Level 2 · 4 October 1789
The Bread March
- Turns
- 10 turns, a day each
- Map
- 12 districts
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The Revolution
The women of Les Halles are marching on Versailles for bread, and they mean to bring the baker, his wife and the little baker's boy back with them. Get four Crowds to the West Road by the sixth day, then bring the royal family home to the Tuileries.
Objective
March 4 Crowds to the West Road within 6 days, then bring the royal family to the Louvre by day 10
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 7 turns
- No assault and no riot
- Won
- The baker comes home
- Lost
- The march turns back
The Law
Thousands of market women are on the road to Versailles. Talk them home, or stop them, but do it gently: the city is watching and Opinion must stay under +10.
Objective
Disperse the march, or end with Opinion under +10
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 7 turns
- No arrests
- Won
- The march turns back
- Lost
- The king rides to Paris
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
The women march on Versailles
At dawn the market women of Les Halles beat a drum and set off for Versailles in the rain, demanding bread from the king himself.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +8 in Les Halles
The Law
What happensUnrest +8 in Les Halles
After the level
After level 2 · 7 October 1789
Bread on the Carts
The Revolution
Sixty carts of flour have come back from Versailles with the royal family. Who gets it first?
- The faubourgsThe Crowd +15 toward you
- The marketMerchants +15 toward you
The Law
The flour carts are at the gates. Who gets it first?
- The faubourgsThe Crowd +15 toward you
- The marketMerchants +15 toward you
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II. The Bread March
They left Les Halles in the rain with a drum and a few kitchen knives, and by the time they reached Versailles there were seven thousand of them.
If the Revolution won
They came home with the baker, the baker's wife and the baker's boy, and sixty carts of flour. The king would live in Paris now, where the city could see him.
Otherwise
The march broke up on the road, a cart at a time. The king stayed at Versailles, and the city noticed that he had not come.
If the Revolution chose “The faubourgs”, or If the Law chose “The faubourgs”
The flour went to the faubourgs first. The merchants grumbled, and the faubourgs remembered who had fed them.
Otherwise
The flour went to the market first. The price fell a little, and the faubourgs went hungry another day.