardersOpinion +2Mountain loyalty +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Print moreTreasury +60Bankers loyalty −6
- Withdraw someTreasury −30Bankers loyalty +6
The nobles flee
Every night more noble families leave for the border with their silver sewn into their coats.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +3
- Confiscate their housesInfluence +40Violence +2
- Let them goModerates loyalty +5
The Law
What happensOpinion −3
- Fund the exilesTreasury −40Foreign Powers +10 toward you
- Disown themLegitimacy +3
The priests' oath
Priests must swear loyalty to the constitution. Half refuse, and their parishes side with them.
The Revolution
What happensChurch −6 toward you
- Enforce the oathMountain loyalty +5Church −8 toward you
- Tolerate refusalChurch +6 toward you
The Law
What happensChurch −6 toward the Revolution
- Protect the refusersChurch +10 toward you
- Stay out of itNo immediate effect
Sugar and soap
Shops are looted for sugar, coffee and soap. The grocers say the war has emptied the colonies.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +5 in the workers' districts
- Lead the lootersMountain loyalty +6Heat +4
- Calm themModerates loyalty +5
The Law
What happensUnrest +5 in the workers' districts
- Fix maximum pricesUnrest −6 in the workers' districtsMerchants −8 toward you
- Defend free tradeMerchants +8 toward youOpinion −3
The country in danger
Recruiting tables in every square. Young men sign up for the frontier by the thousand.
The Revolution
- Keep a company in ParisA free Pike Company in Saint-Antoine
- Send them to the frontThe Crowd +5 toward you
The Law
- Send them to the armyGuards loyalty +6
- Keep a Guard company homeA free Citizen Guard in Louvre
The Festival of Reason
In Notre-Dame an actress plays the goddess Reason. Churches are closed across the city.
The Revolution
- Celebrate ReasonMountain loyalty +6Church −12 toward you
- Hold backModerates loyalty +6
The Law
- Join the festivalOpinion +2
- Oppose itChurch +8 toward you
Fight at the club
A debate at the club ends in a brawl that spills into the Palais-Royal gardens.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in Palais-Royal
- Expel the hotheadsModerates loyalty +6Mountain loyalty −6
- Pay for a banquetInfluence −20Journalists loyalty +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in Palais-Royal
- Close the clubOpinion −4Police loyalty +5
- Watch itSurveillance loyalty +5
A good harvest
The harvest is good this year and the bakers are full. The faubourgs breathe.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest −5 in the workers' districts
The Law
What happensUnrest −5 in the workers' districts
News from the front
A defeat on the border. The enemy is said to be twenty days from Paris.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion −3
- The country in dangerOpinion +4Violence +2
- Call for peaceModerates loyalty +5
The Law
What happensOpinion +3
- Blame the generalsOpinion +3
- Open talksForeign Powers +6 toward you
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 violence until the constitution is voted.GrantModerates loyalty +14Mountain loyalty −6Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseModerates loyalty −10
Mountain
- Give the sections pikes. Every citizen must be armed.GrantInfluence −40Mountain loyalty +14Moderates loyalty −8A free Pike Company in Saint-AntoineRefuseMountain loyalty −12
- Fix the price of bread, by force if necessary.GrantMountain loyalty +12Merchants −10 toward youUnrest −4 in the workers' districtsRefuseMountain loyalty −10
Enragés
- There are traitors among us. Let us deal with them.GrantEnragés loyalty +14Violence +5Heat +6RefuseEnragés loyalty −10
Journalists
- Pay for a new press. The people must read the truth.GrantInfluence −30Journalists loyalty +12Opinion +2RefuseJournalists loyalty −10
The Law
Government
- The king must appear in state. Pay for it.GrantTreasury −60Government loyalty +12Opinion −3RefuseGovernment loyalty −10
Guards
- The Swiss have not been paid. Pay them.GrantTreasury −60Guards loyalty +12RefuseGuards loyalty −10
Police
- Close the clubs. They are nests of sedition.GrantPolice loyalty +12Opinion −4Press −6 toward youRefusePolice loyalty −8
Surveillance
- Let us open the letters of the deputies.GrantSurveillance loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionOpinion −2RefuseSurveillance loyalty −10
Bankers
- Repay the bankers before anyone else.GrantTreasury −50Bankers loyalty +14RefuseBankers loyalty −10