On March 15, 1848, mass demonstrations in Pest and Buda enabled Hungarian reformists to push through a list of 12 demands. Faced with revolution both at home and in Vienna, Austria first had to accept Hungarian demands. Later, under governor Lajos Kossuth and the first Prime minister, Lajos Batthy ny, the House of Habsburg was dethroned and the form of government was changed to create the first Republic of Hungary. Initially, the Hungarian forces (Honv ds g) defeated Austrian armies. To counter the successes of the Hungarian revolutionary army, Franz Joseph asked for help from the "Gendarme of Europe," Czar Nicholas I, whose Russian armies invaded Hungary. The huge army of the Russian Empire and the remnants of the Austrian forces proved too powerful for the Hungarian army, and General Art r G rgey surrendered in August 1849. Ne engedj a negyvennyolcb l! is a card game based on the theme of political unrest and the Hungarian freedom fighters during this turbulent time in Hungarian history.

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