Level 5 · 18 March 1814
Armies at the Gate
- Turns
- 14 turns, a day each
- Map
- 12 districts
Chapter 3: The Eagle's ShadowSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
Russians, Prussians and Austrians are on the heights. The Emperor is away, manoeuvring. Win the Allies to your side and get the Senate to depose him, without firing on the armies you are courting.
Objective
Win a Senate vote while the Allied Armies are at 70 or more toward you
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 10 turns
- Never fight where the Allies stand
The game's hint The Senate votes every four turns; it only deposes the Eagle if the Allies are at 70 toward you on that turn. Every envoy also turns them against him.
- Won
- The Senate deposes the Eagle
- Lost
- The throne is kept
The Law
The Empress has orders to leave if the city falls. Hold Montmartre for ten days, or bring the Allies to a ceasefire that keeps the throne.
Objective
Hold Montmartre for 10 turns, or sign a ceasefire (Allies at 65 toward you, from turn 5)
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 10 turns
- Paris is never shelled
The game's hint If the Allies fall below 30 toward you from turn 5, they storm Montmartre and shell the city. Negotiating costs Glory; holding the heights costs men.
- Won
- The throne is kept
- Lost
- The Senate deposes the Eagle
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
After Leipzig
Since the battle of the nations at Leipzig the army has fought on French soil, winning battles and losing the war. Glory −5.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory −5
The Law
What happensImperial Glory −5
The Empress leaves
The regent and the court leave the city for the Loire with the treasury and the archives.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Court loyalty −8Opinion +4
The Law
What happensImperial Court loyalty −8Opinion −4
The Allies storm the heights
Tired of talking, the Allied columns attack Montmartre with guns. Shells fall on the windmills and the streets below.
The Revolution
What happensInfluence of the Law −20 in MontmartreUnrest +15 in MontmartreFire in Montmartre1 units of the Law removed
The Law
What happensInfluence of the Law −20 in MontmartreUnrest +15 in MontmartreFire in Montmartre1 units of the Law removed
After the level
After level 5 · 1 April 1814
The Victors' Parade
The Revolution
The Allied sovereigns ride down the boulevards. Royalists throw flowers from the balconies; the faubourgs watch in silence.
- Join the paradeForeign Powers +15 toward youThe faubourgs −15 toward you
- Boycott itThe faubourgs +15 toward you
The Law
The Allies want the keys of the city. The stores of the army are still full.
- Surrender the keysLegitimacy −10Foreign Powers +20 toward you
- Burn the storesGrande Armée loyalty +15Violence +10
This level's booklet page
V. The Gates
In the spring of the last year the Allied columns came over the northern plain, and the city saw foreign campfires on its own hills for the first time in nearly four hundred years.
If the Revolution won
The Senate, which had voted him every power for ten years, voted him out in an afternoon. The Allied sovereigns rode down the boulevards.
Otherwise
The ceasefire held long enough for the throne to pass to his son, on paper, for a few days.
One way “Armies at the Gate” can end
Shells fell on the windmills of Montmartre before anyone signed anything.
Otherwise
Not a shell fell on the city. The windmills of Montmartre kept turning.