Levee En Masse

About this board game

Levee en Masse is a solitaire board game for 1 player that tells the story of the French Revolution through key events and decision points, with a typical play time of 30 minutes. It can also support group and classroom cooperative play.

From 1789 to 1802, you must defend the virtues of Republicanism against threats both beyond France’s borders and within them. Foreign armies advance while counter-revolutionary forces challenge the revolutionary cause at home.

The game places you at the center of several connected historical challenges:

• Stop foreign armies from advancing.
• Suppress the forces of Monarchy and Despotism.
• Maintain the Republican spirit in France.
• Respond to repeated riots in Paris and keep order in the capital.
• Export the revolution by liberating neighboring states and granting them their liberty.

Each unit represents one Army, while each turn covers a variable number of weeks. This scale presents the revolutionary era through its major pressures and choices rather than focusing on individual soldiers or a fixed calendar.

With a complexity rating of 3 on a 9-point scale and a solitaire suitability rating of 9 out of 9, Levee en Masse is built around a focused solo experience. Its 2010 release is identified as States of Siege #5, placing it within that series of games.

Grab your musket and banner, confront invasion and internal resistance, and decide whether the Republican spirit can survive the turmoil of revolutionary France.