Level 1 · 18 March 1871
The Cannons of Montmartre
- Turns
- 8 turns, a quarter of a day each
- Map
- 20 districts
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The Revolution
Before dawn the government's soldiers climbed the Butte to take the cannons the National Guard paid for. The women going for bread saw them first. Ring the bells, surround the troops with Crowds and talk to them: each Crowd in a district has a chance every turn to win a soldier over.
Objective
Win over 4 soldiers, or keep the cannons (hauled fewer than 4) and hold Montmartre from turn 4
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- No Law units killed
The game's hint Crowds and the Women's Union ambulance win soldiers over in their district: the more of them stand beside the line infantry, the better. Ringing the bells raises a free Crowd.
- Won
- The cannons stay
- Lost
- The cannons are taken
The Law
Take the cannons out of Montmartre before the city wakes. The horses are late; they may come with the first light or the second. Haul four of the six cannons down by turn 3, or hold the hill to the end, and do not let your soldiers stand among the crowd too long.
Objective
Haul 4 of the 6 cannons by turn 3, or hold Montmartre at turn 8
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- No shots on the crowd
The game's hint Hauling needs line infantry on the hill once the horses arrive. Every turn they stand beside a Crowd, some of them may go over. Firing scatters the crowd and costs you the clean win and the city.
- Won
- The cannons are taken
- Lost
- The cannons stay
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
Before dawn on the Butte
Columns of soldiers climb the Butte in the dark and take the cannon park without a shot. Then they wait for the horses.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +10 in Montmartre
The Law
What happensUnrest +10 in Montmartre
The government leaves
The head of the government orders every soldier and official out of Paris. By night the ministries are empty and the road to Versailles is full.
The Revolution
What happensLegitimacy −5Influence of the Law −15 in LouvreInfluence of the Law −15 in Cité
The Law
What happensLegitimacy −5Influence of the Law −15 in LouvreInfluence of the Law −15 in Cité
The red flag on the Hôtel de Ville
The Central Committee of the National Guard has moved into the Hôtel de Ville. It says it will hold elections within days.
The Revolution
What happensOpinion +3Influence of the Revolution +10 in Marais
The Law
What happensOpinion −3Influence of the Revolution +10 in Marais
After the level
After level 1 · 18 March 1871
The Two Generals
The Revolution
A mob in the Rue des Rosiers holds two captured generals, one of them the man who shot at the crowd in 1848. The council has not met yet. Someone has to decide now.
- Stop the lynchingCouncil minority loyalty +15
- Let it happenFederation loyalty +15Violence +15
The Law
Two of your generals are prisoners of a mob on the Butte. Whatever happens to them will be in every newspaper by tonight.
- Use it against themOpinion +10
- Negotiate for themVersailles loyalty +10
This level's booklet page
I. The Eighteenth of March
Before dawn the soldiers climbed the Butte to take the cannons. They waited for horses that came late, and the women going for bread found them standing beside the guns.
One way “The Cannons of Montmartre” can end
The cannons were taken down the hill before the faubourgs woke. The government had won its morning, and lost its city by evening.
Otherwise
By nine o'clock the soldiers had put their rifle butts in the air. The cannons stayed on the Butte, and by evening the government had left Paris.
If the Revolution chose “Stop the lynching”
The council's first members stopped the mob in the Rue des Rosiers. The generals were taken away under guard.
If the Revolution chose “Let it happen”
The two generals were shot against a garden wall in the Rue des Rosiers. Versailles would never let it be forgotten.
If the Law chose “Use it against them”
Versailles printed the story of the generals in every prefecture of France.
Otherwise
Versailles negotiated for its generals, and the provinces wondered why.