November 1st, 1954: On the eve of All Saint`s Day, armed members of the Front de Liberation Nationale arose in revolt across Algeria against the French colonial government. The authorities suppressed these first incidents quickly, but this date marked the beginning of an eight-year war that saw hundreds of thousands of casualties, widespread atrocities and reprisals, political and social turmoil, and the effective end of the French Empire. Colonial Twilight takes 1 to 2 players into the tangled web of military and political actions comprising this anti-colonialist struggle.