Level 1 · 25 November 1947
Coal Winter
- Turns
- 12 turns, a day each
- Map
- 20 districts
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The Revolution
The Party's ministers were thrown out of the government in May and the coal is short. Bring four works to a standstill on four turns: a Union Local calls the strike, and two pickets (Union Locals, Party Cells or Demonstrators) hold it.
Objective
Four works at a standstill, on four turns
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No sabotage
The game's hint A strike lasts two turns and is renewed by calling it again. The ministry's mediators can only settle a strike that is more than a turn old. Unity meetings undo the Law's money.
- Won
- The coal winter
- Lost
- The trains ran
The Law
Keep the trains running and the coal moving: Output at 60% of the quota on the last day. And split the unions: money for the leaders who want to walk out, four times, before the strike committee can hold them together.
Objective
Output at 60% or more on the last day, and the unions split
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 9
- No pickets cleared and no CRS called in
The game's hint Mediation settles one stale strike a turn. The CRS can clear any picket, at a price in Opinion and a star. Arresting pickets thins them out.
- Won
- The trains ran
- Lost
- The coal winter
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
No coal
The coal does not arrive and the bread ration is cut again.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
The Law
What happensUnrest +6 in the workers' districts
Out of government
The Party's ministers were dismissed in May. Its men in the factories have stopped calling for patience.
The Revolution
What happensParty of Labour loyalty +5Socialists and unions loyalty −3
The Law
What happensParty of Labour loyalty +5Socialists and unions loyalty −3
Back to work
The strike committee is under pressure to call a return to work.
The Revolution
What happensSocialists and unions loyalty +4Party of Labour loyalty −4
The Law
What happensSocialists and unions loyalty +4Party of Labour loyalty −4
After the level
After level 1 · 19 December 1947
The Split
The Revolution
The strike is over and the union is breaking in two. The reformists want to leave and found their own.
- Keep one big unionParty of Labour loyalty +15Socialists and unions loyalty −15
- Let them goSocialists and unions loyalty +15
The Law
The reformist union leaders ask, quietly, whether the government will help them.
- Fund the new unionIndustry and the banks loyalty +10
- Stay out of itLegitimacy +5
This level's booklet page
Coal Winter
In the winter of 1947 the coal did not come, the Party's ministers were out of the government, and the strikes spread from the mines to the railways.
If the Revolution won
The works stood still for days on end, and the government had to bargain.
Otherwise
The trains kept running, and the strike committee called the return to work.
If the Revolution chose “Keep one big union”
The union held together, under the Party's leadership.
Otherwise
The union split in two, and the reformists founded their own.