If you are looking for a really well produced and beautiful game covering the French Revolution, you don’t need to look any further. 1793: Patriots & Traitors is a new offering from Sound of Drums and is simply gorgeous. The components are top notch and the game is very interesting as it is a Card Driven Game. 1793: Patriots & Traitors recreates the chaos that tore up France from the fall of the monarchy in August 1792 until July 1794 (Thermidor Year II). Each of the players belong to a different political faction, each with their own agenda. Although they are rivals, they will have to work together to prevent the armies of Austria, Prussia and Sardinia-Piedmont from reaching Paris, thereby crushing the Revolution and ending the game prematurely!
With the help of the multi-functional action cards, the players will be able to influence a number of areas in Paris (National Convention, Palais-Egalité, the Paris streets…) or the provinces. Each controlled area offers certain benefits…or will help them to perform a Coup d’Etat or Civil War. Activated leader cards (Robespierre, Marat, Dumouriez) belonging to their faction will help them in achieving their goals if they are not arrested or assassinated!
If you are interested, we posted an interview with the game’s designer Jason St.Just and you can read that at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2024/04/08/interview-with-jason-st-just-designer-of-1793-patriots-traitors-of-sound-of-drums/
-Grant
-Grant
The Players' Aid 
It’s hard to do a review of a gem in the rough, but you guys did an excellent job of it. A less tenacious review would have written it off, but you guys went the extra mile. My biggest take-away is that the game would be beyond my abilities, but as the poet said, “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”
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