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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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RULES OF PLAY

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Introduction

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Components

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Cards

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Pieces

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Game Board

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Presence and Control

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Setup

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Overview

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Sequence of Play

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Initiative Phase

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Playing Strategy Cards

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Crisis Track & Cube Pools

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Player Momentum Track

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Pivotal Space Bonus Actions &

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Crisis Dimension Scoring

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Objective Card Scoring

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Final Crisis

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Victory

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Solo Opponent Rules

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Glossary

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A barricade erected by national guard troops,

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18 March 1871.

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Introduction

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Red Flag Over Paris is a 2-player strategy card-driven

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game, pitting the French government in Versailles

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against the Paris Commune in up to three rounds of

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political and military maneuvering, culminating in a

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Final Crisis representing the “Bloody Week” in May

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of 1871.

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Versailles ~ This player represents the government in

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Versailles trying to find a diplomatic end to the 1870

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war against Prussia and take back military control of

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Paris. Versailles is represented by blue components.

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Commune ~ This player represents the people of

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Paris, rising up against the bourgeoisie and the “ca-

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pitulard” government of Versailles. The Commune is

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represented by red components.

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Players use cards to place cubes representing political

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influence or military presence on the map in order

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to take control of map spaces. Political and Military

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Victory Points (VP) are gained during each round and

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at the end of the Final Crisis based on control of vari-

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ous map spaces. The player who fulfills their victory

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conditions wins the game—Versailles attempts to take

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back control of Paris while the Commune attempts to

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expand their political influence over France.

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The rules in this booklet include all rules needed to

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play with two players or solitaire. The solitaire rules

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assume familiarity with the 2-player rules.

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Components

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18 blue Influence cubes

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2 blue Fortification discs

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1 blue Prussian Collaboration

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cylinder

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18 red Influence cubes

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2 red Barricade discs

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1 red Revolutionary Momentum

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cylinder

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1 black round marker pawn

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1 orange Political VP cylinder

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1 purple Military VP cylinder

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1 mounted board

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1 6-sided die

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1 Rules of Play (this manual)

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1 Playbook

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1 deck of 54 cards (39 Strategy, 12

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Objective, 2 Final Crisis, 1 Initiative)

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2 double-sided Player and Solo Opponent

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Aid Cards

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Rules Manual Cover: A barricade at the corner

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of Boulevard Voltaire and Richard Lenoir [street]

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during the Paris Commune of 1871.

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Box Cover art: Georges Jules Victor Clairin.

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Fire in the Tuileries, May 1871. Oil on canvas,

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48 x 79 cm. RF1981-31.

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Photo: Hervé Lewandowski.

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Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France. Photo Credit: ©

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RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

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Cards

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Operations

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Points

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Card #

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Image

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Event

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Text

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Title

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Flavor Text

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Strategy Cards ~ A deck of cards, each listing Opera-

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tions Points, a title with a color background (blue, red,

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or gray), event text, and flavor text. A Strategy Card

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can be played for its event, for operations, to use a

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discarded event, or to advance Player Momentum. A

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Strategy Card can only be played for its event if the

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event’s colored background matches that player’s

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color (Red: Commune, Blue: Versailles) or is neutral

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(Gray).

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Card #

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Image

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Objective

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Space

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Title

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Event Text

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Objective Cards ~ A deck of cards, each listing a

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specific location on the map and an event. Objective

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Cards are revealed at the end of each round for Victory

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Points and possibly for their event. Each space on the

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map has an associated Objective Card.

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Final Crisis Cards ~ Each

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player has a Final Crisis Card

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which is placed face-up in

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front of them. This card may

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be played for its Operations

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Points during a game round or

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for its event during the Final

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Crisis.

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Initiative Card ~ The current

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Initiative Player is tracked

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with the Initiative Card.

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Pieces

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Influence Cubes ~ Used to indicate Po-

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litical or Military influence in a space.

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Most of these cubes begin play on the Crisis Track.

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Once removed from the Crisis Track, they cycle be-

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tween map spaces and the player’s cube pool. There

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may never be more than 4 of each player’s influence

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cubes in a space.

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Fortification and Barricade Discs

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~ Defensive assets in Military

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spaces, brought into play via events. They contribute

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to Control of and Presence in a space but not to the

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influence cube limit. A space can only contain one

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Fortification or Barricade. If an event allows the

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player to place a Fortification or Barricade and both

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are in play, the player may move one that is already

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on the map.

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Game Board

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Map Spaces ~ Spaces on the board are grouped by

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a color/icon combination, labeled with an individual

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name, and divided into Political and Military spaces.

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Each space can hold up to 4 of each player’s cubes.

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Political:

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Green/Square

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Institutional

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Orange/Triangle

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Public Opinion

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Military:

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Purple/Diamond

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Paris

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Teal/Circle

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Forts

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Each set of three same-color/icon map spaces is a Cri-

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sis Dimension. During scoring at the end of a round

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and at the conclusion of the Final Crisis, a player gains

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1 Political or Military VP for each Crisis Dimension

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where they control all three spaces.

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Adjacent spaces are connected by arrows or double

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lines; the direction of the arrow indicates adjacency

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(e.g., National Assembly is adjacent to Royalists but

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not the other way around). Spaces connected by a

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double line are adjacent to each other.

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Play Note: Pieces cannot be placed into Versailles

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HQ and Prussian Occupied Territory. These spaces

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function only as adjacent controlled spaces for the

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Versailles player.

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Pivotal Space ~ The star-shaped

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space of a Crisis Dimension with

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a triple border around the space

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(National Assembly, Press, Butte

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Montmartre, and Mont-Valéri-

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en). Control of a Pivotal Space

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gives the player a bonus action

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at the end of each round before determining Control

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of that Crisis Dimension.

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Crisis Track ~ The two tracks at the top of the game

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map, one for each player. Most influence cubes begin

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play on the Crisis Track as available or bonus cubes.

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Each track is composed of four zones (Starting, Esca-

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lation, Tension, and Final Crisis). When the first cube

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is removed from a zone, that zone is breached. When

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a zone is breached, all bonus cubes from that area are

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moved to a player’s cube pool at the end of that card

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play or Pivotal Space bonus action.

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Victory Point Track ~ VPs are tracked using an

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orange Political VP marker and a purple Military VP

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marker. Both factions fight for Political and Military

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VPs, meaning only one side can have a positive

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Victory Point value at a time (e.g., 1 Military VP for

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Versailles is –1 Military VP for the Commune). Each

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Victory Point type cannot exceed 5 VPs.

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Player Momentum Tracks ~ There are two Player

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Momentum Tracks below the Victory Point track:

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Prussian Collaboration ~ A track showing the

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level of support Versailles receives from the

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Prussian invader.

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Revolutionary Momentum ~ A track showing the

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level of radicalization of the Parisian population.

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Cube Pool ~ Influence cubes that are not on the map

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or Crisis Track are placed in their respective faction’s

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cube pool. Versailles’s cube pool is always present

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and never full, and can be found to the left of the

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Prussian Collaboration Track.. Conversely, the Com-

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mune has no cube pool at the start of the game and

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must advance Revolutionary Momentum in order to

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access the cube pool spaces found below this track.

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If a Commune cube cannot be placed in a cube pool

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space, it is removed from play.

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Round Track ~ Track the current game round on this

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track with the included pawn.

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Presence and Control

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A player has Presence (or is present) in a space

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if they have one or more pieces there. Pieces are

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cubes and Fortification/Barricade discs.

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The Commune is always present in

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Père Lachaise and Social Movements.

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Versailles is always present in Royal-

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ists—even without cubes there.

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A player Controls a space if they have

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more pieces in it than their opponent. Versailles

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always controls Versailles HQ and controls

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Prussian Occupied Territory when Prussian Col-

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laboration is at “3.”

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A player Controls a Crisis Dimension if they

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control all three of its spaces.

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Important! Presence and Control is assessed once

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before conducting all Remove operations, and once

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before conducting all Place operations.

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Setup

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Place the black round marker on the “1” space of the

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round track. Place both VP cylinders on the “0” space

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of the Victory Point track. Place the blue and red cylin-

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Place six blue cubes on the Versailles side of the Cri-

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sis Track and nine red cubes on the Commune side,

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as well as four blue cubes and six red cubes in their

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respective bonus cube areas above the Crisis Track.

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Place six blue cubes in their spaces below the Prussian

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Collaboration track. Finally, place one blue cube in

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the Royalists space, one blue and one red cube in the

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Press space, one red cube in the Social Movements

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space, and one red cube in Père Lachaise. An image

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of the starting setup for the board can be found on

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page two of the Playbook.

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Set the Fortifications and Barricades off the board

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near the map. Place both Final Crisis cards face up in

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front of each player. Shuffle the Strategy and Objec-

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tive decks separately and place them near the board.

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Place the Initiative Card above the board with the

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Commune side face up.

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Overview

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At the beginning of each round, deal four Strategy

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Cards and two Objective Cards to each player. Both

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players secretly choose one of their Objective Cards

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to keep and remove the other from the game without

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revealing it. Then conduct the Initiative Phase.

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Starting with the Initiative Player, alternate playing

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Strategy Cards until both players have played three

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times. Set aside each player’s remaining Strategy Card

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face down for the Final Crisis.

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Perform Pivotal Space bonus actions, followed by

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Crisis Dimension scoring, both in the order decided

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by the Initiative Player. Then Objective Cards are

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revealed simultaneously and scored. Finally, check

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if the conditions have been met for Final Crisis and,

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if not, continue with the next round.

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Sequence of Play

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1. Deal 4 Strategy Cards and 2 Objective Cards to

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each player.

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2. Each player secretly chooses one Objective Card

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to keep as this round’s objective and removes the

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other from the game, face down.

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3. Conduct the Initiative Phase to determine the

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Initiative Player.

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4. Alternate playing Strategy Cards until each player

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has played three times.

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5. Each player sets aside their remaining Strategy

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Card for use during the Final Crisis.

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6. Perform Pivotal Space bonus actions.

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7. Score Crisis Dimensions.

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8. Reveal and score Objective Cards.

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9. Check for Final Crisis or end of third round.

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Initiative Phase

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Initiative Phase ~ The Initiative Phase occurs just

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before Strategy Card play in each of the three rounds

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and Final Crisis. There are two steps during the Ini-

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tiative Phase:

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1. Calculate the initiative level of each player. A

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player’s initiative level is equal to their Political

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VPs minus their Player Momentum.

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Note: Initiative level can be negative, and often

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is, because 1 Political VP for one player is –1

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Political VP for the other player.

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2. Decide Player Order. The player with the higher

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initiative level (Commune wins ties) decides

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whether to play first or second in the round. Flip

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the Initiative Card with the first player’s faction

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face up; that player becomes the Initiative Player.

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Initiative Player ~ The player whose faction is face

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up on the Initiative Card is the Initiative Player. The

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Initiative Player plays the first Strategy Card each

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round and will decide the order in which Pivotal

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Space bonus actions, Crisis Dimension scoring, and

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Objective Card scoring will be resolved at the end

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of the round.

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Playing Strategy Cards

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When played during a normal round, each Strategy

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Card can be used in one of four different ways: for its

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event, for operations, to use a discarded event, or to

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advance Player Momentum. After playing 3 Strategy

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Cards, set aside the remaining Strategy Card (face

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down) for use during the Final Crisis. When played

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during the Final Crisis, a Strategy Card is used only

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for its event.

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Event ~ A player may use an event if the background

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color of the event matches that player’s color (Red:

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Commune, Blue: Versailles) or is neutral (Gray). If a

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card is played for its event, implement the event text

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exactly as written. Some events can only be played if

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their conditions are satisfied (e.g., “If…” or “must”).

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If an event grants Operations Points, spend these

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as described in “Operations” below. After a card is

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played for its event, place it on top of the discard pile.

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Note: Anything that says “up to” a certain number

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of cubes includes zero cubes.

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Operations ~ A player may spend the Operations

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Points from a card in hand to Remove or Place cubes.

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After a card is played for operations, place it on top

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of the discard pile.

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● Operations are conducted in spaces where the

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player is present, or spaces adjacent to spaces the

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player controls.

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● When conducting both operations, always Remove

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first, then Place.

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● On a player’s turn, all operations are restricted to

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either Political or Military spaces (whichever the

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player chooses).

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Important! Determine Control and Presence once

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before any Remove operations and again before

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any Place operations (e.g. no “daisy-chaining”).

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Remove: Attempt to remove opponent’s pieces.

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Fortifications and Barricades may only be removed

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once there are no opposing cubes remaining in a

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targeted space.

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Political ~ All attempts succeed. Spend an

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Operations Point for each cube removed.

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Military ~ Spend 1 Operations Point per attempt

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(or 2 per attempt if the space has an opponent’s

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Fortification/Barricade).

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○ Assess military strength (from 0):

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+1 per adjacent spaces controlled

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+1 for Presence in target space

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+1 for Control of target space

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+1 (maximum) by spending an extra Operations

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Point

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○ If military strength is 3+, the attempt succeeds.

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○ Otherwise, draw a Strategy Card. If military

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strength ≥ the Operations Points of that card,

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the attempt succeeds. Remove the drawn card

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from the game (put it back in the box).

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○ Remove a cube upon success.

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Design Note: The lack of motivation for Versailles

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troops and the lack of organization by the Commune

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meant both factions were ineffective in combat.

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This is why Military cube removal is not automatic.

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Place: Using the remaining Operations Points, spend

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1 Operations Point (or 2 if the space has an opponent’s

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Fortification/Barricade) per cube placed. One may

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never place the opponent’s cubes.

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Use a discarded event ~ A player may use the event

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on top of the discard pile previously played this round

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by their opponent (if it is of the acting player’s faction)

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by discarding a card with equal or more Operations

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Points. The event occurs immediately, and then the

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discarded card is placed on top of the discard pile.

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Advance Player Momentum ~ A player may play a

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card to advance their Player Momentum. The played

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card is removed from the game.

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Play Final Crisis Card ~ During normal rounds, a

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player may discard a card to use their Final Crisis Card

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for operations. The Final Crisis Card is then removed

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from the game. Otherwise, the Final Crisis Card’s

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event is available for use during the Final Crisis.

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Crisis Track & Cube Pools

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When adding cubes to the map, a player must first

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use any cubes in their cube pool. If their cube pool

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is empty, the player may use cubes from their Crisis

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Track, removing cubes one at a time from the middle

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of the board outward.

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Note: If no cubes are available, the player may not

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relocate cubes on the map.

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As cubes are removed from the Crisis Track, zones

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(Starting, Escalation, Tension, and Final Crisis) will

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become breached when a cube is first removed from

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them. At the end of a card play or Pivotal Space bo-

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nus action (including Objective Cards) during which

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a zone is breached, the owning player must take the

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bonus cubes from that zone and place them in their

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cube pool (or remove them from play if there is no

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room in the Commune pool). The player who first

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breaches their Final Crisis zone loses 1 Political VP

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and places the two bonus cubes in their pool. The

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second player to breach their Final Crisis zone has

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no penalty but gains no bonus cubes (remove these

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bonus cubes from play).

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Note: The effects of breaching the Final Crisis zone

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still apply if breached during Final Crisis.

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Cubes are also placed in their respective cube pools

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when they are removed from map spaces by either

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player. Versailles’ cube pool is always present and

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never full. Conversely, the Commune has no cube pool

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at the start of the game and must advance Revolution-

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ary Momentum in order to earn cube pool spaces (two

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below the “1” space of the track, and one each below

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the “2” and “3” spaces). If a Commune cube cannot be

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placed in a cube pool space, it is removed from play.

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Player Momentum Tracks

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Player Momentum can be advanced either by remov-

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ing a Strategy Card from the game (put it back in the

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box) on a player’s turn or through events. The two

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Player Momentum Tracks provide different benefits

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to each player:

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Prussian Collaboration ~ Advancing on this

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track permanently gives the Versailles player

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the bonus cubes below, which are immediately

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placed into the Versailles cube pool. When

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Prussian Collaboration is at “3,” Versailles controls

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Prussian Occupied Territory.

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Revolutionary Momentum ~ Advancing on

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this track temporarily gives the Commune player

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the cube pool spaces below. If Revolutionary

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Momentum is decreased, any cube pool spaces

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below the previous spot are no longer available,

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and any cubes in those spaces are removed from

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play.

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Each time a player advances their Player Momentum

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to the “2” and “3” spots on the track, the opponent is

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immediately given the opportunity to place one cube

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in any space in either the Public Opinion or Institu-

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tional Crisis Dimensions (as directed by the track).

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Design Note: This is to show the opposition of

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the French population to collaboration with the

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invader and how the political institution (more

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conservative) was increasingly worried by the

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Commune’s radicalization.

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If a player’s Momentum is on the “3” spot on the

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track at the end of the game, they will receive an extra

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Political VP or Military VP (as directed by the track).

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Important! Strategy Cards and Objectives Cards

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are sometimes removed from the game instead of

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being discarded. When instructed to remove a card

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from the game, place it back into the game box.

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Commune cubes may instead be removed from

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play if the Commune cube pool is full. Place these

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cubes to one side, as they may be returned to play

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by a future event.

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Pivotal Space Bonus Actions &

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Crisis Dimension Scoring

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After each player has played three Strategy Cards

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for the round and placed their remaining card aside

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for the Final Crisis round, check for Control of each

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Pivotal Space. The Initiative Player decides in which

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order Pivotal Space bonus actions will be performed

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for each controlled Pivotal Space. Within spaces of

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that Crisis Dimension, the controlling player may do

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one of the following:

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De-escalate ~ Remove up to 2 of their cubes or

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remove 1 of their cubes and 1 opponent’s cube.

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Spread Influence ~ Move up to 2 of their cubes

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between any of the spaces in that Crisis Dimension.

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Turncoat ~ Remove an opponent’s cube from a

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space and place one of theirs in the same space.

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After performing all Pivotal Space bonus actions,

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players gain 1 Political VP for controlling a Political

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Crisis Dimension and 1 Military VP for controlling a

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Military Crisis Dimension—in the order decided by

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the Initiative Player.

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Objective Card Scoring

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After scoring Crisis Dimensions, both players reveal

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their Objective Cards. The player controlling the

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space on either Objective Card gains a VP (Political

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VP for a Political space or Military VP for a Military

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space)—in the order decided by the Initiative Player.

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Then—in the order decided by the Initiative Player—

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players who controlled their own objective may first

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perform the event on their Objective Card and then

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set it aside in their fulfilled Objective Cards pile

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(each player maintains their own fulfilled Objective

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Cards pile). If a player did not control their own

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objective, that Objective Card is now removed from

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the game (even if the other player did control it and

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scored a VP).

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Final Crisis

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At the end of any round where both Final Crisis zones

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are breached, or after completing three rounds, players

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immediately proceed to the Final Crisis round.

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First, players gather the cards they set aside for Final

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Crisis and their Final Crisis Card (if it is still in play),

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and discard to a hand size equal to the number of

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rounds they played so far (e.g., 3 rounds = 3 cards).

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Conduct the Initiative Phase as usual, and then alter-

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nate playing Strategy Cards only for their events until

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all cards are played. If a player plays an opponent’s

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event during Final Crisis, the opponent decides if and

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how the event is applied.

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Finally, both players perform Pivotal Space bonus

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actions and Crisis Dimension scoring in the order

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decided by the Initiative Player. Any player whose

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Player Momentum is at “3” now gains an extra VP

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of the type indicated on their Player Momentum track

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(Military for Versailles, Political for Commune).

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Victory

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To win at the end of the Final Crisis:

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● The Versailles player needs more Military VPs (0

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or more) than the Commune player has Political

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VPs.

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● The Commune player needs more Political VPs

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(0 or more) than the Versailles player has Military

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VPs.

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If neither of the previous conditions have been ful-

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filled, the game is a tie. Proceed to the Tiebreaker.

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Tiebreaker: If no player fulfills their victory condi-

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tion, the player who fulfills the most of the following

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wins the game:

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● Most combined Victory Points

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● Most objectives fulfilled

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● Most Pivotal Spaces controlled at the end of the

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game

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● Final Initiative Player

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If no player fulfills more conditions than their op-

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ponent, the Commune player wins.

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A battery of guns atop the Montmartre Hills,

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overlooking Paris, 1871.

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Solo Opponent Rules

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Red Flag Over Paris can be played by a single Player

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with the game controlling the faction not controlled

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by the Player. This Solo Opponent is governed by

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the Solo Sequence of Play and the included Solo

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Opponent Aid. Unless specifically noted in this sec-

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tion, the Solo Opponent follows all the rules of the

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2-player game. It is recommended that you become

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familiar with the 2-player game before playing with

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these rules.

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Definitions

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Available cubes - A cube is Available if it is in the

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Solo Opponent’s cube pool or on the Crisis Track

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but not in the Final Crisis zone or bonus cube

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spaces. In round 3 or the Final Crisis, once either

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the Player or Solo Opponent breaches the Final

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Crisis zone, treat cubes in the Solo Opponent’s

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Final Crisis zone as Available.

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Friendly - A Strategy Card belonging to that fac-

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tion only (does not include Neutral Cards).

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Isolated cubes - A cube is Isolated if it is not

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adjacent to any spaces controlled by that faction.

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Versailles cubes in the Royalists, Mont-Valérien,

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and Fort d’Issy spaces, and Commune cubes in

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the Social Movements and Père Lachaise spaces

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can never be Isolated.

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Spaces with Room - A space has room for the

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Solo Opponent’s cubes until it has one more of the

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Solo Opponent’s cubes than the Player’s cubes, or

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two more in a Pivotal Space. A space with 4 Solo

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Overview

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The Solo Opponent never holds a hand of cards or keeps

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cards for the Final Crisis. Instead, the Solo Opponent

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makes all decisions according to the Solo Sequence of

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Play and Solo Opponent Aid. During the Solo Oppo-

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nent’s turn, reveal an event card and follow the instruc-

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tions in the Solo Sequence of Play to determine whether

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the Solo Opponent uses the revealed event, the event on

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the top card of the Discard Pile, or performs operations.

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The Solo Opponent uses tables printed on the Solo Op-

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ponent Aid to decide which operation to perform and

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where to resolve events and operations. Some steps of

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the Solo Sequence of Play break the 2-player rules and

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should be followed literally. Player turns follow the

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regular sequence of play, as in a 2-player game.

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Setup

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Setup is the same as that for the 2-player game, but

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remove the cards with the following numbers from

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play: 1, 12, 13, 22, 29, 30 - they are not used in the

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Solo game. Find the Solo Opponent Aid for the faction

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controlled by the Solo Opponent and place it beside

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the board for easy reference.

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Solo Sequence of Play

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Follow the Solo Sequence of Play literally. Several

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steps are modified from the 2-player Sequence of Play.

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1. Draw 4 Strategy Cards. Do not deal any cards

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to the Solo Opponent.

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2. Draw 2 Objective Cards. If both Objective Cards

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are in the same Crisis Dimension, return them to

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the Objective deck, shuffle, and repeat. Select one

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to use as your Objective Card and the other to use

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as the Solo Opponent’s Objective Card.

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3. Conduct the Initiative Phase. If the Solo

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Opponent has the higher initiative level, it will

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choose to play second.

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4. Alternate playing Strategy Cards until each

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faction has played three times. On the Solo

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Opponent’s turn carry out a, b, and c:

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a. Momentum Increase Check:

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i. If the Solo Opponent is Versailles, and fewer

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than 3 cubes are Available, increase Prussian

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Collaboration.

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ii. If the Solo Opponent is Commune and fewer

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than 2 empty spaces are in its cube pool,

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increase Revolutionary Momentum.

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b. Reveal the top card of the Strategy Deck:

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If it is a Friendly card, use the event if it would

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have an effect. Otherwise, use the previously

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discarded event if it is Friendly and has equal

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or fewer Operations Points than the revealed

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card. If any zone was breached, move the bonus

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cubes to the Solo Opponent’s cube pool before

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continuing.

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c. Perform operations:

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i. If any event was used, perform 1 additional

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Operations Point, independent of any

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operations from the used event.

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ii. Otherwise perform operations using

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Operations Points value on the revealed card.

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Then, discard the revealed Strategy Card.

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5. Set aside your remaining Strategy Card for the

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Final Crisis. The Solo Opponent does not set aside

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a Strategy Card for the Final Crisis.

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6. Perform Pivotal Space bonus actions (see

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“Pivotal Space Bonus Actions” below).

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7. Score VP for Crisis Dimensions. If the Solo

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Opponent has Initiative, score Player VP first.

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8. Score Objective Cards. The Solo Opponent

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scores VP for controlling the space on either

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Objective Card, but the Player may only score a

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VP for their card, never the Solo Opponent’s card.

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If the Solo Opponent is the Initiative Player, it will

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resolve the effect of its Objective Card, if it was

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scored, after the Player’s Objective Card.

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9. Check for Final Crisis.

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Placing and Removing Cubes

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When using Operations Points, the Solo Opponent

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must determine if it will remove any Player cubes.

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The Solo Opponent will only remove cubes if there

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are cubes it can legally remove, and if instructed to

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do so by the Select where to place or remove table on

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the Solo Player Aid.

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Starting at the top of the table, check each condition;

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if the condition is met, follow the instruction for that

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condition. If the condition is not met, continue to

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the next condition. If instructed to Remove, the Solo

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Opponent will remove (or attempt to remove, if in a

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Military space) a single Player cube, then consult the

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Select where to place or remove table again.

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Once instructed to Place, or once there are no more

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Player cubes that the Solo Opponent can legally

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remove, the Solo Opponent will spend all remaining

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Operations Points on influence placement. The Solo

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Opponent attempts Military removal normally, add-

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ing an additional Operations Point when its Military

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Selecting Spaces

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Note: Space selection is covered in detail in the

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Solo Example of Play found in the Playbook.

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Whenever placing, replacing, or removing cubes

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(whether by Operation, Pivotal Space bonus actions,

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event, or Player Momentum increase), the Solo Op-

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ponent selects spaces in which to act one at a time

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using the corresponding Space Selection table on

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the Solo Opponent Aid. Once a space is selected, the

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Solo Opponent will place or remove a single cube

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from that space.

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To select a space, determine all legal spaces for the

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action. Starting at the top of the corresponding Space

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Selection table, eliminate all spaces that do not meet

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the condition in each row, in order, until only one

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space remains. If applying a condition would elimi-

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nate all spaces, skip that condition. If multiple spaces

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remain after applying all rows in the table, roll a die

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to select from the remaining spaces. If the action is

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not complete, select another space by determining a

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new set of legal spaces and starting again at the top

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of the Space Selection table.

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Important! The Space Selection table cannot tell

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you which spaces are legal choices for the Opera-

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tion or event being performed. For example, you

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must still limit the Solo Opponent to operations

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only in Military or Political spaces.

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Performing Events

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The Solo Opponent will always perform a used

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event as completely as possible, within the following

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guidelines:

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● Use the “Select where to Place or Replace cubes”

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table for events that place or replace cubes and the

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“Select where to Remove cubes” table for events

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that remove cubes.

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● Events that would have no effect are not used. If

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an event that raises the player’s Player Momentum

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has no other effect, it is not used.

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● Never place cubes in a space without Room.

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Barricades/Fortifications may be placed in spaces

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without Room.

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● Never place cubes that are not Available.

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● If multiple exclusive options are on a card, perform

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the first option that would have an effect, within

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these guidelines.

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Pivotal Space Bonus Actions

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If the Solo Opponent is the Initiative Player it will

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choose to conduct its bonus actions after the Player

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does. The Player determines all other ordering. The

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Solo Opponent conducts one bonus action in each

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eligible Crisis Dimension. Perform the first action in

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this list which applies:

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a. Spread (using Place Table) to add Solo Opponent

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Control to 2 spaces without removing Solo

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Opponent Control of any space.

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b. Turncoat (using Replace Table) to add Solo

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Opponent Control in 1 space if the Solo Opponent

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has any Available cubes.

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c. Spread (using Place Table) to add Solo Opponent

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Control in 1 space without removing Solo

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Opponent Control.

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d. De-escalate:

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i. Remove 1 Solo Opponent cube from a space

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with 2 more Solo Opponent cubes than Player

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cubes (3 more if Pivotal Space). Break ties by

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rolling a die.

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ii. Then, if a Solo Opponent cube was removed

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in the previous step, remove a Player cube to

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add Solo Opponent Control of a space using the

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Remove Table. If not possible, remove a Player

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cube from a space with 1 more Player cube than

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Solo Opponent cube, or from the space with the

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least Player cubes. If no eligible Player cube,

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skip this removal.

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e. Turncoat (using Replace Table) to remove Player

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Control if any Available cubes.

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f. Do nothing.

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Final Crisis

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Resolve the Final Crisis normally, but when the Solo

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Opponent would play a card, reveal cards from the

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Strategy Card deck until a Solo Opponent’s card is

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revealed. Use that event. If the event would have no

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effect, or would only increase the player’s Player

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Momentum, discard it and continue drawing. In the

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rare case that the Strategy Deck is exhausted, shuffle

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all the discarded and removed Strategy Cards together

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to form a new draw pile and continue drawing. The

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Solo Opponent does not conduct a bonus Operations

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Point after resolving events during the Final Crisis.

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For the Solo Opponent’s last Final Crisis card play, it

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will use its Final Crisis card. Then, if acting second,

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the Player may play their last card. Perform final

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Pivotal Space bonus actions and Crisis Dimension

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scoring, including scoring for Player Momentum, per

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the Sequence of Play.

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Game End

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Determine victory as in the 2-player game, but the

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Solo Opponent always wins if the game would go to

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the tiebreaker.

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A barricade on Place Blanche during Bloody Week,

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whose defenders included Louise Michel and

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a unit of 30 women.

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Glossary

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Adjacent ~ A space connected to another space by

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an arrow or double lines is considered adjacent. The

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direction of the arrow indicates adjacency (e.g., Na-

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tional Assembly is adjacent to Royalists but not the

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other way around).

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Breach ~ When the first influence cube in a Crisis

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Track zone is removed. When a zone is breached, all

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bonus cubes from that area are moved to a player’s

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cube pool at the end of that card play.

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Commune ~ This player represents the people of

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Paris, rising up against the bourgeoisie and the “ca-

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pitulard” government of Versailles. The Commune is

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represented by red components.

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Control ~ Control is assessed once before conducting

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all Remove operations and once before conducting all

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Place operations.

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Space ~ A player controls a space if they have

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more pieces (cubes, Fortifications/Barricades) in

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it than their opponent.

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Crisis Dimension ~ A player controls a Crisis

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Dimension if they control all three of its spaces.

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Note: Versailles HQ is always controlled by

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Versailles, and Prussian Occupied Territory is

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controlled by Versailles when Prussian Collabora-

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tion is at “3.”

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Crisis Dimension ~ A set of three same-color/icon

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map spaces. During scoring at the end of a round and

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at the conclusion of the Final Crisis, a player gains

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1 Political or Military VP for each Crisis Dimension

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where they control all three spaces.

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Crisis Track ~ Two tracks at the top of the game map,

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one for each player. Most influence cubes begin play

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on the Crisis Track as available or bonus cubes. Each

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track is composed of four zones (Starting, Escalation,

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Tension, and Final Crisis).

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Cube Pool ~ Cubes that are not on the map or Crisis

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Track are placed in their respective faction’s cube

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pool. Versailles’s cube pool is always present and

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never full. Conversely, the Commune has no cube pool

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at the start of the game and must advance Revolution-

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ary Momentum in order to earn cube pool spaces. If

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a Commune cube cannot be placed in a cube pool

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space, it is removed from play.

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Fortifications and Barricades ~ Pieces, deployed

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by events, that serve as defensive assets in Military

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spaces. They contribute to Control of and Presence

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in a space but not to the influence cube limit. A space

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can only contain one Fortification or one Barricade.

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If an event allows the player to place a Fortification

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or Barricade and both of their Fortifications or Bar-

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ricades are in play, the player may move one that is

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already on the map.

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Influence Cubes ~ Colored wooden pieces used to

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indicate Political or Military influence in a space.

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Most of these cubes begin play on the Crisis Track.

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Once removed from the Crisis Track, they cycle be-

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tween map spaces and the player’s cube pool. There

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may never be more than 4 of each player’s influence

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cubes in a space.

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Initiative Phase ~ The Initiative Phase occurs just

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before Strategy Card play in each of the three rounds

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and Final Crisis. There are two steps during the Ini-

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tiative Phase:

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1. Calculate the initiative level of each player. A

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player’s initiative level is equal to their Political

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VPs minus their Player Momentum. Note:

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Initiative level can be negative, and often is,

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because 1 Political VP for one player is –1 Political

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VP for the other player.

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2. Decide Player Order. The player with the higher

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initiative level (Commune wins ties) decides

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whether to play first or second in the round. Flip

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the Initiative Card with the first player’s faction

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Initiative Player ~ The player whose faction is face

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up on the Initiative Card is the Initiative Player. The

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Initiative Player plays the first Strategy Card each

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round and will decide the order in which Pivotal

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Space bonus actions, Crisis Dimension scoring, and

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Objective Card scoring will be resolved at the end

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of the round.

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Map Spaces ~ Spaces on the board are coded by a

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color/icon combination, labeled with an individual

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name, and divided into Political and Military spaces.

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Each space can hold up to 4 of each player’s cubes.

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Political:

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Green/Square

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Institutional

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Orange/Triangle

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Public Opinion

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Military:

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Purple/Diamond

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Paris

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Teal/Circle

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Forts

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Note: No pieces can be placed in the Versailles HQ

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and Prussian Occupied Territory spaces. These

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spaces function only as adjacent controlled spaces

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for the Versailles player.

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Objective Cards ~ A deck of cards, each listing a

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specific location on the map and an event. Objec-

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tive Cards are revealed at the end of each round for

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Victory Points and, under certain conditions, for

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their event. Each space on the map has an associated

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Objective Card.

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Operations Points ~ The number at the top-left of

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each Strategy Card which is used to conduct op-

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erations. Operations Points are also referenced when

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playing the card to use a discarded event.

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Pivotal Space ~ The star-shaped space of a Crisis

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Dimension with a triple border around the space

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(National Assembly, Press, Butte Montmartre, and

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Mont-Valérien). Control of a Pivotal Space gives the

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player a bonus action at the end of each round before

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determining Control of that Crisis Dimension.

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Player Momentum ~ A term used to represent the

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growing strength of each faction. There are two Player

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Momentum tracks below the Victory Point track:

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Prussian Collaboration ~ A track showing the

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level of support Versailles receives from the

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Prussian invader.

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Revolutionary Momentum ~ A track showing the

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level of radicalization of the Parisian population.

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Presence ~ A player has Presence (or is present) in a

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space if they have one or more pieces (cubes, Forti-

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fications/Barricades) there. Presence is assessed once

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before conducting all Remove operations and again

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before conducting all Place operations.

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Note: The Commune is always present in Père

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Lachaise and Social Movements, and Versailles is

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always present in Royalists—even without cubes

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there.

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Strategy Cards ~ A deck of cards, each listing Opera-

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tions Points, a title with a color background (blue, red,

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or gray), event text, and flavor text. A Strategy Card

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can be played for its event, for operations, to use a

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discarded event, or to advance Player Momentum. A

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Strategy Card can only be played for its event if the

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event’s colored background matches that player’s

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color (Red: Commune, Blue: Versailles) or is neutral

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(Gray).

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Versailles ~ This player represents the French govern-

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ment in Versailles trying to find a diplomatic end to

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the 1870 war and take back military control of Paris.

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Versailles is represented by blue components.

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Victory Point (VP) Track ~ VPs are scored using an

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orange Political VP marker and a purple Military VP

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marker. Both factions fight for Political and Military

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VPs, meaning only one side can have a positive

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Victory Point total at a time (e.g., 1 Military VP for

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Versailles is –1 Military VP for the Commune). Each

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Victory Point type cannot exceed 5 VPs.

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