Chapter 8: The Grey Years 1940 to 1944
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.
Demand: requisitions
The Directorate wants the city's stocks of wool, leather and coal for its armies.
The Revolution
- Organise the queuesParisians +4 toward you
- Keep quietHeat −4
The Law
- ComplyTreasury −60Shopkeepers −6 toward you
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Demand: a labour quota
The Directorate wants two thousand workers for its factories, chosen by the Prefecture.
The Revolution
- Warn the workshopsNetworks loyalty +4
- Keep quietHeat −4
The Law
- ComplyUnrest +6 in the workers' districtsParisians −5 toward you
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Demand: enforce the curfew
The Directorate wants the curfew enforced by the Prefecture's police, street by street.
The Revolution
- Lie lowHeat −6
- Defy itOpinion +3Heat +5
The Law
- ComplyA lasting change for the Law
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Demand: the wanted lists
The Directorate sends a list of resisters it wants the Prefecture to find.
The Revolution
- Warn the networksHeat −5
- Publish the listOpinion +2Heat +4
The Law
- ComplyReveal 2 hidden units of the Revolution
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Demand: the statues
The Directorate wants the city's bronze statues taken down and melted for metal.
The Revolution
- Mourn them in printOpinion +2
- Keep quietHeat −3
The Law
- ComplyFire in Palais-RoyalThe Church −4 toward you
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Demand: the communiqués
The Directorate wants its communiqués printed in every licensed paper, under the Prefecture's name.
The Revolution
- Answer themClandestine press loyalty +5
- Keep quietHeat −3
The Law
- ComplyThe licensed press −6 toward youOpinion −2
- RefuseNo immediate effect
Ration tickets
New ration cards, smaller rations, longer queues.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Forge cardsParisians +4 toward youHeat +3
- Keep quietNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Fair sharesTreasury −30Parisians +4 toward you
- Favour the contractorsContractors loyalty +5
Bicycle taxis
No petrol: the city moves by bicycle, and by bicycle taxi.
The Revolution
- Use them for couriersA lasting change for the Revolution
- Keep quietNo immediate effect
The Law
- License themTreasury +20
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The black market
Butter and coffee for whoever can pay, in back rooms and stairwells.
The Revolution
- Buy from itInfluence −20The black market +6 toward you
- Denounce itOpinion +2
The Law
- Tolerate itContractors loyalty +6Opinion −2
- Crack downThe black market −6 toward youLegitimacy +2
A hard winter
No coal and the coldest winter anyone remembers.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +5 in the workers' districts
- Share what there isParisians +5 toward you
- Blame the occupierOpinion +2
The Law
What happensUnrest +5 in the workers' districts
- Find coalTreasury −30Unrest −4 in the workers' districts
- Do nothingNo immediate effect
Swing in the cellars
Young people dance to forbidden music in the cellars of the Latin Quarter.
The Revolution
- Meet thereClandestine press loyalty +4Heat +2
- Keep awayNo immediate effect
The Law
- Raid the cellarsOpinion −2Special Brigades loyalty +4
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
Vegetables in the parks
Leeks and potatoes in the city's flowerbeds.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest −3 in the workers' districts
- Help with the diggingParisians +3 toward you
- Keep awayNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensUnrest −3 in the workers' districts
- Encourage itParisians +3 toward you
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The voice from abroad
Every evening, behind closed shutters, the city listens to the broadcasts from overseas.
The Revolution
- Chalk its slogans on the wallsOpinion +3Heat +3
- Just listenAllies abroad +4 toward you
The Law
- Jam itTreasury −20patience +3
- Ignore itsecret.law.patriots +2
Wooden soles
No leather: the whole city clatters on wooden soles.
The Revolution
- Mock the shortagesOpinion +2
- Keep quietNo immediate effect
The Law
- Pay the cobblersTreasury −15Shopkeepers +4 toward you
- Ignore itNo 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
Liberation committee
- Wait for orders from abroad, and no violence while we wait.GrantLiberation committee loyalty +12Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseLiberation committee loyalty −10
Francs-tireurs
- Arms now, not after the landings.GrantInfluence −40Francs-tireurs loyalty +12Heat +5RefuseFrancs-tireurs loyalty −10
Networks
- Safe flats for the networks, and the money for the rent.GrantInfluence −30Networks loyalty +12RefuseNetworks loyalty −10
Clandestine press
- Paper and ink for the presses.GrantInfluence −30Clandestine press loyalty +12Opinion +2RefuseClandestine press loyalty −10
The Law
Prefecture
- Keep the Prefecture's staff paid, whatever the Directorate says.GrantTreasury −40Prefecture loyalty +12RefusePrefecture loyalty −10
Police
- More police brigades.GrantTreasury −50Police loyalty +12RefusePolice loyalty −10
Special Brigades
- A free hand for the Special Brigades.GrantSpecial Brigades loyalty +12secret.law.patriots −5RefuseSpecial Brigades loyalty −10secret.law.patriots +3
Informers
- Pay the informers, and read every letter.GrantTreasury −30Informers loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionRefuseInformers loyalty −10
Contractors
- The Directorate's contracts, for the firms that ask.GrantContractors loyalty +14patience +3Opinion −2RefuseContractors loyalty −10