Level 5 · 22 February 1848
February Fire
- Turns
- 12 turns, a quarter of a day each
- Map
- 12 districts
Chapter 4: Barricade SummersSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
The last banquet was banned and the students marched anyway. Now the National Guard shouts for reform and the regiments look unsure. Take the Louvre and the Cité. If the soldiers fire on the boulevard, the city will be yours.
Objective
Take the Louvre and the Cité
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No artillery taken by force
The game's hint The National Guard follows the city past +15. If Opinion reaches +40 from the second day, the king abdicates and the palaces stand open.
- Won
- The Republic
- Lost
- The reform ministry
The Law
Hold the Louvre and the Cité. From the second day you can sacrifice the minister; if the city's anger is still under +20, that ends it. Do not let the troops fire into the crowd.
Objective
Hold both for 3 days, or dismiss the minister while Opinion is under +20
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No Boulevard Shooting
The game's hint Clearing streets risks the Boulevard Shooting, which gives the Revolution 15 Opinion at once. Dismissing the minister is a gamble on Opinion.
- Won
- The reform ministry
- Lost
- The Republic
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
The banquet is banned
The government has forbidden the last banquet. The students march to the Madeleine in the rain anyway.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
Shooting on the boulevard
A shot in the dark outside a ministry, a volley in reply. Fifty dead. By midnight their bodies are paraded through the city on a cart by torchlight.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +15Unrest +10 in every district
The Law
What happensOpinion −15Unrest +10 in every district
The king abdicates
With the whole city against him, the king signs his abdication and leaves the Tuileries by a side door in a hired cab.
The Revolution
What happens1 units of the Law removed2 units of the Law removedInfluence of the Law −50 in LouvreInfluence of the Revolution +25 in LouvreInfluence of the Law −30 in CitéThe Crown loyalty −15
The Law
What happens1 units of the Law removed2 units of the Law removedInfluence of the Law −50 in LouvreInfluence of the Revolution +25 in LouvreInfluence of the Law −30 in CitéThe Crown loyalty −15
After the level
After level 5 · 25 February 1848
The Throne in the Fire
The Revolution
The crowd has carried the throne out of the Tuileries. It is sitting in the Place de la Bastille, and someone has brought a torch.
- Burn the throne in publicThe faubourgs +15 toward youLiberals loyalty −5
- Put it in a museumLiberals loyalty +15
The Law
The king has gone. The question now is whether his grandson can still be saved, or whether the family goes into exile.
- Plead for the grandsonLegitimacy +5
- Go into exile with the kingThe Army loyalty +5
This level's booklet page
V. February
It took three days. On the first the students marched; on the second the National Guard shouted for reform; on the third a volley on the Boulevard des Capucines turned a demonstration into a revolution.
One way “February Fire” can end
By evening the king had abdicated, the throne had been carried out of the Tuileries, and a poet read out the list of a provisional government at the Hôtel de Ville.
Otherwise
The king sacrificed his minister in time, and a new cabinet of reformers took office. The barricades came down and the dynasty survived another winter.
If the Revolution chose “Burn the throne in public”
The throne was burned at the foot of the July Column, to cheers.
If the Revolution chose “Put it in a museum”
Someone had the sense to put the throne in a museum, where it still is.
If the Law chose “Plead for the grandson”
The duchess brought her son to the Chamber to be proclaimed king. The crowd came in through the doors and the windows, and that was the end of it.
Otherwise
The family left for England in the name of Mr Smith.