Chapter 4: Barricade Summers 1830 to 1848
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.
The pear on trial
An editor in court draws the king's face in four steps until it becomes a pear, and asks the judges which drawing is the crime.
The Revolution
- Draw it on every wallCaricaturists loyalty +6Legitimacy −3
- Pay the fineInfluence −20Opinion +2
The Law
- Prosecute againMunicipal Guard loyalty +5Opinion −3
- Laugh it offLegitimacy +2
The cholera returns
New cases in the crowded streets. The fear is back.
Railway fever
Everyone is buying railway shares. The concessions are worth fortunes, and the ministers hand them out.
The Revolution
- Denounce the speculatorsOpinion +2
- Buy sharesInfluence +30Republicans loyalty −4
The Law
- Grant concessionsThe Bankers loyalty +8Treasury +40
- Build state linesLegitimacy +3The Bankers loyalty −6
Blight and dearth
The potatoes have rotted and the wheat is short. Bread prices climb in the faubourgs.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
- Open soup kitchensInfluence −30The faubourgs +8 toward you
- AgitateRepublicans loyalty +6Heat +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
- Import grainTreasury −50Unrest −6 in the workers' districts
- Leave it to the marketShopkeepers +6 toward you
Gas on the boulevards
Gas lamps are replacing the old oil lanterns. The night is brighter, for the police too.
The Revolution
- Smash the lampsSecret Societies loyalty +5Lamps smashed in the workers' districts
- Welcome the lightLiberals loyalty +4
The Law
- Extend them to the faubourgsTreasury −30Unrest −3 in the workers' districts
- Light the boulevards firstThe Bankers loyalty +4
A machine on the boulevard
A battery of gun barrels fired from a window at the king's procession. The king is unhurt; eighteen people are dead.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion −4
- Condemn itLiberals loyalty +5
- Say nothingSecret Societies loyalty +5Heat +4
The Law
What happensOpinion +4
- Pass laws against the pressMunicipal Guard loyalty +8The opposition press −10 toward you
- Keep calmLegitimacy +3
The tailors' strike
The journeyman tailors have stopped work and opened their own workshop.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Support themInfluence −20Republicans loyalty +6
- Stay out of itNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Break the strikeThe Bankers loyalty +5Unrest +3 in the workers' districts
- ArbitrateLegitimacy +2
The new fortifications
A ring of walls and forts is going up around the city, against foreign armies, they say.
The Revolution
- Call them new BastillesOpinion +3
- Take the workThe faubourgs +5 toward you
The Law
- Build fasterTreasury −40The Army loyalty +6
- PostponeTreasury +20
The king with his umbrella
The king walks the boulevards like a grocer, umbrella in hand, shaking hands.
The Revolution
- Mock himCaricaturists loyalty +5
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The Law
- Shake more handsOpinion +3
- Stay in the palaceThe Crown loyalty +3
Refugees from the east
Polish officers and Italian patriots, beaten at home, arrive in Paris with nothing.
The Revolution
- Welcome them into the societiesSecret Societies loyalty +5
- Be carefulHeat −4
The Law
- Expel themForeign Powers +6 toward youOpinion −2
- Grant asylumLegitimacy +2
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
Liberals
- Widen the franchise. No more violence until it is done.GrantLiberals loyalty +14Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseLiberals loyalty −10
Republicans
- Promise the right to work, and pay for the workshops.GrantInfluence −30Republicans loyalty +14RefuseRepublicans loyalty −10
- Arm the sections. July was not won with toasts.GrantInfluence −40Republicans loyalty +12A free Insurgent Section in Saint-AntoineViolence +3RefuseRepublicans loyalty −8
Secret Societies
- Get our brothers out of Sainte-Pélagie.GrantSecret Societies loyalty +14Heat +6Free one prisonerRefuseSecret Societies loyalty −10
Caricaturists
- Pay for a new journal. The fines have closed the last one.GrantInfluence −30Caricaturists loyalty +12Opinion +2RefuseCaricaturists loyalty −10
The Law
The Crown
- The civil list is too small for the dignity of the Crown.GrantTreasury −60The Crown loyalty +12RefuseThe Crown loyalty −10
The Army
- Fortify Paris, and pay the army that will man the forts.GrantTreasury −60The Army loyalty +12RefuseThe Army loyalty −10
Municipal Guard
- More sergents de ville in every quarter.GrantTreasury −40Municipal Guard loyalty +12A free Municipal Guard in CitéRefuseMunicipal Guard loyalty −8
Prefecture agents
- Increase the secret funds.GrantTreasury −30Prefecture agents loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionRefusePrefecture agents loyalty −10
The Bankers
- Grant us the railway concessions.GrantThe Bankers loyalty +14Legitimacy −2RefuseThe Bankers loyalty −10