Fred ServalDec 2, 2022
For the last 6 weeks we've been play testing some extra cards for RFOP. I wanted to show a couple of them here.
Let's start with "La colonne Vendôme". Built in 1806-10 it was commissioned to celebrate Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz. During the Commune, painter Gustave Courbet argues that the monument is a tribute to chauvinism and warmongering and therefor should be disassembled and preserved in the Hôtel des Invalides.
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The Versailles government was outraged and used this event for propaganda to increase political tension. In a lot of ways, this is similar to what happened 150 years later with all the debates about statues surrounding the Black Live Matters movement.
After the Commune, Courbet was condemned to pay the costs of rebuilding the monument. He fled to Switzerland 🤣
Dec 2, 2022 at 11:45pmWeb
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Now let's have a look at Louis Rossel, arguably one of the most talented officers of the Commune.
Trained at the "Prytanée militaire", Rossel is one of the few members of the Commune with formal Military training.
When appointed Minister of War he will desperately try to rationalise the Commune's line of defence by regrouping artillery in strategic points and building new barricades.
He'll resign a couple of weeks before the Bloody Week, despaired by the long deliberations of the Commune .
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And let's conclude with Sapper Tactics, a powerful Versailles military event.
This card represents how the Versailles troops developed new tactics during the Bloody Week to remove barricades, the main defensive asset of the Commune, using the buildings to shoot from upper floors down on defenders & using explosive from the inside of the building to destroy parts of the barricades.
1871 was the last time that barricades would be used as a viable insurrection strategy in the capital.
Show threadIluvatarDec 3, 2022
@fredserval These look fabulous, Fred - looking forward to exploring them more and adding them to an already top-notch game!
Show threadFred ServalDec 3, 2022
@bandylegged Thanks! It also comes with a very small variant called "censorship", I think it makes the game significantly better. Let me know if you want to try it, it's basically one extra step in the sequence of play.
Show threadIluvatarDec 3, 2022
@fredserval That sounds interesting - I’d be glad to try it out.
Show threadPoiluDec 3, 2022
@fredserval @bandylegged Hi Fred, I'd be interested. Is this going to be offered as an upgrade eventually, so the cards mesh, or something more for just the Vassal mod?
Show threadFred ServalDec 3, 2022
@Poilu @bandylegged on TTS it will be fine, the vassal mod might need a small update. But the variant can be played with the games as it currently is.
Show threadThorDec 3, 2022
@fredserval looks really good! Any news on a possible print run of these cards? Will they act as replacements to some of the existing cards?
Show threadFred ServalDec 3, 2022
@theusebio no confirmations yet, hope to have some updates soon. Regarding the cards, you just shuffle them into the deck, very simple.