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Prelude to Revolution

Code: CPS1172
Manufacturer: Compass Games
Prelude to Revolution

SRP: $89.00
Cost: please inquire
Description:
Prelude to Revolution: Russia’s Descent into Anarchy, 1905-1917 is a two-player card-driven game that immerses players in those turbulent years. The players (the Revolutionary and the Government) try to spread their influence across the capital, sway the masses, workers and soldiers to their cause, and build grass-roots organizations. They will fight bitter political battles in the Duma (parliament) – both against their opponent and between the Moderate and Extreme parties in their own Faction! All the while world events such as WWI will drive events, and the ever-growing threat of outright revolution looms as time goes on. Can you navigate the competing pressures and priorities and lead your Faction to victory?

The game is divided into three broad historical Eras – The Years of Turmoil (1905-1913), The Great War (1914-1916), and The Collapse (1917). Each Era has a custom deck of actual or potential events, along with a Generic deck. Cards can trigger Event or provide Action Points to be used to mobilize Influence (place cubes on Tracks) in the Urban Districts or The Duma, buy Special Actions, effect the various game tracks, etc. Key Events and Personalities have strong impacts on the game. Politics in the Duma are tricky – each player has an Extremist party (Bolsheviks for the Revolutionary, Monarchists for the Government). The stronger the Extremists get the more danger they pose to their own Faction!

To win a Faction must gain 20 Victory Points during play, or have the most at the end of the last turn. However, if the Bolshevik Coup track creeps up too high then the unpredictable Red October! scoring sequence is triggered. Or, if the Tsar’s Prestige creeps up too high then autocracy is re-imposed and the game ends in a Draw.
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