The Reign of Terror With the monarchy gone, the Revolution turned inward. Its enemy was now the enemy within. Robespierre, entrenched in the Committee of Public Safety, led a republic under siege. The economy collapsed, rebellions flared, and foreign armies closed in. For Robespierre, there was no room for compromise, only purification. In October 1793, a state of emergency was declared. Civil liberties were suspended. The Law of Suspects unleashed mass arrests and the guillotine became a daily

Charles I of England didn’t just die — he was performed to death. Beheaded in public in 1649, his execution was a political earthquake, the moment a king became just another mortal in the mud of history. Interesting fact: Witnesses claimed that after the beheading, his severed head was sewn back onto his body before burial — a grim act of symbolic repair, like the monarchy itself couldn’t tolerate the image of rupture. Even in death, they tried to paste the illusion of wholeness back together. #

How to Play Regicide | Card Game for 1-4 Players