Chapter 7: Home Fires 1914 to 1918
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 Enemy Agents' offer
A man with a Swiss passport offers gold for the movement. No questions asked.
The Revolution
- Take the goldInfluence +80
- RefuseReformist unions loyalty +3
The Law
- Watch himNo immediate effect
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
Verdun
The names of the dead of Verdun are still read out in the churches of every district.
The Revolution
What happensSacred Union −6
- Mourn the deadOpinion +2
- Denounce the slaughterSacred Union −3Heat +3
The Law
What happensSacred Union −6
- "They shall not pass"Sacred Union +4Treasury −20
- Say nothingOpinion −1
The Somme
The lists of the dead from the Somme filled whole pages, and the families are still reading them.
The Revolution
What happensSacred Union −5
- Read out the listsSacred Union −3
- Say nothingNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensSacred Union −5
- Censor the listsThe press −4 toward you
- Publish themLegitimacy +2
War godmothers
Thousands of women write to soldiers who have no one else to write to them.
The Revolution
- Write about the warPacifists and satirists loyalty +4
- Leave itNo immediate effect
The Law
- Encourage themSacred Union +3
- Leave itNo immediate effect
Coal queues
A hard winter and no coal: queues outside the coal merchants before dawn.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Organise the queuesShop-floor militants loyalty +5
- Share what there isThe faubourgs +4 toward you
The Law
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Ration the coalTreasury −30Unrest −4 in the workers' districts
- Leave it to the marketArms makers loyalty +4
War profiteers
New fortunes in the restaurants while soldiers' wives count their pennies.
The Revolution
- Expose themOpinion +3The press +4 toward you
- Say nothingNo immediate effect
The Law
- Tax the profitsArms makers loyalty −6Sacred Union +3
- Protect businessArms makers loyalty +6Opinion −2
Raiders over Paris
Bombs fall on the market streets at night. The city puts out its lights.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in Les Halles
- Blame the governmentSacred Union −2
- Help the victimsThe faubourgs +4 toward you
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in Les Halles
- Order the blackoutSacred Union +2
- Reassure the cityOpinion +1
A conference in Switzerland
Socialists from both sides of the front met in a Swiss village and called for peace without annexations. Their manifesto is passed from hand to hand.
The Revolution
- Sign the manifestoPacifists and satirists loyalty +6Sacred Union −3
- Keep your distanceReformist unions loyalty +5
The Law
- Denounce themSacred Union +3
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
Women in the shell sheds
Women now fill the munitions factories, for less pay than the men they replaced.
The Revolution
- Demand equal payShop-floor militants loyalty +5
- LaterNo immediate effect
The Law
- Hire moreTreasury −20Arms makers loyalty +4
- LaterNo immediate effect
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
Reformist unions
- The eight-hour day once the war is won, and no violence while we ask for it.GrantReformist unions loyalty +14Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseReformist unions loyalty −10
- A hall for the Collectives in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.GrantInfluence −40Reformist unions loyalty +8A free Munitions Collective in Saint-AntoineRefuseReformist unions loyalty −6
Shop-floor militants
- A strike fund for the factories.GrantInfluence −40Shop-floor militants loyalty +14RefuseShop-floor militants loyalty −10
Deserters' networks
- Safe houses for the men who did not go back.GrantInfluence −30Deserters' networks loyalty +12RefuseDeserters' networks loyalty −10
Pacifists and satirists
- A print shop for the paper.GrantInfluence −30Pacifists and satirists loyalty +12Opinion +2RefusePacifists and satirists loyalty −10
The Law
Government
- Full powers for the government, for as long as the war lasts.GrantGovernment loyalty +12Legitimacy −2RefuseGovernment loyalty −10
Army
- More shells for the army, whatever the cost.GrantTreasury −60Army loyalty +12RefuseArmy loyalty −10
Police and censors
- A curfew in the workers' districts.GrantPolice and censors loyalty +12Unrest +3 in the workers' districtsRefusePolice and censors loyalty −10
Second Bureau
- Lists of suspects, and the money to watch them.GrantTreasury −30Second Bureau loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionRefuseSecond Bureau loyalty −10
Arms makers
- The shell contracts, without competition.GrantArms makers loyalty +14The faubourgs −4 toward youRefuseArms makers loyalty −10